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Adrian Saunders

Ahn Do

Rarely has a newcomer to the Australian comedy industry had such an impact as Sydney-sider Anh Do.
Anh Do is the "Inspirational Comedian"
The story begins in the Indian Ocean - 1980. An 8 metre fishing boat with 47 Vietnamese Refugees cramped in like sardines. A 2 year old boy is sick from de-hydration, his desperate mother can do nothing to help him. Water ran out days ago, and so far one person has died.
Fast forward to Australia - 2008.
The little boy is 30 years old and has been voted Comedian of the Year.
He is recognized by kids and adults alike who call out jokes they've heard on Rove Live, Thank God You're Here and Dancing With the Stars. He's entertained, motivated and inspired thousands and thousands at corporate events in Australia and throughout the world.
The ups and downs, trials and tribulations, difficulties and successes of a refugee during those 2 decades makes for an incredible and amazing inspirational tale that has the audience gripped with emotion one minute and then howling with laughter the next. The result is always a room that has been transformed.
From language difficulties to divorcing parents, from being broke to being bullied, from becoming a lawyer to becoming Comedian of the Year... Anh uses all his life's experiences to lift an audience to great heights of inspired motivation.
Simply Amazing! he received a standing ovation at the end of his performance
Lisa Dawson - Toshiba Australia
We thought we were "just" getting a really funny comedian - and we certainly did - but so much more.... we have had many speakers over the years and Anh was the best ever!
Glenys Broadhead - The Conference Team
Anh is the consummate professional and took a lot of time to learn about our business and the people involved - he has a strong inspirational message and is just a great performer - I'd recommend Anh unreservedly. Simon Lyon - Fuji Xerox
Inspiring, positive, uplifting...  Brilliant - Ian Hyman - Hymans Asset Management

Alan Glover

Alan Glover is without doubt one of Australia's tallest comedians. Recently referred to as an elder statesman of Aussie comedy, he's been standing up since 1983 and shows no sign of tiring. Alan's varied act includes sound effects, silly voices, funny physicality and clever one-liners.
"...material just keeps getting better." John Knowles, Drum Media
Live performance is Alan's great passion (please don't tell his wife).
Alan performed his first one-man show, 'Jolly.Green.Defiant' for the 1998 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Not content with that he took it to the Sydney Comedy Festival, the Newcastle Fringe Festival, and the Wollombi Folk Festival. That showed 'em.
"Alan Glover is a laugh-a-minute comedian." Judy Heywood, The Age.
His first one-woman show is keenly awaited.
Alan spent the last four years as founding President of Valley Artists Inc., a theatre company in the Hunter Valley of eastern Australia. He's written and co-written several shows for the company including Funny Business, Come To Bits and Radio Wollombi, and has acted in various plays including David Williamson's The Removalists.
"...skilful mimicry and wit." Bryce Hallett, Sydney Morning Herald

Alexis Dubus (UK)

Born in Buckinghamshire in 1979, I’m partially French, partially Australian and mostly confused. I got into acting at an early age, despite attending a school which generally believed that grappling and grunting with a throng of sweaty boys in the rain before taking a bath with them was an entirely more manly pursuit than drama.
It was my university years at Warwick that really saw me develop an interest in this activity (drama, not sweating boys) and might go some way to explain why I was the only student on my Philosophy and Psychology course to under-achieve.
As for stand-up comedy, I am currently gigging all around the country and occasionally abroad.
I perform energetic, chatty, feel-good comedy. My style also makes me well suited to compering work.
Since February 2005 I've been running and hosting Falling Down With Laughter in London Bridge. The club was voted Best Small London Comedy Club in the 2008 Chortle Awards.
In 2008 I took my first solo show, A R#ddy Brief History Of Swearing to the Edinburgh Fringe, where it received rave reviews and won the Three Weeks Editors' Award as one of their Top 10 Fringe Experiences. The show tranfered to the Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne Comedy Festival and then the Brighton Fringe in 2009.
In August 2009 I also took my first character show, Marcel Lucont: Sexual Metro to the Edinburgh Fringe.

Alistair Barrie (UK)

According to the Cape Town Argus, Alistair Barie has a casually sardonic sense of humour and is as sharp as a guillotine blade. Time Out magazine describes him as ``superbly talented'' while the Chortle website says he is ``casually urbane, a natural with an incisive intelligence behind his hilarious punchlines. The BBC calls him ``massively talented'' while Venue magazine says he ``has a confidence of delivery envied by many other comics.''
One of the finest comic minds of his generation who can ``leap from the highbrow to the gutter in the draw of a breath'', Barrie is much in demand as a comedian and MC on the international scene. He has played all over the UK, and Ireland, Australia, the USA, Europe, the Middle East and South-East Asia. He is a regular on British TV and radio and often works as an MC in the lucrative corporate world. As well as being one of Britain's most popular comedians he is also an acomplished actor and director.
After starting as a comic in 1998, Barrie first rose to prominence with a sell out performance at the 2002 Edinburgh Festival. He has made two triumphant returns to the Scottish capital as well as starring at many other British festivals.

Amadeua Martin (UK)

Amadeus Martin has quickly made his mark on the British stand-up scene.

A playful character, Amadeus has a quick-witted, cheeky, personable style, and his observational humour is energetic, and direct.

He loves speaking trivia, and the current news, but will sooner speak his mind, than be politically correct. 

Amanda Gray

Amanda Gray has been around the traps performing at more than 100 open mics nights and making the grand finals of both the Green Faces and Quest for the Best comedy competitions last year.

She is a regular at Wicked Women at Comedy on the Rox and has been described as a “Super Bitch … who delivers a drizabone set with brilliant comedic timing”.

Amelia Jane Hunter

Originally from Darwin, Amelia is now a Sydney-based comedian who believes comedy is revolutionary and can save the world.
Her unique brand of energy filled character comedy provides hilarious insights into the wicked and wily workings of a well bred, lateral thinking mind. Her humour is both confronting, sensitive and intelligent, a hearty grain fed, well rounded, full bodied flavour with lashings of laughter and a generous side of political profanity.
A trained actor, Amelia has performed on the Comedy Channel's Stand Up Australia and Channel 31's The Couch.
She's the thinking man's crumpet and the working woman's pin up.
Amelia's first solo show 'ROADHOUSE' was nominated for the 'GOLDEN GIBBO' Award 'for brave and innovative new work' and played to full houses at the 2006 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Festival organisers awarded Amelia the prestigious and much coveted Moosehead Award, and in 2007 she performed "Amelia Jane Hunter is Keith Flipp (The Girl from Belkendowns Flat)" at the festival.
She won her second Moosehead when she and Hannah Gadsby took Meat The Musical to the Melbourne Festival.
A regular on the Sydney comedy scene, a state finalist in 2002/03 JJJ Raw Comedy and winner of Darwin 'Roar Comedy', Amelia has performed her outrageous humour everywhere from Darwin Workers Club, Woodford Folk Festival to Cobbs Comedy Club in San Francisco. A regional tour of NSW and ACT in Oct/Nov 2006 furthered her comedic talents and the distinct possibility of being single, childless and full of purpose that little bit longer.

Andrew Norelli (US)

Andrew's comedy career began shortly after receiving a B.S. in Sociology from UC Berkeley.  Voted Most Likely to Become a Comedian by his high school class, his act was shaped by the smart, original sensibilities of the famed San Francisco comedy scene.  Eventually moving to LA, he worked the top spots including The Icehouse, The Improv, and The Comedy and Magic Club where he opened for Jay Leno.  Since then he has shared the stage with almost every big name in the business-- Garry Shandling, Kevin Nealon, Bob Saget, Joe Rogan, Roseanne Barr, George Lopez, Louie C.K., Dave Attell, Dave Chapelle, Robin Williams, and more.
TV spots followed, such as The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, Comics Unleashed, Entertainment Studios with Byron Allen, and NBC's Last Comic Driving.  Andrew also appeared at the prestigious Montreal Comedy Festival where his performance was praised in the publications The Hollywood Reporter and Time Out New York.  As a writer for 131 episodes of the TV show Comics Unleashed, his jokes still air on re-runs of the nationally syndicated program.
Perhaps more importantly, Andrew understands the corporate world, as he worked a sales job in his early years, navigating his way through the baffling realities of expense reports, spreadsheets, and quotas.  The experience was invaluable as you must learn about something before you find the humor in it.
Blending his joke writing with his improv skills, he often collects facts, info, and trivia from his clients beforehand, then weaves them into the show.  Jokes about the boss, company rivals, or past company events are often fodder.
In addition to his corporate tailored stand-up, he can also be booked to deliver his humorous keynote speech titled "I'm So Sick of Yoga" which explores the importance, and the challenges, of maintaining physical and mental health for a successful career.
Living in California, where good surf is close by, Andrew feels lucky to blend the ambition of the corporate world with the free spirit of stand-up.

Anthony Ackroyd

Anthony Ackroyd has thrilled audiences all over Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Asia, and the USA with his unique brand of comedy.
He has performed live in front of 110,000 people at Stadium Australia and his comedy has aired in front of thirty five million people on US TV.
Anthony rose to prominence as a cast member of the legendary ABC comedy series The Big Gig and since then he has made people laugh on more than 60 Australian and international TV shows, radio programs, and feature films.
As well as writing for Australian TV hits such as The Comedy Company and publications such as The Sydney Morning Herald, Anthony's writing credits include two years as screenwriter for Jim Carrey's Ace Ventura character and script editor for the West End hit 'Girl's Night Out'.
He is one of Australia's most successful comedians in the specialised area of corporate events.
Anthony also gives his time as a Clown Doctor at Randwick and Westmead Children's Hospitals. He speaks and runs workshops on developing humour skills and the benefits of laughter, creativity and intentional fun in business and life.

Anthony Salame

Anthony Salame began performing comedy in 2005 and has since built an army of fans all across Australia. He is one of the most exiting young comics in Australia who engages his audience with of mix cheeky dialogue, clever observations and world class voice impersonations. His Youtube hits exceed 150 000 views across three clips with over 7oo comments Anthony has performed in some of Australia’s top Comedy Clubs including the Sydney Comedy Store and Melbourne Comic Lounge. Anthony has opened in Theatres for international artists including Pablo Francisco at The Metro Theatre Sydney and Crown Casino in Melbourne and LL Cool J at The Enmore Theatre Sydney. Anthony’s made his Australian Television debut in 2007 in the SBS hit series Fat Pizza as a permanent cast member and is also now a resident in the new sitcom “Swift & Shift” now in its second series. Anthony’s Festival credit begin in 2009 with over 50 performances of his one man show “One night stand” which played The Melbourne Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival and Sydney Comedy Festival.

Antti Hakala (Finland)

Antti represents one of the minority groups on the international stand-up comedy scene, as well as within the world population: blond, Scandinavian males.

Following his Australian tour last year which included gigs at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2008, Antti took his show to The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2008.

In 2009 Antti brought his show back to Australia for the Adelaide Fringe. It was all about blond hair, blue eyes, soft skin and meatballs.

Austen Tayshus

Since 1981, Austen Tayshus has performed more than 10,000 shows in nightclubs, universities, comedy clubs, pubs and theatres throughout Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, the United States, and Asia.
In 1983 he released the highest selling Australian single of all time, 'Australiana', selling over 200,000 units and going double platinum.
Austen wrote and starred in the film Intolerance which received the Best Film Award at the 1998 Tropicana Film Festival, and for which he won the Best Actor Award.
His show at this year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival, The Merchant of Menace was a sell-out success.
Currently Austen is co-writing his first lead-role feature film with Robert Lewis Galinsky entitled, The Mudrock Briefs. The film is slated to be directed by veteran Scott Roberts (The Hard Word). He is also starring in Doin' the Splits, an Australian-US co-production to be released in late 2008.
Austen Tayshus is a graduate of the Film and Television School, 1978. He wrote and directed the films, Eric and Alice (1975), Waves (1976 ) and The End (1977).

Axis of Awesome

The Axis of Awesome are Sydney's self-proclaimed greatest musical comedy rock band. They sing songs, tell jokes and receive awards. They're also incredibly humble. The Axis comprises lead singer is Jordan Raskapoulos, Benny Davis who claims to have 85 per cent of the group's musical talent and Lee Naimo who plays guitar, drums and bird-slide whistle. They are Australia’s newest musical comedy sensation. In the short yet incredible time they have been a band, they have performed to sell out crowds across the country. Their 2008 Melbourne International Comedy Festival show “The Axis of Awesome Comeback Spectacular” won a Moosehead award, and played to packed houses and rave reviews.Their debut album "Scissors, Paper, ROCK!" is out now, and they will soon be performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. They leave men laughing and women gasping(and also laughing). Get ready to have your face blown off its hinges.“Their musical lampoons really hit the mark … they had the audience in stitches, hooting for an encore – 4 stars” - The Age
Jordan Raskopoulos is best known for his work on “The Ronnie Johns Half Hour” on Channel 10. Currently a National Theatre Sports Champion, Jordan was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2007 Melbourne International Comedy Festival for his one-man show, “The Adventures of the Man With the Dominant Claw”. Jordan enjoys Snickers bars and the music of David Bowie. A classically trained musician, Benny Davis brings some class to the Axis. And a portable keyboard. As an original member of the sketch comedy troupe “The Delusionists”, Benny was a standout in their 2007 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Show. A regular cast member of almost every improvised comedy show in Sydney, Benny is a virtuoso on the keyboard. One of Sydney’s best improvisers, Lee Naimo, along with Jordan, is a current National Theatre Sports Champion, and he is co-creator of the hit live show, “Scrabble Unscripted”, which was a sold-out success at both the Melbourne and Cracker Comedy Festivals in 2006 and 2007.

