John Robertson

Question everything

TEDxPerth 2016
October 2016

Talk length:

17:23

Question everything | John Robertson | TEDxPerth

John Robertson is a comedian. He’s also a TV presenter, columnist, multimedia artist, games designer, crowd-surfer and recreational sadist.

He came to public attention at the 2003 Australian Idol by faking a seizure on national television. Now based in London, John is a veteran of several wildly successful Edinburgh Fringe shows. Following the viral success of “The Dark Room” YouTube game, he now tours a theatre adaptation globally.

John Robertson
Comedian and Performance Artist

John Robertson is a comedian. He’s also a TV presenter, columnist, multimedia artist, games designer, crowd-surfer and recreational sadist.

From Perth, and now living in London, he first came to public attention at the 2003 Australian Idol by faking a seizure on national television. After many successful Edinburgh Fringe shows and performing stand-up all over the world, in 2012 he created “The Dark Room”, a viral YouTube hit, which now tours the world as a theatre show.