Titus O’Reily – Better Living Through Sport

He’s Australia’s most popular sports satirist and has appeared on The Project, ABC’s News Breakfast and Melbourne’s NOVA FM. This year, comedian Titus O’Reily is taking his newest stand-up show Better Living Through Sport on a national tour following a sell-out season at the Melbourne Comedy Festival.

Titus will reach Sydney this Friday performing at the Sydney Comedy Store, bringing his hilarious sports commentary to a packed audience. Bringing to light the absurdities of sports fandom, Titus’ show is not just for sports fans.

“It’s mad that we’re so obsessed with sport. When you think of it at its heart, we’re deciding to base our happiness on how a group of 20-year-olds perform on the weekend,” said Titus, laughing. “I was very interested in how sport can be applied to everyday life. There are all these things that happen in sport that just don’t happen anywhere else that you get away with or do. In this show I talk about free agency in sport…like teams trading players around – what would happen if you were allowed to do that in marriages?”

After performing Better Living Through Sport to packed audiences over 23 shows at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, we asked Titus if his routine has changed since first starting the tour.

“You do it so many nights in a row – you work out the good bits and the bad bits, you get it into shape, it’s like going to the gym. Well, I assume, I don’t really go to the gym.”

Titus is ready to share the ridiculous concept that is sports fandom with his fans in Sydney, saying: “A lot of it is people coming away with a sense that they’re not alone in having these incredibly weird, strong feelings about sport while also knowing its completely crazy that they have them. The sense that they’re not alone in their madness!”

Aug 30. Sydney Comedy Store, 122 Lang Road, Moore Park. $49.90+b.f. Tickets & Info: www.comedystore.com.au

By Madison Behringer