LIVE: JIM JEFFERIES – Perth | Boorloo, 30 July 2026

Shane | 31 July 2026 | Reply

LIVE: JIM JEFFERIES – Perth | Boorloo, 30 July 2026
RAC Arena Perth, Western Australia
Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar

It’s always a little odd to see one man on a stage telling gags in a room big enough to park a couple of jumbo jets (especially when the sound is echoing back off the rear walls), but there’s no doubt that Jim Jefferies has his people in the palm of his hand for a riveting and mostly hilarious expletive-laden ninety minutes.

It takes more than a few naughty words and deliberately edgy comedy to become a global stand-up superstar, of course, and Jefferies makes it work with his deftly warm delivery and astute weaving of stories, many based on his actual life. He’s an everyman to his fans, one of them, and that’s a large part of his appeal.

Opening the show with ten minutes each – my daughter quipped that maybe they’ll just do one long knock-knock joke each, but in actual fact they both delivered rapid fire gags in strong sets – were Lindsay Webb and Corey White, both of whom got a lot of laughs and warmed up the impressively strong crowd. White is the ‘edgier’ of the two, dropping in a joke about domestic violence amongst other things, which maybe crosses a line for some.

Jefferies also loves to rile some groups of society up – but to be fair, they’re probably not the people buying tickets to his show, so he’s preaching to his congregation for the most part.

He starts with an acknowledgement of… all the c*nts in the room; talks about being sued by The Village People for suggesting YMCA and In The Navy are about gay sex; shares a faux pas from his game show hosting gig; ranks the five groups of society in order – good looking women, good looking men, ugly men, ugly women, old people; and much more.

One interesting point Jefferies makes is that poking fun at a group of people does not necessarily make them anti that group of people: for example, he has trans friends, makes a couple of trans jokes, but he’s not transphobic. It’s a fair point well-presented, and one we sometimes miss in these arguably overly PC times. Whilst that argument may not work for most of us – especially in the workplace! – it’s more appropriate to a comedian working their crowd.

It’s a legitimately very funny show despite (or sometimes because of) being so un-PC, but there’s never the feeling that he is punching downwards or inciting hatred towards any minority group, just saying it like he’s seeing it.

He even brings his thirteen-year old son Hank on stage, who he says is working the merch stand and will sell them a shirt with Group 1 – Group 2 – etc on it after he ranks the buyer, before making a show of ensuring the young fella has left the backstage area before carrying on with some edgier jokes inappropriate for a kid barely in their teens.

Jefferies is an entertainer, first & foremost – a very funny, edgy and raw entertainer that doesn’t care if a smattering of people walk out due to some of his routines hitting a nerve. Manufactured outrage is powerful publicity – he’s a man who knows his crowd, and hits the bullseye with them time after time.