Barry Hamilton

Barry finally responded to calls (his own) of "one day I'll do stand up comedy, it's got to be easier than this!"
Quickly finding out it wasn't, but being too stupid to quit, he continued to annoy people at open mic rooms in Sydney. With 40 years of life's disasters to refer to, he asks you to examine the contradictions of what life asks us to accept. That and a bunch of one liners which are obviously thinly disguised cries for help.
Barry started in 2003 and made the Grand Final of the Green Faces comedy competition in 2005. Barry has performed all over Sydney. He appeared recently on the "Sydney Underground Comedy" DVD. He regularly appears at The Laugh Garage and at many comedy rooms in Sydney.
"He's not the messiah, he's just a very naughty boy." - Monty Python

Bart Freebairn (Qld)

Clowny, goofy, bouncy Bart Freebairn is the kind of guy who starts out funny and gets funier as the show goes along. His general pisstake on society and running commentary of his own failures are a source of constant laughter; it seems Bart has managed to find that uneasy balance between self depreciation and promotion. The engaging left-of-centre Freebairn is a comedian from a new generation. He’s funny like the older guys, he’s witty, and sometimes crass like them too, but mostly he’s hip, sharp, observant, confident and insightful. He speaks to Generation Y more clearly than any other generation. He’s the voice of soul searching and questioning and has that typical Gen Y trait - an insatiable desire to learn more and be better. He jokes, he impersonates, he muses. And he’s mighty fine at all of it. Freebairn is an emerging comedian with the goods. He’s humorous and intelligent. His entire performance is flawless – he never skips a beat, he never fumbles pr put a foot wrong. His material – from social parodies to common conundrums, from mistakes to mindless banter – is eloquently delivered.

Bev Killick

Bev’s life has become all about boobs since she landed a role in the much-aired Berlei Ad for the Uplifting Tour of Australia and was asked to perform as a Bosum Buddy of Busting Out! Of course she accepted the Busting Out! offer and is looking forward to hearing you laugh your tits off as she gets her tits out.
Bev started making people laugh from the age of ten, at family gatherings. Invariably these gatherings would end up with Bev putting on a show.  Always the class clown and lunch time entertainer, Bev’s ability to remember a joke (handed down from her Dad at the meatworks) and tell it well , saw her doing Stand Up Comedy in the school quadrangle long before she knew that it would be her calling.
Bev’s move south to Melbourne was where her innate comedic abilities came to the fore. Participating in numerous performance workshops from clowning to improvisation, she perfected her Stand Up routine touring it around Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane comedy circuits performing in top comedy spots such as The Espy, The Comedy Club, The Comic’s Lounge, The Comedy Store and the Sit Down Comedy Club. (She loved the Espy so much she married the Lighting Guy,  who would give her extra special lighting during her sets).
Bev’s ability to get a crowd laughing non-stop each and every time, came to the attention of the Producer’s of the worldwide sensation Puppetry of the Penis. They offered Bev the opportunity to travel with the show as their opening Act. Bev jumped at the offer and travelled around Australia performing to more than 250,000 people.
Since then Bev has worked with Weird Al Yankovic, Gina Riley and Jane Turner as a guest cameo on Kath and Kim.  She was a panel member on Beauty and the Beast, a special guest on the hit show Pizza, married her Lighting Guy on Surprise Wedding, beat the blokes on Joker Poker, was nominated for a Green Room Award for Most Innovative Cabaret Show for her show Sic Women, which she performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and appeared on the ABC’s MDA.

Ben Ellwood

Ben Ellwood is a comedian, hysterical hypochondriac, conspiracy theorist and human man.
More gigs followed, as did the applause [albeit mostly begrudging and sympathetic applause from friends and family]. Ben is currently on rotation as part of the Comedy Channel’s Stand Up Australia TV series and is coming soon to a comedy night near you.
Ellwood’s honesty behind the mic stand and willingness to test the expectations of any audience has earned him a place as a must see for, if nothing else, a new angle.Raw, vitriolic tirades on the state of the modern world and it's peoples is coupled with equally truthful observations on life, sex, poverty, law and public transport.
Ellwood is a lungful of air from a desperate gasp, after drowning in a sea full of derivative comedy.
Ben’s performance career took off gradually with a few open mic night performances at Sydney open mic rooms. The next step into live comedy was in Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Raw Comedy Competition in 2006, in which he was placed as a NSW State Finalist.
www.myspace.com/benellwood

Brad Oakes (Vic)

Brad Oakes (Oaxy) has performed stand-up around Australia for the past 10 years. In that time he has played to more than half a million people (he's counted them). That's a lot of laughs. He has performed more than 2000 regular Stand-Up Comedy performances in front of crowds ranging from 3 to 3000 people. As well as working in comedy venues, he has worked in schools, universities/TAFEs, workplaces, clubs, concerts, television, radio, on buses, boats and the odd back of a truck. His ability to tune-in and be flexible to the mood of the audience, with his appealing humour ensure he is regarded as one of Melbourne’s most reliable and capable MCs. His humour could be described as everyday Australian, which means he works easily anywhere in the country (as he has done) and relies on Australians recognising their own culture being sent up (which they invariably do). He has also spoken and lectured on comedy and is, along with scientists from the CSIRO, a co-author/creator of the comedy science soap, Co-Lab; published by the CSIRO on the Internet. He currently lectures at Victoria University in comedy writing, is house director and script consultant for Medieval Madness, is involved in radio on-air presentation at GOLD 104.3 FM, a writer for TV Show Totally Full Frontal, contributes articles to The Age, The Herald-Sun and Large magazine - and his corporate events work includes conceiving, implementing and hosting successful team building exercises. Brad is a writer and performer who can tailor a performance to your requirements. He has the ability to ensure that his performance is both professional and suitable to the taste of all his audience.His corporate clients include the Australian Photographic Association, Qantas, TAB, Young Libs, Moomba, Phillip Morris, SIDS Foundation, Melbourne City Council, Telstra, Bridgestone, Coonawarra Wines and many more.

Brendan Lovechild

Brendan grew up in suburban Sydney. Leaving school at 16 to pursue a career in graphic arts, he quickly became quite a problem, drawing cartoons of his fellow workers that were a little too close to the bone for their liking.Surprise, surprise, Brendan had to go.For some reason he dropped his pens & pencils &became a landscaper & bricklayer. Always clowning around on building sites,writing graffiti on anything & everything, it seems he was destined for a career in humour.
In 2000 Brendan made his stand-up comedy debut, which in his own words was "absolutely perfect....everything went wrong!" It could only get better from there & it certainly has. These days Brendan has quite a string of credits as both a stand-up comic & cartoonist. He performed at Splendour In The Grass 2006, JJJ Cockatoo Island Fest 2005, Woodford Folk Fest 2002-2006, Sydney Comedy Store, The Last Laugh Comedy Club, Melbourne, and just about every comedy club around.
Brendan has appeared on "Stand Up Australia", and his stand up work has been aired nationally on JJJ radio. He has worked with some of the best including Akmal Saleh, Arj Barker, Greg Fleet, Gary Who, Steddy Eddy, Wil Anderson, Kitty Flannagan, Puppetry Of The Penis & loads more.
Brendan has also been MC for rock bands such as the Hoodoo Gurus, Rose Tattoo & Jimmy Barnes & even dressed up as a priest &worked a 'confession booth' for 300 people (who were on ecstacy & amp; vodka so they told him everything) at a corporate Christmas party on a floating pontoon on Sydney Harbour.
His cartoons have been published nationally in newspapers& magazines such as The Big Issue, Nova, The Byron Echo, The Nthn Star, Insight, Wingspan, Nimbin Goodtimes, Arena, Rabalais & more.
In 2006 he featured in comic TV commercials for Uncle Toby's, NSW State Lotteries & The Brisbane Motor Show (which won an industry award!)

Brett Nichols

Brett Nichols won the Green Faces comedy competition in 2003, one of the largest open mic competitions in Australia that includes Anh Do, Dave Williams and Tom Gleeson in its winners and runners-up hall of fame.

A comedian, writer, director and actor, Brett has appeared in Water Rats and All Saints, and is a writer/director of an upcoming Australian surf comedy film called Hodads.

He works his comedy magic regularly at Comedy On The Rox, The Laugh Garage Comedy Club and the Sydney Comedy Store. 

 

Bruce Griffiths

In less than eighteen months, Bruce Griffiths went from first time 'Open Miker' to 1996 Comic Of The Year.
Bruce began stand-up in July 1995 after over a decade of writing for some of Australia's biggest names in comedy.  His output has been voraciously consumed by Andrew Denton, Paul McDermott, Doug Mulray, Amanda Keller, Adam Spencer, Elle McFeast and Artist Services' and the comedy channel's sketch comedy ensembles.

He initially ventured onstage "just to do something with the leftover material".  Six months later he won the NSW Final of the Funny Business/Triple J "Make Me Laugh" Award (the forerunner to Raw Comedy), and in a fortnight was performing at the 1996 Adelaide Fringe Festival on invitation.
He was subsequently recorded for Channel 31's "Comedy Unlimited" program, and in December went on to win Comic Of The Year and appear on the "McFeast New Year's Eve Special".
In May '98, from 64 entrants, he won The Parramatta Club's "Big Giggle" stand-up showdown. That same year he supported international acts as diverse as Barry Diamond (guest star on "Seinfeld" and "Friends"), Edinburgh Festival Perrier Award Winner Arj Barker (as part of the inaugural Sydney Comedy Festival), Stevie "The Regurgitator" Starr and Mr Methane.
In August 1999, he made his first trip to London for a handful of paid performances, and his appearance on invitation at the Edinburgh Festival became the sensation of the massive "Fringe Sunday" Stand-Up marquee.
At the start of 2000, he shifted base to London to perform on the U.K. and Irish stand-up circuits, and recorded two sets for the "Live At Jongleurs" stand-up series. In August 2001, he returned to Edinburgh to be recorded for the BBC's prestigious "The Stand Up Show".
One of Australia's most in-demand comedy writers, in July 2000, he made his debut as a writer-director with his digital short film, "Plugged", which won both the Jury and Audience Awards at the Wild West Digital Shootout in Albuquerque New Mexico.
Currently writing for "The Sideshow" on ABC in addition to stand-up, from 1996-1999 he was one of the core writers for "Good News Week" and its spin-offs "Good News Weekend" and "GNW Night Lite".  His television writing credits include "Enough Rope With Andrew Denton", both of the Andrew Denton Logies specials and his earlier programs "Denton", "The Money Or The Gun" and "Blah Blah Blah", as well as Adam Spencer's "F.A.Q.", "Live & Sweaty", sketch programs "Fast Forward", "Full Frontal", "Comedy Inc" (series 2 and series 3) and “Comedy Inc – The Late Shift”, the Elle McFeast special "Sex, Guys And Videotape", and The Comedy Channel’s multi-awards-nominated animated series "Dawn & Barry".

His writing has picked up three Australian Writers' Guild Awards (AWGIEs) for "Good News Week", a fourth and an AFI Award for “The Glass House”, the United Nations Media Peace Prize and three Penguins (Australian TV Award For Excellence) for "The Money Or The Gun", and a Gold Medal in the New York Festival Film & TV Awards for "Sex, Guys And Videotape".

Cameron Knight

Cameron Knight is a talented comic whose credits also include TV drama and movies as well as being the face of Foxtel's Comedy Channel. He has played characters in the TV series Stingers and Blue Heelers and but his love of stand up regularly calls him back to the stage. Cameron started his journey as a performer at the age of 12 when he played Fagin in his school's production of Oliver and from there he was hooked. After studying acting in Adelaide he moved to Melbourne where he fell into stand up and improvised comedy which landed him a support role in Channel 7's sketch show Big Bite. He has hosted various Comedy Channel shows including Chair Reaction, We'll Call You, Hit and Run Series 2, The World Comedy Tour 2005, The FHM Lara Croft Challenge, Think Comedy It's Friday, Cam and Charlie's Guide to the Festival and Stand Up Australia, a stand up comedy show which showcases some of the best local and international acts around. Stand Up Australia airs five nights a week.

