Alice Fraser

Alice Fraser is an Australian comedian, writer, podcaster, and actor.

Alice Fraser
Fraser at the 2016 Adelaide Fringe
Birth name	Alice Rebekah Fraser
Born	Sydney, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Alma mater	University of Sydney, University of Cambridge
Relative(s)	Henry Fraser
Notable works and roles	Savage (2015) The Resistance (2016) Empire (2017) ETHOS (2018) MYTHOS (2019)
Website	http://www.alicefraser.com

Early life and education

Fraser studied law at the University of Sydney before going on to earn a master's degree in English literature (Rhetoric) in Cambridge, England. Fraser returned to Australia and in 2013, she was nominated as best newcomer at the Sydney Comedy Festival.^[1]

Career

Fraser made her film debut in the movie Never Hesitate as Emily in 2014.^[2] Also in 2014, Fraser spoke at a TEDx event at Macquarie University.^[3]

Trilogy

In 2015 Fraser began touring Savage, the first part of what she describes as an "unorthodox art-comedy/morality tale trilogy"^[4] which focuses on her upbringing and its impact on her life. The trilogy was completed by The Resistance in 2016 and Empire in 2017.

Each installment of the trilogy was toured nationally and performed at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival and The Edinburgh Fringe. Reviewing Empire, The Herald Sun called it a "beautifully word-rich performance" and said that Fraser's "interesting conversation makes her the perfect dinner guest – and comedian".^[5] Empire was also performed at the Edinburgh Fringe.^[6] The Alice Fraser Trilogy was commissioned as a six part podcast series on ABC Radio Podcasts.^[7]

Podcasting

In January 2017, Fraser received a Tomorrow Maker grant for her podcast, Tea with Alice.^[8] Previous guests on the podcast have included Wil Anderson, Neil Gaiman and Richard Herring. The Tea With Alice podcast is funded by Fraser's Patreon.^[9]

In 2017, Fraser became a semi-regular co-host on the long running British podcast The Bugle, hosted by Andy Zaltzman. In January 2020, she launched The Bugle Presents... The Last Post, a daily 15-minute podcast of news from an alternate dimension, which The Guardian described as addressing topical issues "with impressive zeal and a clever script".^[10] In February 2021, Fraser began hosting The Gargle,^[11][12] a weekly podcast discussing non-political news stories, describing itself as the "audio glossy magazine" to The Bugle's audio newspaper.

in 2019 and 2020, Fraser worked with neuroscientist Ash Ranpura on a number of documentaries produced by Somethin' Else for Audible, including the bestselling In The Habit: Introduction to Habit Change. Fraser also created and cohosted a show for BBC Radio with astrophysicist and science educator Jen Gupta, called Stranger Than Sci Fi.

Fraser is a regular writer and guest on the BBC Radio panel show The News Quiz.

Video games

Fraser appeared in voiceover in the 2020 game Watch Dogs: Legion, as co-host with Andy Zaltzman of fictional radio station The Bug, in the style of her work with Zaltzman on The Bugle.

Personal life

Fraser's paternal grandfather was a naturalised Briton, born Adolf Friedenberg, later changing his name to Andrew Peter Fraser.^[13][14] Her father is a Jewish-turned-Buddhist professor of law named Michael Fraser.^[15]

She has a twin brother, musician and philosopher Henry Fraser.^[16]

Works

Comedy shows

Title	Years
Everyone's A Winner	2014
Savage	2015
The Resistance	2016
Empire	2017
ETHOS	2018
MYTHOS	2019
GENERATION	2021
Chronos	2022
Twist	2023

Podcasts

Title	Years	Role
The Bugle	2017-present	Regular co-host
Tea With Alice	2018-present	Host
Troll Play	2018	Co-host
Calm World Introduction to Meditation	2018	Co-host
In The Habit Introduction to Changing Our Behaviour	2018	Co-host
All Being Well Introduction to The World of Wellness	2019	Co-host
The Last Post	2020	Host
Make Life Work	2020	Co-host
The Gargle	2021-present	Host

References

1. . Sydney Comedy Fest. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
2. Alice Fraser at IMDb
3. What are we doing? | Alice Fraser | TEDxMacquarieUniversity. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
4. . 21 May 2017. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
5. "Comedy Festival 2017: Alice Fraser's interesting conversation makes her the perfect dinner guest — and comedian". The Herald Sun. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
6. "Comedy review: Alice Fraser: Empire". The Scotsman. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
7. "Alice Fraser Trilogy". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
8. . Mushroom Promotions. 19 January 2017. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
9. "Alice Rebekah Fraser is creating Comedy, Podcasts, Broadcasts, Poetry | Patreon". Patreon. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
10. "The week in podcasts and radio". The Guardian. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
11. "The Gargle on Twitter". Twitter. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
12. "The Gargle on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
13. "THE LONDON GAZETTE, 17 JUNE, 1947" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
14. "The Bugle - Dog Climbs Mountain 4101".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
15. . Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
16. "Patreon post New Episode of ManMum Podcast".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)