''Wogs Out of Work'' is an Australian play which was written by

Nick Giannopoulos Nicholas "Nick" Giannopoulos (; born 1 July 1963) is an Australian stand-up comedian, stage, TV and film actor and film director. He is best known for his comedy stage show '' Wogs Out of Work'' alongside George Kapiniaris, the television sitc ...

, Simon Palomares, and Mary Portesi. It debuted in 1987 at the

Melbourne International Comedy Festival The Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) is the largest stand-alone comedy festival and the largest international comedy festival in the world. First held in 1987, it takes place annually in Melbourne over four weeks, typically starti ...

and was enormously successful, touring for a number of years. The original cast included

, Simon Palomares,

George Kapiniaris George Kapiniaris () is an Australian stage, television and film actor and comedian. He is of Greek descent and is best known for his role in popular sitcom ''Acropolis Now'' and composed the series' theme song. Career Stage Kapiniaris appea ...

, and

Mary Coustas Mary Coustas (born 16 September 1964) is an Australian actress, comedian and television personality and writer. Originally from Melbourne, Coustas often performs as the character " Effie", a stereotypical second-generation Greek Australian pron ...

. Veteran film and TV director Marc Gracie was the original director of the production. The success of the show led to a TV series '' Acropolis Now'' plus a number of similar comedies, including ''Wog-A-Rama'', ''Wogboys'', ''Who Let the Wogs Out?'', ''Star Wogs'', and ''Il Dago'' as well the films ''

The Wog Boy ''The Wog Boy'' is a 2000 Australian comedy film directed by Aleksi Vellis and starring Nick Giannopoulos, Vince Colosimo, Lucy Bell, Abi Tucker, Stephen Curry, Tony Nikolakopoulos and Derryn Hinch. Whilst the word wog is extremely derogatory ...

'' and '' Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos''.

References

{{reflist 1987 plays Greek-Australian culture 1980s Australian plays Australian plays adapted for television