[citation needed] Known for his political comedy, Perfect has appeared on Australian TV shows including Kath & Kim, Spicks and Specks, Good News Week, Stingers, Blue Heelers, MDA, The Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala and The Sideshow.
[10]) for his season at the Sydney Opera House due to the beverage company named in the title being a principal sponsor of the venue.
the Musical playing several characters, including a parody of former Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer.
Shane Warne The Musical premiered at the Melbourne Athenaeum Theatre on 10 December 2008 before embarking on a national tour.
[5] Updated to reflect new developments in Warne's life, the show enjoyed a revival at Hamer Hall in Melbourne in June 2013, directed by Simon Phillips, with Perfect in the title role and co-starring Lisa McCune, Shane Jacobson and Christie Whelan-Browne as Liz Hurley.
Eamonn Kelley in The Australian described the work as "a poignant narrative of adult reconciliation with a place and a past from which he fled at the first opportunity, restless and with no sense of belonging".
[20] Following Perfect's success in New York, he planned to return to the stage to star in the Australian premiere of Dolly Parton's musical, 9 to 5 in the leading role of Franklin Hart Jr.[21] The show was due to begin previews at Sydney's Lyric Theatre on 19 April 2020, before touring to Melbourne's Her Majesty's Theatre from 25 July.
[22] However, due to the global coronavirus pandemic, the production was delayed until finally opening in Sydney's Capitol Theatre on 16 February 2022.
[25] In December 2019, Perfect wrote a song for Tourism Australia's new advertising campaign targeting British audiences.