Louis Theroux to make doco about Jimmy Savile
British documentary maker Louis Theroux is set to make his first ever Australian appearance in   September.
Theroux, whose trademark faux naive interviewing style has seen him glean fascinating insights into subjects as varied as white supremacists, prison inmates and swingers, will appear around the country in a series of speaking shows. 
Louis Theroux Live On Stage will see him in conversation with Julia Zemiro, reflecting on his years of film-making and discussing his working methods - which have included some decidedly Gonzo-style antics including having liposuction for a film about cosmetic surgery, spending time in a Miami prison cell and hanging out with gang members in Lagos.
The son of author Paul Theroux, he initially worked as a print journalist before landing a job on documentary maker Michael Moore's 1990s series TV Nation, where he first gained a reputation for wacky interviews on offbeat subjects.
By 1998, he was fronting his own TV series, Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends, exploring American subcultures. Since then he's made several documentary specials for the BBC, winning BAFTA Awards and a legion of fans around the world. He has also written a book, The Call of the Weird: Travels in American Subcultures and last year made his first feature film, My Scientology Movie.
Similar in style to Q&A sessions Theroux has held in the UK, he will discuss how he navigates danger as well as sharing previously unseen footage and following up on some of the characters he has interviewed throughout his career.
"I couldn't be more excited about doing these live shows in Australia. It will be my first time Down Under and my first time doing ambitious shows of this kind," Theroux said in a statement announcing the tour.
"For me, making my programmes is quite a private process. They are about forging a human connection with people whose lives are at the outermost edge of what we as people experience: the most forbidden impulses, the most frightening lifestyles, the most traumatic turns of events.
"To get inside the lives of those people - criminals, sex workers, people with mental illness, ultra-committed religious believers - is a kind of high-wire act. With these live shows, I'd like to invite my viewers deeper inside the process, share weird stories and surprising insights from all my years of doing it -  and also meet and get to know the community of people who enjoy the programmes."
The second half of his shows will be a Q&A session, with audiences invited to ask Theroux their own questions.
Louis Theroux Live on Stage is at Hamer Hall in Melbourne on   September 25 and the State Theatre, Sydney on   September 27, as well as dates in Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane. louistherouxlive.com