Christina Davis

Famous for being in Channel 10's Big Brother show, Christina Davis achieved national fame as Christina Ballerina.

She has performed all over the country and throughout the US. She has appeared on ABC 'Stand-up', Channel 31's Champagne Comedy and was a finalist in FHM's Australia's Funniest Man Competition. and twice was a state finalist for Raw Comedy.

She also has staged shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
 

Chris North

Chris North is a Radio Announcer and Stand Up Comedian.

He can be regularly heard in Sydney on vega 95.3fm as an On Air Announcer and Audio Producer. He has worked as a presenter and writer in both Radio and Television and has fast developed a reputation as a sought-after Corporate MC and Facilitator.

Chris Radburn

With his hilarious observational style of humour, former lawyer Chris Radburn is one of the funniest comics on the scene today.

Chris has made numerous television appearances including The NRL Footy Show, NBC’s Last Comic Standing, Stand up Australia and Joker Poker.

His international performances include Malaysia’s F1 Grand Prix, New York’s Gotham Comedy Club, Stand Up New York, Miami Improv, P&O Cruises and a tour of the Solomon Islands to entertain the Australian Troops.

After hanging up his lawyer’s suit Chris graduated from the Actors’ College of Theatre and Television in Sydney.

He regularly works as an actor in television commercials and films and as a voiceover artist.

Chris Wainhouse (Q)

After a white-bred, middle class upbringing, Chris turned out an arty-trendy sort of try hard, and a magnet for dominant women. A product of his environment, Chris lives a life of weird repetitions with no time for rational thought.
His sharp-witted and daringly clever act has seen him perform with many comic greats such as Vince Sorrenti, Bruno Lucia, Jeff Green (UK), John Maloney (UK), Mark Mayer (UK), Arj Barker (USA) and Stevie Starr - The Regurgitator.
Chris' suave attitude has seen him steadily climb the comic ladder. In 1998 he won the title of Sydney's Comedian of the Year, past winners include the Umbilical Brothers, Flacco, Carl Barron and Kenny Graham. Chris was also successful in taking out the Grand Final for the 1999 Triple J Raw Comedy Competition, in Melbourne, which earned him a trip to Edinburgh Comedy Festival.
Chris has performed on many television shows both National and International including Rove Live!, The Footy Show, 110% Tony Squires, Foxtel’s Hit and Run and Joker Poker, The World Stands Up, Live at Joungleurs, Comedy Central Presents and Stands Up Australia... Just to name them all!
Chris is a regular headline act at some of the world's most prestigious comedy venues including The Sydney Comedy Store, Melbourne's Comedy Club "The Classic" in Auckland and Jongluers in the UK. He also regularly headlines in Singapore, Jakarta, Malaysia and Hong Kong - a testament to his cultural diversity.
Sharp witted and daringly clever, Chris' fresh brand of comedy is guaranteed to bring any audience undone. From Corporate Functions to exclusive Presentations Chris has taken his fun and intelligent standup routine throughout Australia and overseas.
Whether it's Corporate Functions or presentation nights or one of the numerous comedy clubs around the world, Chris' clever, provocative and original style of comedy is guaranteed to crack them up where ever he goes.
· Triple J Raw Comedy Winner (Queensland Final) 1999
· Triple J Raw Comedy Winner (Australia Final) 1999
· Sydney - Comic of the year 1998
They Say:
· Chris’ rapid fire wit and rapier delivery has audiences begging for mercy”
... Brisbane News
· “Excellent, must see!”
... Courier Mail
· “Chris has more character than a Disney movie”
... Time Off Magazine

Chuck Boyd

Born and raised in California, Chuck always knew he had something to say. At the tender age of 19 began writing and recording radio commercials. These weren’t the ordinary radio-schlock ads, they sparked controversy and garnered Chuck a reputation for having a notorious tongue. As his popularity grew, Chuck’s style made him a popular guest on various morning shows, and eventually led to his own radio show on KMBY in Monterey California.
Chuck then began producing television commercials and TV segments for local shows.
He spent two years as a writer and actor for “Kill Ugly Television”, a weekly skit-based
comedy show in the San Francisco Bay Area. All the time Chuck began to show a strong
interest in standup comedy and develop a venom and hatred for the inane.
Now an Australian Citizen, Chuck has worked his way to the top of the open-mic set, opening for many of Sydney's top comedians. He does American voiceovers, hosted the Morning Show on RadioKaos and had his own segment on the internationally syndicated “Planet Rock” as, you guessed it, a pissed-off American.

Claire Hooper (Vic)

Bright new comic Claire Hooper already has a glowing CV, with The Sideshow and Rove Live appearances, and a stint as a presenter on ABCTV and Perth’s Nova937 under her belt.

Her comedy career began in 2004 when she won the Western Australian finals of Triple J’s Raw Comedy. In 2005, she was selected to perform in ‘”The Comedy Zone”, Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s new acts line-up and won “Best and Fairest” at the National Improvisation Championships in Sydney. She has also written several comic plays and directed “Hamlet” in a co-production with Perth Theatre Company.

In her first year on the comedy festival circuit, Claire scored a Best Newcomer nomination at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and a place in Scotland on Sunday’s top five comedy picks of the Edinburgh Fringe.

Clint Paddison

Clint Paddison is one of Australia’s finest stand-up comedians. Winner of the 2001 Comedy Cup and the 2004 Australia Day Comedy Competition, Clint is a unique and engaging comedian who has performed all over the world; including the acclaimed Comedy Café in Amsterdam, Anthony Robbins Seminars in Fiji, tours across Australia with Puppetry of the Penis and even entertaining the troops throughout the Middle East.

Clint has featured on the Comedy Channel (Foxtel), the Qantas and Jetstar in-flight entertainment program and is a regular live performer at the Sydney Comedy Store and most of the major venues across the country. Clint also performs at popular events such as the Sydney Royal Easter Show, Sydney on Sale and The Great Escape.

Dana Maray

Dana Maray is one funny girl (OK, not exactly ‘girl’) with a knack for accents and hilarious storytelling which comes from years of guiding dumb American tourists.

A Wicked Woman, yes, but Dana’s humour is inoffensive with no yucky stuff.

She’s married to the only deodorant wearing Frenchman on the planet.
 

Daniel Townes

Daniel Townes began his comedy career in 2002 and in a hectic five years has starred in comedy festivals in Montreal, Edinburgh, Melbourne and Adelaide.

He has performed in a variety of venues from the Sydney Opera House to Comedy on the Rox and everything in between. He has toured Spain, Germany and the UK and made numerous radio and television appearances including the Footy Show. You can also hear him on CDs and see him on DVDs. Daniel has his own brand of dry, Australian humour, guaranteed to make anyone laugh. 

Danny McGinlay (V)

Melbourne's Danny McGinlay is a naturally charasmatic and engaging comedian who has performed all over the world including Britain, the US as well as featuring on the top rating Australian TV show Rove Live. He describes himself as a ``simple boke who knows too many useless facts, has seen too many movies and invests too much emotion in the Celtic Football Club (Glasgow) and the Footscray Football Club. (Melbourne). His critics say: ``Very funny, McGinlay is an assured and animated performer, like an over-caffeinated Puck with the ability to weave a rollicking yarn'' - Sunday Age.  The year 2008 was a groundbreaking one for McGinlay. He supported Danny Bhoy’s national tour, continued his film career with a small role in the Nicolas Cage thriller The Knowing  and finished off playing the prestigious rock festival The Falls. He is a regular at the Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne and Edinburgh International Comedy Festivals where his shows are sell-outs. Danny regularly performs in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and all over his native Victoria. Internationally he has been playing the UK circuit, performing all over England, Scotland and Wales as well as in London.  He also performed for recently in New York where he was called ``the best in a long time'' by Steve Aarons, manager of the New York Comedy Club.

Darren Casey

Darren Casey is a comedy headliner, writer and actor. Along with Eddie McGuire, he was on the Triple M Grill Team and he was also lead actor in the award-winning SBS short film Roy Hollsdotter Live. Darren has worked with some of the best including the Working Dog Productions team, Russell Gilbert, Pete Rowsthorn, and as special guest Master of Ceremonies on Tony Martin and Mick Molloy's 1994 Australian tour, at the height of the Martin Molloy phenomenon.

Darren has also been featured on legendary ABC comedy series Frontline, as himself on Rove Live, and has been involved in iconic comedy tonight shows including Russell Gilbert Live and In Melbourne Tonight.

His theatre ventures have included Two Bums Go Vegas (1995) with Matt King at Budinski's Theatre, Melbourne, and He's a Little Bit Mental (2001)at the Victoria Hotel, Melbourne.

Darren’s eagerly anticipated return toMelbourne International Comedy Festival in 2007 culminated in the soloshow Poo Ring Sting.          

Darren Sanders

Darren Sanders has been performing stand up Comedy since 1992 at comedy clubs, sporting functions andcorporate venues.You can check out Darren on the new McDonalds TV Commercial (Olympic Games 2008). He and fellow comedian Gary Who also star in The Dazz and Gazz Radio Show on TV currently on TVS (Ch 31Syd) and coming to Foxtel (Auroura Ch 183). Also coming soon to Community TV is Talking Comics with Dazz and Gazz which is currently inproduction. In 2006, The Dazz and Gazz Radio Show on TV was beamed out on TVS (CH31 in Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide). The show was set in a radio studio with the comedic pieces seperated by music videos made exclusively forthe program. In May 2001 Darren opened The Laugh Garage Comedy Club in the city of Sydney with fellow Comedian Tony Bailey. The club moved to Parramattain 2004. In March 1998, Darren toured the USA where he performed at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, The Improv in Irvine and featured in Chicagoand Idaho comedy venues. He performs in all of the top class comedy clubs around Australia regularly, from The Sit Down Comedy Club in Brisbane, The Laugh Garage Comedy Club and Comedy on the Rox in Sydney and The Comedy Club in Melbourne. He was also a part of the successful show in 2000 at The Melbourne International Comedy Festival, 'The Good Sport, The Bad Sport and The Ugly Sport'. Darren's training started in Adelaide at La Mama Theatre, continuing on at The Theatre of Arts in Los Angeles, Majoring in Performing Arts and Speech. Darren is a versatile comedian with the necessary skills to MC, host, auction or perform at anyfunction. MC and corporate comedyclients include Lloyd McDermott Rugby Development Team, Optus, Mirabel Foundation, Balmain Tigers Grand Final & Sportsman's Lunch, Variety Club, Clown Doctors, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Macquarie Bank, Adelaide Crows Football Club, Ivy Sports Luncheon, Phillip Morris, Victorian Police Testimonal Luncheon, Lunch with the Ashes Legends and SCRUM (in PNG), Toyota, Oki, Mulford Plastics and Surf Control Surf Lifesaving Golf Charity. Darren was a part of WS-FM's Sports program 'Whistles and Hooters' in 2005/06, with a weekly comedic look at sport.

Dave Bloustien

Dave Bloustien is an award-winning comedy writer, prize-winning improvisorand a stand-up comedian to boot. He's performed in comedy festivals in four states as well as in London, San Francisco and rural Zambia.
Dave's second solo show, St*rf*ck*r was a sell-out success at the Sydney Cracker Comedy Festival. He was part of the AWGIE award-winning writing team on ABC TV's The Glass House, and has written for a number of television shows including Comedy Inc., The Way We Were, and The Melbourne Comedy Festival Debate. He’s also a writer on ABC TV's The Sideshow.
Dave was selected to be the first featured comedian on agiggle.com, has appeared twice on the Stand Up Australia (the Comedy Channel) and is hosting his very own show for TVS in Sydney. His freelance comedy-writing clients include The Comedy Channel, Austen Tayshus, Tequila Digital and ninemsn.com.Currently, Dave is working on his first feature film script for Quixotic Films, as well as a new show for the 2008 comedy festival circuit that may or may not be called 'Dawn of the Dad'.
Interesting facts about Dave: he has a PhD in Jewish Punk from the University of Sydney, and thanks to his appearance in a documentary about the lost Jews of China (narrated by Leonard Nimoy), he also has a Kevin Bacon rating of 'three', which is better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stiletto.

