Melbourne Fringe Festival 2026

Parasocial

Your celebrity hall pass. The podcaster you’d love to grab a drink with. Your childhood crush (who may or may not be a cartoon character). You know EVERYTHING about them, and they don’t know your name.

AKA the parasocial relationship.

Parasocial is a one-man musical comedy by political satirist, niche online micro-celebrity and floppy-haired goofball Emerson Brophy. Join him as he traverses the weird, the wholesome and the downright uncomfortable realities of the one-sided relationships we have with the people we spend our lives watching.

All while resisting the urge to ask you to like, comment and subscribe. Honestly, it’s a bit of an ethical mess!

Written and Performed by Emerson Brophy

Directed by Kat Yates

Hero Image Photographer: Darren Gill

Brophy's wit is endless
Theatre Matters
A perfect mix of humour, charismatic delivery and topical socio-political commentary
Hugging Comedians
One of the funniest and cleverest musical satirists in Australia, if not the world
Stage Whispers

Strobe lights and sustained bright lights; Moderate coarse language; High Audience Participation; potentially triggering content or themes of Emotional abuse, mental health and Misogyny

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Suitable Age: 15+

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