Sashi Perera: Pear Tree
Highlights
- Experience Sashi Perera's sharp wit at the Pear Tree comedy show in Newtown, blending Sri Lankan and Australian humour.
- Laugh along with tales of family and love, enriched by Sashi's unique international perspective and storytelling flair.
- Delight in a performance that weaves geopolitics and comedy, offering a fresh take on pear-shaped events.
- Join the excitement of a rising star, nominated for Best Newcomer at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2023.
Sashi’s surname – Perera – means pear tree in Portuguese. You won’t believe how mad Portugal gets if you mention why it’s a super common name in Sri Lanka hehe.
Pear Tree is a stand up comedy show about pear shaped events between Sri Lanka and Australia. It’s about family, love, homes, knives, kids and cats – spliced with a bit of geopolitics and singing. As with her last show Boundaries (now on YouTube) Sashi’s signature observations remain dedicated to taking absolutely nothing too seriously.
Sashi is a Sri Lankan Australian comedian, writer and recovering lawyer. After working with refugee organisations around the globe, she moved to Melbourne to do her masters and fell arse backwards into comedy. She’s now one of Australia’s fastest rising comedians, known for her sharp wit, unique international tales and bizarre insights.
In 2023, she was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Since then, she’s sold out shows in six countries, opened for Hannah Gadsby and made a slew of television appearances including Channel 10’s Have You Been Paying Attention and ABC’s Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee. Her memoir Standstill was published by Penguin Random House in August 2025.
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