Dave Callan (V)

Easily the hairiest comedian in Australia, Dave Callan is a versatile and highly entertaining comedian, writer and performer.
Dave has an Irish accent because he was born in Ireland and moved to W.A. when he was eight.
The one way people recognise Dave is because of his beard and long hair. Many people want him to shave but it is his trademark. He thinks it will be very fashionable when the new Ice Age comes.
Dave has been on pretty much every Australian TV show that features stand-up comedians.
His 2000 Melbourne comedy festival show was called "Dave Callan is Shithouse" though it was criticised as being falsely advertised.
Dave now hosts his own show on Triple J.
Dave has also been mistaken for Chewbacca, Jesus and The Wild Man from Borneo in that order.
“Dave Callan saved the show by proving his comedic brilliance”
Adelaide Advertiser
“…He puts a bizarre twist on the clichéd rituals of life.”
Western Review Media
Credits
Rove (Nine Network) - presenter and writer
Triple J – regular drive time
Good Morning Australia (Ten Network)
O’Loughlin on Saturday Night (ABC)
Standing Up (ABC)
King of the Road (SBS)

Dave Eastgate

Dave Eastgate is truly versatile, with 10 years of professional experience in film, theatre, television, stand-up comedy, live stunt shows, bands, musical theatre, Shakespeare, street performance, education, improvisation and even theme-park characters.
As well as a four-year stint performing at Universal Studios Japan in Japanese, David has performed his unique brand of musical-comedy aroundthe world in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, London, Glasgow and Edinburgh. He returned from five years overseas in Jan 2006 and is currently residing in Brisbane writing the scripts for Big Brother's Friday Night Live and performing the audience warm up for Nominations, Evictions and FNL.
As a stand-up comedian, David placed 2nd in the 2006 National Green Faces Competition in Canberra, was featured at the 2006 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Showcase. David has since begun headlining shows in Brisbane but his personal highlights would be supporting international acts Arj Barker, Stephen K Amos and Ed Byrne, sharing the stage and his guitar with Lano and Woodley on a live broadcast for ABC radio and making the third round in Japan's biggest comedy competition, the M-1 Grand Prix.
Film credits include the new Chris Nyst feature, "Crooked Business", where he plays a blundering news agent as well as a number of shortfilms and TV commercials.

Dave Jory

Dave Jory began his comedy career with a five minute open mic spot at The Sydney Comedy Store, way back in 2003.
From humble beginnings, Jory has quickly become one of Sydney's hardest working and most in demand comedians. This will often see him working as many as three nights a week. He has performed with some of the biggest names in comedy and in 2006 Jory opened for both Arj Barker & Pauly Shore, before capacity crowds at the Enmore Theatre.
Jory will also be familiar to people who listen to Triple J radio, but only if they listen at 8.40am every Saturday. That's when he appears on Scott Dooley's breakfast show, to present the hilarious segment 'Dave Jory Lifts the Lid on Tinseltown'. Jory is also author of the 2001 comedy book 'I know everything', which Hustler Magazine said 'has the edge over Woody Allen'.
Jory appeared at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2005 and was a national finalist in Raw Comedy in that same year. He has also appeared Channel 10's Joker Poker and performed twice on The Comedy Channel's highly rated series Stand-Up Australia.

Dave Rosner (US)

Comedian Dave Rosner is an observant Jew who has performed comedy in clubs and synagogues in the United States, Australia, Canada, Kuwait, and Iraq. Rosner began in the entertainment industry at the age of eight  He To date served in Iraq twice. Once as a Marine 2003, once as a comedian 2009. Rosner claims to be "the only Marine who, when he kills, nobody dies." His stand-up routine pokes fun at his experiences in the Marines and being a Jewish Marine, his personal shortcomings, and family life growing up in New Mexico.

David Smiedt

David Smiedt was born in South Africa in 1968 and migrated to Australia at the age of 18. He spent the next three years at Macquarie University in Sydney, where he frequently used the word' postmodern' erroneously and out of context. He went on to betray his sex in magazines such as Cleo, New Woman, marie claire, Cosmopolitan and ELLE.

His first book, Boom Boom: 100 Years of Australian Comedy, co-written with Rob Johnson, was published in 1999. Smiedt maintains a shallow illusion of quasi-bohemianism by consuming too many things he shouldn't and too few of the things he should in the inner-city Sydney suburb where he lives with his wife and a poodle.

More about David on his website davidsmiedt.com.au

David Williams

David is now regarded as one of Australia's brightest young stars, and has worked on all of Adelaide's major media, since making his debut.
By no means a novice, David has performed along side some of the world's best including - Jimeoin, Carl Barron, Stevie Starr, The Amazing Jonathon, Sean Hughes. Judith Lucy, Greg Fleet, Matt King, Shane Bourne, Chris Franklin, Vince Sorrenti, Bruno Lucia, Steady Eddy, Julia Morris, Kitty Flanagan & Modern Problems in Science and was asked to support Michael Buble on his last Australian tour.
David has played the Melbourne International Comedy Festival ever year since 1999 with a new show each year - a testament to his writing ability. He was chosen to perform in The MICF Montreal Show Case and the Australian MICF Road show which tours all around, In 2000 David performed his one-man show at The Adelaide Fringe Festival achieving full houses and rave reviews.
David is a regular cast member of Impro Sundae (Theatre Sports) at Melbourne's Comics Lounge.
"David Williams who has a Jim Carrey look and manner brings the house down by explaining that road rage is caused by too many drivers listening to Shania Twain playing on their car radio." USA Today

Desh

Desh, South Africa born, Queensland raised and of Indian decent brings together his unique experiences in his award winning stand up comedy. In 2002 Desh competed in the Raw Comedy competition.  His comic timing, smooth delivery proved an irresistible mixas he was judged the clear winner for the Queensland State Final and flew tothe Melbourne International Comedy Festival to compete in the National Final. The following year, Desh was also a finalist in the 2003 National Green Faces comedy competition. Desh the comedian had arrived.
Desh has quickly become a fixture on the Sydney and Brisbane comedy circuitand has been developing a variety of skills as a stand up comedian, writer and actor.
In 2003 Desh was a regular and popular guest performer on Channel 9's ‘FootyShow' and featured with the Footy Show Comedian Tours through Queensland and New Zealand. In 2004 Desh also appeared as a guest comedian on Network 10's ‘Rove Live'. Desh displayed his versatility as a guest panellist on Channel 7's ‘110% Tony Squires' and SBS's ‘Countdown to Eurovision' as well as featuring on the comedy channel's stand up comedy special 'Show Us Your Roots'.
In addition to his work on television, Desh has regularly contributed to radio, as a guest on Triple M's ‘Tom and Subby Show' and SBS's ‘Radio Alchemy'Show, he is the inspiration and brains behind some of the funniest and most side-splitting television shows never made or even thought through to a logical conclusion.
Desh satirises the experiences and myths that continue to shaped and influenced his world: Globalisation, Rugby League, Multiculturalism, Cricket, the Environment, Urban Design, Pornography, Love, Relationships, Funk Music and Eating.

Dolores Lorette

Dolores took the comedy bull by the horns in 2005 and milked it. She was a winner of Raw Comedy 2006, has toured as Akmal Saleh's support and has had two successful Melbourne Comedy Festival shows. With a background in circus, Dolores is anatural performer.

Sharp, blunt and smart, her comedy is so raw the Japanese want to eat it.
 

Eddie Ifft (US)

Eddie Ifft (b. 1974 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American stand-up comedian and sitcom writer. He lives in Los Angeles.
Ifft graduated with honors from Fox Chapel Area High School in 1992. After graduation from the University of Pittsburgh, where he was a brother of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity, he moved to New York City and started doing stand-up comedy on the club circuit. He performed on many stand-up comedy specials including NBC's Late Friday Night, Comedy Central's Premium Blend, BET's Comic View, ABC's Comic's Unleashed , NBC's Last Comic Standing and in August of 2008 he filmed his own 1/2 hour special for Comedy Central (Comedy Central Presents). He also appeared in many national commercials, including KFC and Arby's.
Ifft was also a co-host on the now-defunct New York City WNEW morning show Sports Guys. He still appears regularly on nationwide radio shows, including KROQ's Kevin and Bean Show, the Bob and Tom Show, and San Francisco's Alice 97.3 Morning Show with Sarah and Vinnie.
Later, Ifft moved to Los Angeles where he still resides, developing sitcoms with networks. He starred in a pilot for Comedy Central and created a show for the FX Network.
One of a few American comedians to tour globally, Ifft has toured the UK and Australia extensively. In Australia he has been featured on Rove Live, The Glass House, The Footy Show, Stand Up Australia, Wil & Lehmo, The Sideshow, Thank God You're Here and Good News Week. In June 2007 he taped his first live DVD at the Sydney Opera House to a sold-out crowd. He has recorded two live stand-up comedy CD's, "I Learned the Hard Way" in 2004 and "Jokes That Make My Friends Laugh" in 2006.
In 2005 Ifft started filming a documentary about America's perception around the world, entitled America the Punchline. The film is set to be released in 2008.

Eddy Brimson (UK)

Since turning to comedy in 1999, Eddy Brimson has well and truly established himself on Britain’sl ive circuit. He is one of the most regular comedians in a career that has taken him from Edinburghto Dubai.

Eddy is also a regular comedy contributor on TV and as anactor has appeared in Eastenders, Absolutely Fabulous, Hale and Pace, The Bill and Silent Witness.

He has also appeared in movies and his radio credits are numerous.
 

Elissa Hawke

Elissa Hawke pours her heart and soul into her comedy, charming the socks and jocks off audiences everywhere with her lightning wit and remarkable gift for improvisation.

Elissa is a comedy veteran, with more than 10 years’ experience performing across Australia and on ABC TV and Radio.

She has created and performed shows for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, in which she was described as ``a charming show-off’’ (The Age). She was seen on the 2000 JJJ Raw Comedy national grand final, known as the Australian Idol for comics.

She delivers a unique Australian cultural perspective after growing up in Canberra and living in Queensland, Melbourne and Sydney.
 

Ellen Briggs

Ellen Briggs is a talented mother of two, with a sharp tounge and a rapidly rising career in the comedy industry!
This pretty blond tuck-shop Mum will blow you out of the water.
With just two years experience, she bagged first prize on the National Foxtel Comedy Channel's 'Be a Comedian' and earned a spot on Stand Up Australia.
Then in 2007 she was a finalist in the nationally televised Melbourne International Comedy Festival "Raw Comedy" Competition.
Since then Ellen regularly performs as a comedian and MC at venues all over Australia, and can often be heard on "ABC North Coast Radio" and Byron Bay’s Community Radio Station, "Bay FM". In fact at the end of 2007, she was shortlisted for the breakfast radio program "The Cage" which is heard on MMM in Brisbane – without even applying!
Most recently, Suzie Perry, a popular BBC television personality from the UK contacted Ellen to do some co-writing with her for the various television and public appearances that she is required to perform.
Ellen has an easy-going, friendly nature that belies the dark wit that she presents. It’s been said that "Ellen says out loud the things other mothers only dare to even think", and that "with her tales of parenting, she could well become Australia’s next Fiona O’Loughlin". Ellen takes her audience on an observational and hilarious journey through life as an accidental mother of identical twins and the wife of a husband who is away working for nine months of the year.
Briggs has made an art-form out of sneaking really politically incorrect jokes onto the end of ``nice’’ yarns. She manages to launch the punch lines stealthily: You won’t see them coming, but you’ll know when they hit.

Emma Zammit

Emma Zammit is a new face on the comedy circuit and recently won the 2008 Comedy on the Rox’s Quest for the Best competition.

She is a regular at open mic venues around Sydney showcasing her observational humour and is hoping to take over Rove’s spot now he has retired. 

Emma has been selected to represent NSW in the Comedy Zone for up-and-coming comics at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2010.

Eric Hutton

Eric Hutton’s been plying his slightly strange – at times funny – style of stand-up for several years on the Sydney comedy scene, and has been based in Melbourne since mid-2008.
He’s impressed some medium-sized cheeses in the business and been threatened three times after gigs. This has led to invitations to appear on The Comedy Channel’s Stand Up Australia and on Triple J radio, filling in with Sam Simmons for industry mega-men Roy and H.G.
At the 2008 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Eric appeared in Sam Simmons’ award-winning show Where Can I Win A Bear Around Here?, and performed in the ensemble show The Zinger Machine. He’s supported London Comic of the Year Mark Watson’s Sydney shows at the Factory Theatre, and performs regularly in Sydney and Melbourne.

Fiona O'Loughlin (NT)

Fiona O'Loughlin is the funniest working mother in Australia today. Based in Alice Springs, Fiona has spent the past 10 years working as a stand-up comedian and a columnist as well a writer and presenter for ABC Radio. She has performed many television comedy spots including popular guest appearances on ABC TV's Spicks and Specks, produced her own shows for Australian and UK comedy festivals and earned acclaim at Montreal's invitation-only Just For Laughs Comedy Festival. She appears across Australia every Friday morning as a social commentator on Channel 7's Sunrise program. Fiona spent considerable time “doing housework and having babies” before she took to comedy, making her festival debut in Adelaide in 2000 in a show entitled Fiona And Her Sister (And Some Weird Guy). O'Loughlin took the show to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival the following year, returning with the Barry Award for Best Newcomer before making her Edinburgh Fringe Festival debut with it a few months later, again, to sold out houses. Fiona's glowing national UK reviews included a four-star write-up in the respected industry bible The List. After a sell-out return festival season in Melbourne in early 2002 (with the show From Here To Maternity – extra shows failed to satisfy demand for tickets!), Fiona received her first invitation to appear at Montreal's Just For Laughs Comedy Festival. Her triumphant performances in July that year immediately led to headline appearances at the world-renowned Improv Comedy Club in Los Angeles. In subsequent years Fiona has continued to enjoy sell-out seasons at Australian comedy festivals. She has also branched out, taking her comedy to print and broadcast media. As with her comedy, Fiona's foray into other media was significantly successful. In 2003 Fiona wrote and starred in a series of Heinz television commercials that contributed to extraordinary growth in sales for those products. It was, of course, merely the first of a long list of television appearances, since Fiona is as natural a guest and raconteur, as she is a host and comic. She is currently appearing in Dancing With The Stars on Channel 7.  

