	{"id":90689,"date":"2023-07-16T04:58:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T18:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/?p=90689"},"modified":"2023-07-12T17:17:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T07:17:27","slug":"more-than-just-some-muppet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/news\/more-than-just-some-muppet\/","title":{"rendered":"More than just some muppet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>COMEDIAN Randy Feltface is set to return to regional Victoria with his new show Feltopia.<\/p>\n<p>After an overseas tour that took him to the UK, Europe and the US, the comedian and satirist said he\u2019s thrilled to be back in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>While he said he\u2019s excited to perform his 65-minute show for Australian audiences the real gold nugget for Feltface is the opportunity to lie on the grass in country Victoria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a Lancefield boy. Who hasn\u2019t strolled the magical corridors of Lancefield Plaza and felt the warm Kangaroo Flat air on their face?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Over the span of his 19-year career Feltface has become known for his brand of satire that is silly, challenging, and philosophically contemplative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing that I love about doing this is that I look dinky on paper, right? So I love it when people see my work, what I do and go \u2018oh maybe there\u2019s a little bit more depth to it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His new show Feltopia is a return to narrative comedy with some political angles thrown in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a twisty-turny story telling show with the overarching theme that I am quitting comedy and going into politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause there\u2019s only so much railing against the world you can do with a microphone without you know, putting your money where your mouth is,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the comedian audience members with zero interest in politics can rest-assured that this will not exclude them from enjoying the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody can get something out of this one. Bring your deadshit uncle, he\u2019ll have great time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Feltopia will open to a sell-out audience in Bendigo on 21 July at Capitol Theatre and a second show has been added on the same day to accommodate demand.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, times and tickets head to the Bendigo Venues &amp; Events website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COMEDIAN Randy Feltface is set to return to regional Victoria with his new show Feltopia. After an overseas tour that took him to the UK, Europe and the US, the comedian and satirist said he\u2019s thrilled to be back in Australia. While he said he\u2019s excited to perform his 65-minute show for Australian audiences the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/news\/more-than-just-some-muppet\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":90690,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-90689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>More than just some muppet - Bendigo Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/news\/more-than-just-some-muppet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"More than just some muppet - Bendigo Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"COMEDIAN Randy Feltface is set to return to regional Victoria with his new show Feltopia. After an overseas tour that took him to the UK, Europe and the US, the comedian and satirist said he\u2019s thrilled to be back in Australia. While he said he\u2019s excited to perform his 65-minute show for Australian audiences the [...]Read More...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/news\/more-than-just-some-muppet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bendigo Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-15T18:58:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/07\/Randy-Trees-horizantal-scaled-e1689146066939.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alicia S Cook\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alicia S Cook\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/news\\\/more-than-just-some-muppet\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/news\\\/more-than-just-some-muppet\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alicia S Cook\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/86bc47006666e1afe9b06a0ee0944343\"},\"headline\":\"More than just some muppet\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-15T18:58:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/news\\\/more-than-just-some-muppet\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":317,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/news\\\/more-than-just-some-muppet\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/24\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/Randy-Trees-horizantal-scaled-e1689146066939.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/news\\\/more-than-just-some-muppet\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/news\\\/more-than-just-some-muppet\\\/\",\"name\":\"More than just some muppet - Bendigo Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/news\\\/more-than-just-some-muppet\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/news\\\/more-than-just-some-muppet\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/24\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/Randy-Trees-horizantal-scaled-e1689146066939.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-15T18:58:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/news\\\/more-than-just-some-muppet\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/news\\\/more-than-just-some-muppet\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/news\\\/more-than-just-some-muppet\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/24\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/Randy-Trees-horizantal-scaled-e1689146066939.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/24\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/Randy-Trees-horizantal-scaled-e1689146066939.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":667},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/news\\\/more-than-just-some-muppet\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"More than just some muppet\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/\",\"name\":\"Bendigo Times\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Bendigo Times\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/24\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/BDT-logo-masthead-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/24\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/BDT-logo-masthead-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":491,\"caption\":\"Bendigo Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/86bc47006666e1afe9b06a0ee0944343\",\"name\":\"Alicia S Cook\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bendigotimes\\\/author\\\/alicia\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"More than just some muppet - Bendigo Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/news\/more-than-just-some-muppet\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"More than just some muppet - Bendigo Times","og_description":"COMEDIAN Randy Feltface is set to return to regional Victoria with his new show Feltopia. After an overseas tour that took him to the UK, Europe and the US, the comedian and satirist said he\u2019s thrilled to be back in Australia. While he said he\u2019s excited to perform his 65-minute show for Australian audiences the [...]Read More...","og_url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/news\/more-than-just-some-muppet\/","og_site_name":"Bendigo Times","article_published_time":"2023-07-15T18:58:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":667,"url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/07\/Randy-Trees-horizantal-scaled-e1689146066939.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Alicia S Cook","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Alicia S Cook","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/news\/more-than-just-some-muppet\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/news\/more-than-just-some-muppet\/"},"author":{"name":"Alicia S Cook","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/#\/schema\/person\/86bc47006666e1afe9b06a0ee0944343"},"headline":"More than just some muppet","datePublished":"2023-07-15T18:58:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/news\/more-than-just-some-muppet\/"},"wordCount":317,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/news\/more-than-just-some-muppet\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/07\/Randy-Trees-horizantal-scaled-e1689146066939.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/news\/more-than-just-some-muppet\/","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/news\/more-than-just-some-muppet\/","name":"More than just some muppet - Bendigo Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/news\/more-than-just-some-muppet\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/news\/more-than-just-some-muppet\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/07\/Randy-Trees-horizantal-scaled-e1689146066939.jpg","datePublished":"2023-07-15T18:58:08+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/news\/more-than-just-some-muppet\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/news\/more-than-just-some-muppet\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/news\/more-than-just-some-muppet\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/07\/Randy-Trees-horizantal-scaled-e1689146066939.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/07\/Randy-Trees-horizantal-scaled-e1689146066939.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/news\/more-than-just-some-muppet\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"More than just some muppet"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/","name":"Bendigo Times","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/#organization","name":"Bendigo Times","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/02\/BDT-logo-masthead-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2021\/02\/BDT-logo-masthead-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":491,"caption":"Bendigo Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/#\/schema\/person\/86bc47006666e1afe9b06a0ee0944343","name":"Alicia S Cook","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/author\/alicia\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90689"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=90689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}