Fox Klein (Vic)

Charming and challenging, Fox Klein combines pinpoint observations with story telling, moving seamlessly through the joy, pain and sheer stupidity of day-to-day life.
Klein's twisted views on Kung-Fu, the ladies, movies, sex, ghosts . . . the likelyhood of sexy ghosts . . . the probability of Steven Speilberg reading his screenplay about sexy Kung-Fu lady ghosts . . . has seen Klein become a punters' favourite in recent years.
Having honed his stand up skills on every type of stage in front of every type of audience since early 2002, the award-winning Klein has developed a style and energy that switches effortlessly between relaxed and commanding, to playful and highly energetic.
He is a regular on the Melbourne and Sydney comedy circuits and includes performances in New York on his CV.

Fred Lang (Q)

In the mid-sixties Fred, much to his horror, found himself lying in the crib in the Sydney Seventh Day Adventist Hospital.
Six days later, after a daring escape, he crawled north east at a rapid rate until he happened upon an eclectic band of European immigrants. In time he came to know them as Mum, Dad, Older Brother and twin.
The following 30 odd years have seen Fred also escape from 3 schools, 2 TAFE colleges, 106 “employment opportunities”, 53 Households, 21 countries, and 5 relationships.  (Having said that, he is very committed to his dog, Beau).
Those 30 years have also seen him become one of Australia’s most sought after "live" stand-up comics. Pubs, clubs, town halls, conference centres, or Opera Houses... it makes little difference to this wild professional. Fred’s love of stand-up comes from a deep seated need to have his say ... and not get arrested! He’ll push, prod and provoke an audience with a style that is, like all individuals, uniquely his.
Fred has had the misfortune of working with just about every well-known comic in the country - most of whom he has little respect for. Those he looks forward to working withagain include Peter Berner, Tommy Dean, Jimeoin, and the Scared Weird Little Guys.
Whether it be traveling, working or fleeing, Fred has managed to fill three passports in the last 10 years - from New Zealand to England, Germany to Fiji, Borneo to Turkey and just about every country in between. In his beloved Australia Fred has worked both coasts, every major city and most of the minor ones as well.
He has appeared on television so many times he is convinced there are still some performances he hasn’t been paid for! Radio has paid up for the many months he offered his unique opinions but the money was crap. He hasn’t done any movies but this is only because he hasn’t slept with a proper agent.

Gabriel Rossi (V)

Born February 3, 1971 in Orbost, Victoria, Gabriel's family moved to Melbourne when Gabriel was only one year old. Even as a young child, Gabriel would entertain his sister's friends when they came around, but he didn't do his first public performance until the age of 10, at a school camp, where he recited a fifteen minute-long "Cheech and Chong" sketch. The performance was so popular that there was an encore performance at school assembly later that week to a huge response.
However, after that initial success, Gabriel left the world of comedy only to return fifteen years later. I t was mid 96 when he made his first appearance as a stand-up comic on the gruelling Melbourne pub circuit. This time he was “all grown up” and was using his own material! It wasn't too long before Gabriel was finding his feet and growing in stature. Realising that he found his passion in life, Gabriel focussed very heavily on his comedy by watching the local acts and learning the intricate rules about being funny.
By early 1998, Gabriel had reached the state final of the Triple J Raw Comedy Competition. The competition was tough. The winner that year was Chris Franklin, who has since gone on to have a number one hit single with "Bloke"! 1998 proved to be the year in which Gabriel Rossi came of age. It was during this year that he became one of Melbourne's premier acts, regularly MC’ing comedy nights and appearing as a Headline act at all the major comedy venues.
In early 1999, Gabriel had a brief stint on breakfast radio on TTFM, where he was performing song parodies live on air. The Champagne Comedy program on Channel 31 commenced in June and Gabriel is the performer most regularly used on this program. Long-running Channel 31 program, The Comic Box also utilised Gabriel to host their program.
In 2000, Gabriel put on his first Melbourne International Comedy Festival show called "Melbourne - the Musical." The show was a runaway success and received rave reviews. In May 2000, Gabriel reverted back to his Italian/Calabrese roots and began touring Australia with Joe Avati. Along with Joe, he performed to the Italian communities in Perth, Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne and country Victoria, and was very well received. Having had success in the mainstream market, Gabriel relished the challenge and was reborn as an Italo-Australian comic. In other words, he found a new string to his bow and ran with it.
Since 2001 Gabriel has achieved the status of a headline act throughout Australia nad has remained so to date. Since releasing his frist CD "Mama's Boy" he followed it up with a comedy single entitled "Melbourne Suburbs Medley" in 2002 and the highly acclaimed "Live @ The Comic's Lounge" in 2003. In 2005 he was part of the "Show Us Your Roots" tour and was subsequently included on the DVD of the same title which was released later that year.
Gabriel is also a prominent worker on the corporate scene where he has entertained many companies such as ANZ, Carlton Football Club, Visa, IBM, Melbourne Football Club,  AFL and many more.
The future holds more travelling as Gabriel is about to embark upon his third tour of the UK and also many more theatre shows following on from the success of his shows at The Darebin Arts Centre and The Clocktower Centre to name a couple.
Gabriel received a 5-star review for his 2004 Melbourne International Comedy Festival show "Reservoir Wogs" from the Herald-Sun and in 2006, following Gabriel's MICF show "Gift of the Gab" was lauded as "offering witty and candid perceptions of sexist and racist behaviour" and "refreshingly new" from The Age Online. Gabriel Rossi continues to work on his next offering and looks forward to the challenge ahead in what is now over ten years as a comedian.
 

Garry Who

One of the original pioneers of the infamous Australian Sydney Comedy Store, Garry Who quickly slipped into television and was the resident comedian on The Midday Show with Ray Martin for two years.

He hosted and wrote his own segments in the light-hearted national magazine show Just For The Record on Channel Ten, and starred alongside Jon English and Rebecca Gibney in the hit national sitcom Altogether Now for Channel Nine. Garry wrote and performed his own segments for the award-winning ABC adult literacy series The Reading Writing Road Show, and was nominated for an ARIA Award for best comedy album in 1987.

Garry is consistently touring and is in high demand for corporate work and live comedy venues around the country and abroad. 

Gary Eck

Gary Eck has been entertaining Australian and international audiences with his sharp wit for over fourteen years. If he also looks familiar to you in a black leather kind of way, perhaps you’ve seen his work alongside Mick Molloy and Glenn Robbins in the greatest boy band from the 1980s, Boytown.
Acting (and musical) talents aside, Gary has performed at comedy festivals in Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney, and toured internationally in London, Singapore and New York.
He has toured with the Umbilical Brothers, Jimeoin and supported US comedy legend Steven Wright, performed his stand-up accompanied by a live orchestra, and appeared on numerous television shows including Rove, The Footy Show, Spicks and Specks, and Stand-up Australia.

George Kapiniaris (Vic)

George Kapiniaris is one of Australia's best loved comedians.

He burst onto the national scene with the hit stage show Wogs Out Of Work which parlayed into the TV series Acropolis Now in which his characted Memo constantly referred to women as ``chicky babes''.

His latest veture is a national tour with fellow comedians Simon Polamares, Nish Selvadurai and Joe Avati in their hilarious show Il Dago.

Kapiniaris is also an accomplished actor with his roles as DJ in the popular TV series The Flying Doctors and that of real life character George Defteros, the lawyer to Melbourne's underworld in the smash hit mini-series Underbelly, his best remembered. 

George Smilovici

George has not stood still since he topped the Australian and New Zealand music charts, and US comedy charts with his hilarious hit monologue, 'I’m Tuff'.
An internationally renowned comedian and musician, George has performed in every arena possible, from his own shows in giant sporting stadiums to intimate clubs as headliner. He has worked alongside the likes of Joe Cocker, Talking Heads, Neil Sedaka, Joan Rivers, Ricky May, Michael Winslow, INXS, Tiny Tim, Midnight Oil.
George is currently one of Australia’s most sought after corporate entertainers and is an inspirational speaker on a multitude of topics. His passion for making people laugh and feel at ease has ironically provided him with a platform to confront social issues with hysterical abandon.
Last year he performed for the coalition troops in Iraq, and he has recently performed with Michael Jacobson's 'One Night Stand' productions. He has had his own TV show on Fox Sports called The G-Files, and has appeared on The Comedy Channel's Stand Up Australia.

Geraldine Quinn (V)

Rock-cabaret star Geraldine Quinn is a rare blend of songwriter, guitarist, singer, comedian,actor and destined to be "catapulted to international superstardom"(The Age).  Her work is brutal, original, intelligent, musically cunning, lyrically nimble and very, very funny. She is blazing a trail internationally, breaking rules, hearts and guitar strings across the globe - catch her while you can.
Critics have described her as "ferocious and funny." Sunday Mail (Adelaide)
"This brutal, beautiful androgyne is bound for untamed success." The Age (Melbourne)
"Geraldine Quinn, chanteuse extraordinaire, is also very funny." Sunday Age (Melbourne)
"Funny and a helluva singer." Adelaide Advertiser
"Geraldine Quinn is sexy ... (her) singing voice and stage presence continue to amaze." Beat Magazine (Melbourne)
Uber-popsongwriter, singer and satirist Quinn’s "beautiful, haunting, gutsyvoice" combined with original "dark and vulgar material" make her one of the new musical comedy artists to watch. She is funny, sexy, dark and original - as rock as you can get with a piano and a chick in three-inch heels. Quinn is a great musician, a supremely wrong sense of humour and oh-so-catchy tunes about such varied universal themes as why Bowie is God, bunnies are evil and everything sounds better in French.
Geraldine's performed around Australia and the UK and swiftly has made a name for herself as a mighty singer with dark thoughts whose material is quarenteed to offend almost everyone. She was twice selected in Edinburgh in Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe and performed in the David Letterman Showcase in the UK in 2006. In 2007 she toured Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, Tasmania and Edinburgh.
Quinn had been acting, writing and singing for 10 years before she attended the National Theatre Drama School (1999-2002). She is a self-taught singer/songwriter/guitarist with a High Distinction thesis on Evelyn Waugh somewhere on the shelves at University of Melbourne. Possessor of an astonishing voice, a wicked sense of humour and a keen intelligence, this queen of hardcore cabaret is a force to be reckoned with. Her ballads are subversive and always a treat and her vocal range is amazing. She’s a misanthropist with a twisted sense of humour and vocal chords that pierce who has gained a reputation as Australia’smost inappropriate songstress.

Grant Lyon (US)

Oscillating between moments of intelligent wit and pure silliness, Grant Lyon reveals his laid-back surfer personality on the stage. Growing up in a strict household with a large group of siblings who are brilliant, talented and great big show-offs, Grant discovered he could seek refuge in laughter. His funny skills, drive to be the center of attention, and infatuation with this nation’s past and present now enable Lyon to spin a narrative like no other.
Though barely an adult, Grant has been around. He grew up in Los Angeles, moved to Chicago, came back to Sacramento, and ended up in Santa Cruz. Moving forced him to be outgoing and make friends easily, and now those experiences help him make friends with every audience. He discovered stand-up comedy while playing collegiate soccer at UC Santa Cruz, and unfortunately for his soccer coach, the passion of his life changed.
Multi tasking between family, girls, politics, and finally living as an adult gives Grant Lyon more than enough material to keep audiences from all over captivated and coming back for more.
``One of the most original comedians on the scene, not only will he make you laugh, you might learn something.''
- David Testroet, Producer of the Mile High Comedy Competition.
``In a sea of wannabe 'street' comics and childish toilet humor salesmen, it's nice to see someone who is striving to be clever and honest and original.''
- Johnny Steele, Former host of the Live 105 Morning Radio Show and past winner of the San Francisco International Comedy Competition.

Harley Breen (V)

Harley Breen is surely and rapidly becoming a major player in the Melbourne and Australian comedy world. He is young, and already well versed in the language of the art that is Comedy. He began in Brisbane with his feet planted firmly on the ground and his mind traveling to exotic and imaginative destinations. In the high lands of Papua New Guinea, Harley performed to several hundred of PNG’s finest non English speaking nationals. After performing in such a supportive comedy savvy area of the world, he returned to Australia to become a Stand-Up comedian.
After two years of working within the Brisbane scene Harley moved to Melbourne to take part in the 2004 Melbourne International Comedy festival (MICF). His first comedy festival show “A Harley shaped Hickey called Wayne” achieved sell out crowds. In 2005 Harley’s MICF show titled “SKINT” achieved the same success attracting robust crowds and receiving acclaim throughout the season. With rapid energy and physicality, Harley delivers his bizarre and absurd takes on the world, captivating his audience with unmarked ideas and surreal images in a mission to unravel rigid beliefs and preset assumptions that mostly subside cunningly deep within institutions and establishments (what the hell does that mean?). Harley tackles his dilemmas and sticky situations head-on exposing humor that may otherwise go unnoticed.

Hannah Gadsby (V)

The notoriously accident-prone Tasmanian comedian Hannah Gadsby, who took to the stage never having seen a comedian before, describes herself as "super laid back. Any more laid back, and I'd drift off to sleep." Yet somehow over the course of her chequered career she has developed prophetic abilities, found harmony picking broccoli and enraged British national treasure Pam Ayres.
Gadsby left Tasmania, in her own words, as "everyone was a little too ... related. A little too friendly!" Her many attempted career paths include stop-motion animation. "I'm not particularly good at it, I discovered! I thought I would be. The people who do it have extraordinary powers of patience."
Broccoli harvesting relaxed her. "You're out in the fresh air, the weather's nice." A position as a film projectionist came to an ignominious end after a damaging series of international cycling mishaps. "One was a miss-and-run - they didn't quite hit me but I swerved into a parked car; one was a car door opening. I was hit by my fourth car in Vienna. Unexpected success followed Gadsby's surprise win at the 2006 Raw Comedy competition at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, which a friend forced her into. From there to the Big Apple: the New York comedy circuit was competitive. "It's tough. They're pretty comedy-savvy. But I did all the exciting clubs." Invited to perform in 'So You Think You're Funny?' at the Edinburgh Fringe, Gadsby took the opportunity to sample Scots cuisine. "I was impressed with the deep-fried Mars Bar. But I don't think it's something you can have twice," she emphasises.
- Biography by Rosie Clarke of dBmagazine. 

Jack Druce

Jack Druce is one of our most exciting young comics, originally from Canada and living on the NSW South coast, Jack has achieved success in Standup Comedy and Comedy Film – beginning stand up as winner of the NSW Kick Start comedy competition at the ripe old age of 15,
Jack was Melbourne International Comedy Festival Raw Recruit winner for Best Newcomer in the 2007 Raw Comedy at the, after winning the NSW State finals.  In 2008 Jack was chosen to be part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's showcase of rising stars The Comedy Zone with fellow comedians, Jaques Barrett, Lila Tillman, and Tom Ballard
Jack brings a fresh young perspective, with surprising observations that give his comedy a wide appeal
Jack is a regular at Comedy on the Rox and the Mic in Hand. Jack has also performed at the Local Laughs Comedy Club in St Kilda, and has appeared on “The Footy Show.”
Jack’s comedy films have  been recognised in the “Short Sited” Film Festival, the Sydney Fringe Comedy Festival, and the Silent Cells youth Film festival, and by David Stratton at the Illawarra Ice Pix Film festival.
``This young man will have a long, illustrious career in comedy should he choose it''. – The Groggy Squirrel
``Particular standouts were the youngest finalist, 16-year-old Jack Druce.'' – The Age

Jackie Loeb

Jackie Loeb has worked extensively as a comedian, vocalist, actor and musician. Since 1992, Jackie has delighted audiences with her highly original brand of comedy at leading venues across Australia and internationally.
Along with playing Australia’s leading comedy venues, Jackie Loeb was a cast member and writer on the award winning Australian television series Full Frontal. Jackie’s singing and mimicry skills were frequently used on the show having parodied Bjork, Tracy Chapman, Alanis Morissette, Janis Joplin and many other musical icons.
Jackie is a sought after panelist whenever a comical point of view is required. Jackie’s guest appearances include Beauty and the Beast, Cheese TV, The Midday Show, The Comedy Channel’s Mouthing Off, Foxtel’s Channel V, E News and most recently was a finalist on Channel Ten’s Joker Poker.
Jackie is also a trained actor, copywriter and radio announcer and is a regular guest on Thank God it’s Friday with Richard Glover on 2BL Radio, Sydney ABC. Jackie is an enthusiastic writer, having co-written the short film The Gluttons in which she also played the lead role, and the Trop-Fest shortlisted film Girls at Beach with Mum, which she also directed and composed the music.
Jackie has also contributed pieces for In Melbourne Tonight, City Extra, Full Frontal and Geek Girl Magazine and is a respected speaker/entertainer on the corporate circuit. Jackie was also the Comedy Channel’s resident female voice-over artist for two years.

Jacques Barrett

Jacques has been pedalling his brand of at times darkish observational and impressionistic comedy for 3 and a half years now, long enough to realise that bios make him sound more important if they're written by him but in the third person. But he hates that shit, he thinks it sounds dumb and he's not gong to do it any more.
I've punched out sets around Sydney, Wooloongong, Brisbane, Woy Woy,and I've run 2 comedy rooms: one at the Paddington Bowling Club in 2004 and one at the Bondi Bowling club in 2005. They both got shut down cus old people who run bowling clubs are c==ts. But I've done plenty of gigs, mainly in Sydney.
I've hosted heaps of trivia nights and charity events and I was a lawn bowls instructor for a few years too, but I retired because of my hip, which I shattered when I was drunk in my shower. I drinks lots of milk now.
I've been in a few comedy competitions, I made it to the semi finals of Raw Comedy in 2006 but I did heaps more better in the 2Day FM Australian Comedy God competition in 2005 where I got to the grandfinal to compete for $50K. I didn't win but I got on air on 2 Day FM for a year with another guy from the competition called Jim Rochford. He and I were funny together apparently and they gave us a Sunday morning spot for our show called 'The Wagon'.
After 6 months of sacriligious Sunday morning segments we got moved toTuesday and Thursday night where we got even more borderline and aftera year I was taken off air because I did too much stuff about Osama Bin Laden, racial stereotypes and other taboo topics and 2Day FM didn't think I fitted their image. It only took them a year to work that shit out. I could have told them that right from the start. It was good experience but.
I was on the Comedy Channel's Australia Stands Up too, which was fun.

James Moffett (V)

James Moffett is from a small country river town in South Australia called Goolwa.
At age 20, he moved to Byron Bay, where he turned to stand-up comedy after his chosen career of massage therapist failed to live up to his expectations. James thought he would be massaging "all the hot chicks", where in reality he spent his days massaging "hairy backed gorilla men!"
A state finalist in Triple JJJ's Raw Comedy, and a finalist in Canberra's Green Faces, James is also a regular at various comedy festivals. In 2008 he appeared in "Brain Date" at the Bangalow Big Joke Festival, as well as became a finalist in the Village Idiot Competiton at the same festival.
In 2009, James was a featured guest on Channel 31's "The Comic Box". He also performed his solo show, "The Water Revolution" at the St Kilda Laughs Festival, and co-starred in "Fight Comic" at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
If that was not enough, James also completed a 20 date tour of his solo show, "Random Acts Of Wrongness" in 2009 where he appeared at some of the toughest pubs in "the middle of nowhere" Western Australia - including a rifle range! They did not shoot him, so he must have been funny.
The tour culminated in a successful headline spot at Perth's "Laugh Resort" Comedy Club.
For six months in 2008, James worked as a stunt man and extra on the Steven Speilberg/Tom Hanks mini-series "The Pacific", which is the sequel to the award-winning "Band Of Brothers". "The Pacific" is due for release in 2010. James has also appeared as an extra in various other movies, tv shows and commercials.
In 2006, James co-hosted "The Bandwagon" radio show on Bay FM, Byron Bay for over a year. "The Bandwagon" began as a late night radio show, but soon moved to drive time due to it's popularity. James has also performed various voiceovers for Power FM.
James is currently based in Melbourne and is working on a series of sketch comedy short films.

Jason Chong (SA)

``Chong, proves himself an energetic guide...he uses his gregarious charm to make a point...it’s the perfect match of style and content.'' - Chortle.co.uk
``Jason Chong could be one of this country’s top comedians.'' - dB Magazine
``Let Chong say what you sometimes might think.'' 3 stars - The Advertiser
``Hilarious show that has a fun laugh at the small differences of our multicultural society...you’ll get a Bruce Lee style kick out of this one!'' - Rip It Up Magazine
``Clever...absurdly hilarious...utterly likeable'' 4 1/2 stars - The Advertiser
``Inspired...had us in stitches'' 4 stars - Sunday Mail
Jason has been doing standup since 2001 and has performed and MC’d at comedy clubs, pubs, sporting clubs and a zoo in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Canberra. Jason co-presented Nova 919’s nights show from 2005 to 2007, and is currently an all-round announcer, but with his “alternative ideas” on what radio should sound like, he may be gone by the time you read this. He has appeared at numerous Adelaide Fringes with his solo shows, Minority Retort and Emotichong, the sold-out 2-man Lord of the Rings parody Sort of the Rings as well as Going Ape at the Zoo, Hoodwinked, Ahh- Celebrity Scenes, hosting late shows, and appearing twice in The Best of Adelaide Comedy. He made his debut in the 2008 Melbourne International Comedy Festival with a successful season of Minority Retort which sold out many times. He recently appeared on The Mansion (Comedy Channel) and C31's 3rd Degree and is also working on a show called Something (on TV). Future ambitions: Dance the night away, and party like it's 1999.

Jay Sullivan (ACT)

Jay was born in Sydney, but spent most of his childhood in Tumut NSW.
Jay’s birthday is the 20th March. Jay shares his day of birth with Spike Lee, William Hurt, Henrik Ibsen and Holly Hunter. On March 20 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono were married. John is Jay’s favourite Beatle.
Jay is a regular performer at comedy clubs, charity events and corporate functions for a range of businesses in Canberra and the local region. 2010 is set to be a big year with a trip to New York City and his first solo theatre show.
Jay first did stand-up comedy at RAW Comedy 2006. “I’d been acting in theatre for about 8 years and always wanted to try stand-up, but was scared I would suck.”
His comedy heroes include: Bill Cosby, Brian Regan, Akmal Saleh, Ricky Gervais, Arj Barker, Demetri Martin, Steven Wright. Sullivan also has several comedians who he refers to as “the gods of comedy” – these are: Charlie Chaplin, Lenny Bruce, Andy Kaufman, Mitch Hedberg, Bill Hicks and Richard Pryor.
Jay’s first five minute routine is Canberra comedy folklore. It was a raw and loud set that ended up going for seven and a half minutes. Tom Gibson wrote of that performance: “An angry young man took to the stage to right some wrongs. He took no prisoners. You had to be prepared to ride some full-on topics to appreciate the jokes along the way. Some of the audience were shocked. Most people realised they were seeing the birth of something special.”
Jay said, “My act has changed a lot since then, as I’ve learned more about comedy. I just want the audience to laugh a lot and have a good time.”
Fast-forward to 2008: Jay won the National Green Faces competition. In the same year, he was also in the National Final of RAW Comedy at the Melbourne Town Hall.
Jay has performed at the National Multicultural Fringe Festival two years running and this year he hosted the National Heckler’s Competition, Jay said: “There was nothing scarier than walking out onstage knowing the audience had microphones and were ready to go!”
Jay performs regularly at open mic nights around Canberra, sticking to a policy of never doing the same joke twice in the same venue. Jay’s regular Canberra venues include: The Front, Civic Pub and the Arts Centre at Tuggeranong. In 2009, Jay was one of the core performers at the first Canberra Tilt Comedy Festival.
Jay has also had the opportunity to work Akmal Saleh and Joel Ozborn at the Sydney Opera House and performed alongside: Clint Paddison, Adam Hills, Dave Williams, Damian Callinan, David Eastgate, Chris ‘Bloke’ Franklin, Tahir, and one of his heroes: Austen Tayshus. He has also performed at the Comedy Store and at Comedy on the Rox in Sydney.

Jeff Garcia (US)

Jeff Garcia is a voice actor and comedia. He is best known in Australia as the voice of Rinaldo the penguin in the 2006 Oscar winning animation move Happy Feet. He  also will play the same role in the 1010 squel. Garcia also portrayed Sheen Estevez in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and he will soon play the lead role on the Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius spin off/sequel Planet Sheen. He also guest starred on the animated series Clone High. He is the leader of the 96.1 Wild Wake-Up crew. He also voices "Pip" the mouse in the 2006 film Barnyard, and he continued to provide the voice of the same character for the television show Back at the Barnyard. He is also rumored to be voiced as Suneo Honekawa in the anime series Doraemon and in the anime film The New Record of Nobita: Spaceblazer. He has also appeared on one of the half-hour comedy special Comedy Central Presents in May 2006. He was a contestant in the Comedy Central series Reality Bites Back, but quit after the first day.

Jennifer Wong

Writer and self-described comedy tadpole Jennifer Wong is happily swimming the waters of her comic apprenticeship.
Her first gig was at the Sydney Comedy Store in 2005 as part of Triple J’s national Raw Comedy competition. With a background in journalism and publishing, she decided to take comedy seriously after attending the spirit-buoying Jeez Louise women's comedy workshop as part of the 2006 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Since July 2006, she has performed at almost 50 open mic nights and new comic showcase events in twelve months, showing signs of a decidedly amphibious streak.
Today she's a regular at Comedy on the Rox and the Sydney Comedy Store's new comics nights. She has written for the 2008 series return of Good News Week on Channel 10, and has written and performed at corporate and fundraising events. Her work is played on Australia's longest running comedy program ‘Home Grown Humour’, which is broadcast to 60 stations across the country.
"Soft-spoken and cerebral" Madison Magazine  

Jody Ekert

Jody is a Sydney based comedian, writer and eventsorganiser. She has been performing her comedy for three years and hasappeared at numerous festivals throughout Australia. She has toured herfirst solo comedy show, White Trash Lesbian, to Feast in Adelaide, Mardi Gras in Sydney and Brisbane Pride (where opening night was a sell-out).
Apart from her comedy she also organises and MCs the very successful Green Kitten Open Mic, which showcases community comedians, poets and writers.
Her comedic opinion pieces appear in the street press, and her stand-up comedy course for beginners has been included in the program of several Sydney community colleges.
Jody has been heard on 2Day FM as a semi finalist in their Comedy God Contest, and also on RadioWise’s “Home Grown Humour”, syndicated Australia-wide.
Jody has appeared on QueerTVon Foxtel and on various community radio programs. She was alsoresident comedian at Turtle Cove’s Womyn’s Week last October, as wellas one of a bunch of great women at the Armidale Women's ComedyFestival.

Joel Ozborn

Joel Ozborn began performing comedy as street theatre, in the tradition of Robin Williams and Eddie Izzard. Joel's performances in Circular Quay led him to win the Street Performer of the Year competition at Sydney Opera House in 1998. Since then he’s taken his stand-up comedy throughout Australia, South East Asia and America.
After winning the competition, Joel moved to America and toured extensively with comedian/magician The Amazing Jonathan, where he introduced his ‘off the wall’ comedy all over the country. ‘Off the wall’ included having a slingshot fired at his face, and squeezing his body through a tennis racket (among other things).
Upon his return to Australia in 2002, Joel was a regular in comedy clubs across the country. He performed at Sydney Opera House in 2004 and did a national theatre tour with Akmal Saleh in 2005, as well as a sellout theatre tour with American comedian Arj Barker.
Joel has performed at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, Sydney Cracker Comedy Festival and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

John Robertson (WA)

John Robertson is a comedian, MC, writer, puppeteer and voice- over artist. He tours the world hosting events and causing mayhem. He has toured with Wayne Brady, Mark Watson, Fiona O’Loughlin, Tom Gleeson, Chris Franklin and many others. In 2009, he appeared at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival and was rewarded with a four- star review.
After dabbling in stand- up for seven years, John came 3rd in the Green Faces National Final in 2008. Since then, he has constantly toured as both a stand- up and as the resident MC for the Supanova Pop Culture Expo. (If you type “Nyaa Nyaa Dance” into YouTube, you can see him make 300 people run onstage and do something called the “Caramel Dance”.)
John has written and performed numerous one- man shows in the last half- decade, Hunting With the Colonel (Melbourne Fringe, Artrage, 2006) which nominated for an Equity Guild award, Love of a Pitiful Instrument (Wild West Comedy Festival, 2008) and Don’t Swallow: A Handy Guide To Keeping Your Head Above Water (In An Ocean Filled With Shit), which enjoyed a sold- out run at The Blue Room Theatre in July 2009.
A bit of a prankster, John’s appearance on Australian Idol is the stuff of modern legend. His stand- up is witty, fast, dynamic and fun, a mixture of pop culture, projections (if equipment available in- venue), observations, voices, insults, stories, puppets and ukulele.
“He's funny and sharp (and possibly just as manic has his furry friend)” - The Daily Telegraph
“Cheeky... brilliant. ****” - Three Weeks in Edinburgh
“My favourite style of comedy – his own incredibly original observations on everyday life” - ArtsHub
“Robertson was commanding to watch” - The Groggy Squirrel
“Quirky... a name to watch for in the future” – Aaron Laing, A- List Entertainment
“I’m always happy to sing his praises” – Tom Gleeson

John Zeez (NZ)

John Zeez the impure humanitarian will haunt you with his cheeky manor and slashing humour, he’ll raise eyebrows, drop jaws and elate the toughest comedy connoisseurs. John Zeez delivers an energetic array of twisted punch lines, lightening one liner’s plus some fantastic side ripping observations. If you haven’t been stabbed in the mouth yet, you’ll know what it feels like after watching John Zeez.
Since making the Grand Final of two of Australia’s most prestigious young comedian competitions in 2003, John Zeez has been pushing barriers and setting the tone in
comedy rooms all around Australia and New Zealand. JZ is a very capable MC and Headline act, but some agents dare not take the chance on a comic who works on the edge of wrongness.
John Zeez’s three-year TV stint as host of the “In Stitches” comedy segment on Chaos TV had him working alongside guests such as Rove, Wil Anderson, Amity Dry, Tony Laffan (magician), Adam Elliot (creator of Harvey Crumpet Academy Award winner for best animation) and Tony Squires (Australian writer).
John Zeez has recently found himself working a ‘LIVE’ crowd alongside the big boy’s such as: Carl Barron, Jimoin, Akmal Saleh, Anthony Mir, Bret Nichols, Wil Anderson, Tom Gleeson, Gary Eck, and the list goes on to include such names as Chopper.

Jonas Holt

Jonas Holt has been entertaining professionally since 1996. As a theme actor he hasplayed most of the world’s favourite children’s characters - everyone fromPeter Pan, Men in Black and Dracula to Superb-man, Batt-man. But big kids love him too.

This talented all-rounder, described by one critic as having 'the voice of an angel', has regular gigs at various Sydneycomedy venues, including Sydney'sOriginal Comedy Store.

He has the knowledge, experience, energy and instincts to entertain people.

Josh Thomas (V)

At the age of just 17 Josh Thomas was the youngest ever winner of the Melbourne International ComedyFestival’s RAW Comedy Competition in 2005. He also made the finals of So You Think You’re Funny, Edinburgh’s equivalent to RAW Comedy. He thought he was the King of the world. His next gig was in a scary you-might-actually-die-when-they-stab-you style Tavern in front of 12 comics and a man sitting atthe bar crying into his beer. After only a few short years of performing stand up Josh’s unique talent has the Australian Comedy Industry abuzz. His virginal looks and cutting dialect combine to create a voice that is genuinely distinctand exciting. For a performer so young to have such an honest and developed sense of who he is on stageis quite remarkable.2007 has been a cracker year for Josh, picking up the gong for Best Newcomer at the MelbourneInternational Comedy Festival for his first ever solo show, Please Like Me. This was followed by six weeks touring with the Comedy Festival Roadshow and an invitation to perform at the Just For Laughs Festival inMontreal in July.In 2006, Josh performed in The Comedy Zone, a showcase of Australia's best new talent presented by theMelbourne Comedy Festival. He was critically regarded as the highlight of that show. As a result he was asked to perform at the annual Moosehead Award Benefit Night, in front of a 1500 strong crowd at the Melbourne Town Hall. Josh currently runs Livewired, a comedy room in Brisbane’s Powerhouse Centre for the Arts, every Sunday evening. The room is proving to be a big hit with comics and audiences alike. In the last 12 months Josh has performed on the Comedy Channel’s Stand Up! Australia and supported the likes of Dave Hughes in front of a crowd of 1500. He has been heard on the ABC’s Triple J Breakfast Show, Brisbane’s 612 ABC, Triple M Brisbane and has presented the “Triple Z Comedy Show” on Saturdays.
Watch this space.

Julia Clark (UK)

Julia Clark takes an irreverent look at Australia through loving, if very amused, eyes.

You’ll hear no whingeing here.

Her past and present incarnations as youth worker, backpacker, girlfriend, student, daughter, legal secretary and seething user of public transport provide ample fuel for her wry observations on the darker and sillier sides of life.

Julia's unflinching comic style has made her a rising star on the comedy scene.

 In just under a year she's gone from tentative pub gigs to Melbourne Comedy Festival’s Comedy Zone, leaving many in her wake wondering, ‘did she just say that?’ 

Julia Morris

Julia Wilson

Justin D Lodge

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Kathryn Bendall

Kathryn Bendall is a woman who has spent herlife staring down fears: a fear of marriage (she's had two), a fear of children(she's had three) and now a fear of being funny (she’s had four).
Kathryn started on the open mic circuit in February 2004. Her fear of beingfunny kicked off whenshe was selected as a finalist in 2Day FM's Search for a Comedy God.Kathryn’s funniness becamedeep-rooted as a recurring condition when she made it to the NSWstate finals of Raw Comedy in the same year.
After her corporate career collapsed she naturally sought the financial rewards of stand up comedy – and she hasn't been disappointed. Today, Kathryn performs on the lucrative open mic circuit, and runs Comedy on the Rox, one of Sydney’s favourite comedy rooms and a breeding ground for new comics.
In 2008, Kathryn performed at The Big Joke Comedy Festival in Bangalow, and also appeared in Meat - The Musical as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2008. She’s over the moon - she hasn’t earned a penny!

Kent Valentine

Kent currently lives and works in the UK, opening and headlining clubs all around the country.
In 2005, Kent was one of 4 Australian comics selected to perform in The Comedy Zone, a festival show run by the Melbourne Comedy Festival that showcases Australia's best new talent.
From 2007 to 2008 Kent was the Editor of (and then a columnist for) RoveDaily.com.au, producing satirical news content, commentaries and reviews.
While they were on air, Kent had a regular guest spot on the Triple J radio breakfast show with Adam Spencer and Wil Anderson.
Kent also ran A Mic in Hand at the Friend in Hand, Sydney's favourite open mic comedy venue with Sam Bowring from 2003 until June 2007.

Kitty Flanagan

A successful stand-up up comedian and TV writer/performer in her home country of Australia, Kitty Flanagan moved to the UK in 2001 to further her comedy career.
While in London Kitty was a regular on the top UK comedy circuit including the prestigious London Comedy Store, she also manages to travel the world performing in festivals and comedy clubs everywhere from Paris to Berlin, Dubai to Tokyo, Albury Wodonga to Blacktown.
Well known for sketch comedy as well as stand-up, Kitty has appeared in several successful TV shows both in Australia and the UK, most notably Full Frontal (AUS) The Micallef Show (AUS) and The Sketch Show (UK). There have also been numerous TV stand-up appearances, including The World Stands Up on Comedy Central (US)
After years of having her writing directed by others, Kitty recently decided she needed to be the boss of everyone and set out to direct her own work. The result is the short film Dating Ray Fenwick.

Lehmo (V)

Believe it or not, Lehmo started off his professional life as a Chartered Accountant. For many years - he says too many - Lehmo lived his life crunching numbers... until he found the world of entertainment. Now, Lehmo spends his time working as a stand up comic,corporate comedian and MC, as well as entertaining the nation through his regular spot as one of the co-hosts on Network Ten's AFL comedy show Before the Game. Lehmo has just completed a lengthy stint as co-host of the TripleM national drive show with Wil Anderson and before that he was co-host of the highly successful breakfast radio show at SAFM in Adelaide, Milly & Lehmo. During this period Lehmo met and interviewed some of the biggest stars in the world including Dave Grohl, Pink, Hugh Jackman, Jerry Lewis, Bon Jovi, Juliette Lewis and the list goes on. Lehmo is one of Australia's most experienced and widely travelled comedians. Aside from regularly headlining the top venues in Australia, Lehmo's extraordinary knack of making people laugh has seen him jet around the world to excite audiences in New York, London, Edinburgh, Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpar, Singapore and Hong Kong. Lehmo even made a special trip to the Middle East to entertain the troops and on his return, treated the Australian public to an exceptionally unique show, Christmas in Baghdad, relaying tales of flying in black hawks over Baghdad, meeting the troops, meeting the locals and staying in palaces once owned by Saddam Hussein. Lehmo has also entertained our troops in East Timor. He has also performed sell out seasons at the Adelaide Fringe Festival (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2007), the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006) and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (1996 and 1997). Lehmo recently broke the Guinness World Record for the most jokes told in an hour (549) beating the previous record by 50 jokes. Lehmo has shared the stage with the likes of Kenny Kramer (the original Kramer), Damon Wayons, Rich Hall, Merrick & Rosso, Jimeoin, Greg Fleet, Ross Noble, Adam Hills, Wil Anderson and Dave Hughes. Lehmo also played himself in a series of ads for XXXX beer which were shot in India and screened in the UK, is a regular guest on Good News Week and has appeared on Rove Live, The Glasshouse, The Fat and Stand Up Australia. Having worked as a Chartered Accountant both in Australia and in London before taking up comedy full time, Lehmo is perfectly qualified to perform at Corporate Functions. 

Lil' Fi (V)

"One of the perennial stars of music festivals around the country, Lil’ Fi has an uncanny ability to capture an audience with her dynamic performances, humour and a collection of songs that invariably hit the mark...” Brian Wise – Rhythms Magazine, Australia, March 2002
Lil' Fi is a singer/songwriter of Australia-wide renown. She has a unique way of electrifying an atmosphere with her enviable stage presence, wit and pizzazz. Audiences cannot help but enjoy themselves immensely when they are at one of Lil' Fi's performances. She has a red hot Melbourne based four piece band, an eclectic duo with guitarist/husband Dirk Dubois, and takes enormous delight in making guest appearances with acts as diverse as Australian rock 'n' roll legends Lonnie Lee and Bobby Bright, award winning blues guitarist Fiona Boyes, and cowgirl country cousins GIT.
Lil' Fi is a consumate performer, with her songwriting described by Lucky Oceans and Doug Spencer from ABC's 'The Planet' thus: " Lil' Fi is an uncommonly convincing 'blues mama'... all the more so because she writes intelligently, understands dynamics and can eloquently express a tender thought as well as a raunchy notion..."
Lil' Fi considers every venue to be a part of her lounge room, drawing audiences into her world with her delightful storytelling and music. Simply put, her empowering lyrics and naturally sassy and irreverant character make people feel fantastic.
Julie Fox of the Sydney Blues Society stated in a review... " this lady never ceases to amaze me - not only a brilliant songwriter who always hits the nail right on the head with observations about life, love and our need to look after the environment, but a beautiful voice and first class entertainer... rating: 10/10. Prediction for the future: if Fi ever ventures overseas I am positive it will be our loss but the whole world's gain!"
Lil' Fi 5 times has received the Best Female Vocalist award five times at the Australian Blues Music Awards, from 1994 to 2000.
Visit her online at http://www.lilfi.com/

Lila Tillman

Lila Tillman is a Sydney-based comedian.  She was born and raised in Detroit just off of 7 Mile, which was one mile less gritty and urban than 8 Mile. Lila immigrated to Sydney in 2004 and grows more Australian by the hour.
She has been a regular on the Sydney comedy scene since 2006 when she first performed at Comedy on the Rox. Dealing with topics ranging from race to psychology to an unnatural love of MacGyver, Lila has been called sardonic, embittered, and intelligent.
In her first few months of performing, she was featured in episode 36 of Radio Ha Ha, and invited to perform on TVS' "The Couch".  In late 2006 she was a semi-finalist in Comedy on the Rox’s Quest for the Best, and in early 2007 she was a NSW state finalist in Raw Comedy.
She has been a crowd favourite at the Comedy on the Rox's Wicked Women's Nights, and in 2007 started MC-ing at various venues around Sydney. 

Linda Grasso

Linda can usually be identified by her big hair, animated expressionsand wacky, characterisations. An Aussie-born girl with an Italianbackground, Linda is occasionally prone to deliver her ethnic perspective of Australian culture.
She is a regular with A-List Entertainment and can be seen performing around the Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne comedy scene.
Her most recent accolades are First Place for A-List’s ‘Make Us Laugh’ Comedy Competition at Blacktown RSL and Cougar ‘New Comic of The Year’ Finalist in 2005. Her comedy has been heard on national FM radio stations' ‘Home Grown Humour’ and 2Day FM in 2007.
A comedian, writer, director and actor, her short film ‘Wishful Thinking’ won First Prize Award at Penrith Panthers Video Festival in 2003.  She has written a ten-minute play ‘Stand Up And Be Counted’ which was chosen from 1200 entries to be performed in the Short and Sweet Festival in 2006.  Her most recent acting role in a sitcom called ‘Rock Chikz’ was recently screened at New York’s ‘Mamapalooza’ Festival in 2007. 

Lindsay Webb (Q)

Lindsay has been successfully working the Australian Comedy Circuit since he won the Queensland finals of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival JJJ Raw Comedy Competition in 1998. In 1999 he made the finals of the Comic of the Year competition at the Sydney Comedy Festival. In 2007 Lindsay was voted Best Comedy Host as part of the Qld Comedy Awards.
Lindsay’s style features observational comedy mixed with character voices and audience interaction.
Lindsay has also toured throughout New Zealand and the UK, regularly performing at the Edinburgh Festival. Lindsay is in demand for everything from corporate functions to private gatherings both for his stand up and master of ceremony skills.

Liz Carr (UK)

Liz Carr is a disabled actor, writer, stand-up comedian and broadcaster from the UK. She made her stand-up debut with Abnormally Funny People in 2005, is now addicted and is a regular on the mainstream comedy circuit. As well as being a contributor and commentator on disability culture in the UK, Liz is known for co-hosting the infamous BBC Ouch! podcast. The outspoken disabled comic admits she causes confusion in audiences and that her uncompromising perspective of disability might even offend. Mary O'Hara of the Manchester Guardian says: ``Liz Carr brings the house down with a cocktail of caustic observational gags about disability and sexuality. Carr is accustomed to bizarre audience reactions, especially because she uses words such as `crip' and `spaz' and people are often unsure how to react. She handles it with good humour. `I've had some tuts, which is fantastic,' she says with a giggle. `I look quite frail to some people, so it's like, 'She's talking about sex, she's swearing.' Every stereotype you didn't expect. People generally look terrified. 'Oh my God, is she going to be funny? Can we laugh at this?'" Bruce Dessau of the London Evening Standard says: "Feisty wheelchair user Liz Carr packs a considerable comic punch."

Lou Sanz (V)

Lou Sanz is a Melbourne-based writer and performer. In 1998 she wrote a feature length screenplay, 'On Both Your Houses' which she optioned to a US production house. On the back of that she moved to America to intern. She then won a full cholarship from Columbia TriStar and Sony to complete a Masters in Screenwriting at AFTRS, the youngest writer ever to be ccepted into the school. During her time at AFTRS she was involved in over 30 films as writer, director or script editor. She also cript edited for Australian playwright, David Williamson. She graduated with The New South Wales FTO Most Promising riter Award and The Tobin Award for Most Significant Body of Work for an AFTRS graduate. She also started writing on a ew dark comedy for SBS; Life Support, which garnered critical acclaim. She has also completed writing attachments at Home nd Away, Neighbours, All Saints and The Secret Life of Us. ou’s second feature, 'Watching Girls Go By', is a dark comedy about teen suicide. It was hand picked by Kevin Spacey as part of a readings program at The Old Vic in London. In the UK, Lou also worked on a play entitled 'Strangers Make The Best Candy', hich was produced at the Clapham Grand through her production company Thieving Dingo. Returning to Australia she eworked 'Strangers' into a TV show called 'Juicy' for MTV and freelance script edited for SBS. She also started a blog about her elationship exploits (www.lousanz.com) and was then encouraged to do stand-up comedy at The Melbourne International Comedy Festival. She did over 50 gigs around Australia, combining her blog material and stand up. She also formed The Skirt Network (a network for women in Australia who write, direct, perform and produce comedy) and produced 4 separate shows for
the festival. She went on to be a National Finalist in Australia's largest new comic competition 'Triple J's Raw' (which
subsequently aired on ABC TV). From there she has appeared as a guest on Triple J, 774, Triple R, Channel 31 “Studio A”, “The Comic Box” and “Cereal TV” and Joy FM and worked alongside Adam Hills, Alan Brough, Judith Lucy, Justin Hamilton and Mark Watson. Her first one woman show 'This is less about me than it is about you' debuted at the Melbourne 2008 Fringe. Lou had a busy 2008 – she was one of eight writers selected out of hundreds to participate in the Warp Films/Screen Australia writing workshop, Keep Your Wits. She also travelled to Edinburgh in 2008 to produce two shows - Geraldine Hickey in One Week in Paradise and Alison Bice in the Wizard of Bice, where she also shot a documentary about comedy and mental health entitled 'Geraldine Hickey the Movie'. She received a Moosehead Award to produce her upcoming Comedy Festival show – “Who is Priscilla Irving? (not a rhetorical question)” and recently received the Most Promising Debut Award at Comedy@Trades for the MICF 2009. She also produced The Age Critics Award MICF 2009 Show “Celia Pacquola in Am I Strange” and as codirector of the Skirt Network received The Pun Professional Development Award 2009. Lou is writing an erotic novel, working on her blog “The Problematic World of Lou” and the new feature film projects “Ivy Coal” and “Watching Girls Go By”.

M W Oh (aka Mark Williamson)

The MW Oh Show is the alter ego of Tasmanian-born, but not inbred and Sydney-based comedian, Mark Williamson, who, after finding nothing but disillusionment in the corporate world, found solace in the wonderful world of comedy. After a year or so treading the boards in such fine establishments as the iconic Sydney Comedy Store, the legendary Paddy Macguires and some dodgy venue on the fringes of Canberra he found himself in Victoria for the 2007 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, for the debut of his solo show, Quarter Life Crisis!!
Said the Critics …
"I laughed out loud, both in disbelief and awe." –The Pun.
"He's a lively, likeable guy with a hint of oh-so fashionable geek chic." – The Age.
Mark, as well as performing, promotes one of Sydney's longest running open mic nights, Comedy on the EDGE. He has appeared on the Merrick & Rosso Show (the Comedy Channel), the Couch (TVS) and has been a regular contributor to the radio station FBi 94.5 fm (www.fbiradio.org). Mark took his second solo show, Awesome to the 2008 Melbourne Fringe Festival. He also enjoyed sold out seasons in Sydney (Tap Gallery) and Hobart (The Loft). 

Mandy Nolan

Mandy Nolan has performed as a stand-up comedian for 18 years. During that time, she has worked along side celebrities such as Whoopi Goldberg, Ertha Kit, and Bob Downe. Mandy's stand-up is known and loved for its rapid fire philosophical philandering and for the obtuse observations and esoteric back scratches that emerge from themusings of what she describes as "a modern madam whose dilemma is tonavigate the new frontiers in the suburban badlands of human relationships." Audiences adore Mandy on stage, and around Byron Bay where she lives,Mandy-jokes are as much a part of the vernacular as any surf speak. Her humouris sharp, honest, sometimes self-depreciating, somewhat outrageous, but never cruel or pretentious. Frequently irreverent, it speaks to a diverse audience with no set demographic, no gender, race or religion, occupation or tribe. It even crosses state borders and mediums (Mandy also writes and paints). Mandy's style is universally appreciated because it reflects so poignantly, the human condition and the absurdity of our world. In short, Mandy Nolan is a truly talented professional with a class act. Oh, and she's excruciatingly funny. Amist a full schedule of live acts, television and radio appearances, a weekly press columnand a comedy course (did we mention she also has three children?), Mandy's skills as a presenter and conference facilitator have also demanded her time and attention. Having anchored a host of Award Ceremonies and Charity Auctions such as the launch of Nelson Mandela's 46664 Aids Fundraiser with Micheal Franti, Mandy has a natural ability to focus and guide groups through a journey of growth via humour. In this role as facilitator, Mandy has taught presenters from the Queensland and NSW chapters of the National Speaker's Network, and was recently invited to Melbourne to address theVictorian Chapter with a Funny Business Presentation. In 2004, she conducted a workshop specifically for seniors titled "Shooting From My Hip Replacement", and she travels regularly Australia to mentor and inspire professionals in the realm of stand-up. With a penchant for social observation and comment, Mandy is a favoured MC at conference events and has worked alongside keynote speakers such as Philip Adams, Richard Neville and Peter Garrett. If all that was not enough, Mandy is also an artist and promoter who regularly presents comedy events, including the annual "Bangalow Big Joke Festival".

Marie Helou (ACT)

Comedian and mischief starter, Marie has worked the Sydney comedy circuit for over four years.

She has a relaxed style, which creates a friendly atmosphere amongst her audience. Her comedy is based on her life experiences and the ironies of life both as a woman and as a woman of ethnic decent, in other words a "wog".

Her TV credits include a role in "Toulas' gang" in the SBS Hit series Fat Pizza and a role in Aussie hip hop artists Figg Kidd's film clip, "My, oh my". 

 

Mathew Kenneally (V)

One of the brightest young comedians in Australia, Matthew Kenneally's stand-up career kicked off at the 2006 Melbourne International Comedy Fesitval when he appeared in the Comedy Zone, a showcase of the country's most promising comics.

Kenneally's comedy is dark, satirical and topical, all delivered with a smile. He focuses on the big issues such as terrorism, politics and getting smashed on a Saturday night. One of Australia's few political satirists, Kenneally believes the change of government will be good because it will stop comedians relying on tired old John Howard jokes to prop up their acts.

Matt Dyktynski

While you may not recognise him, or be able to pronounce his last name, Matt Dyktynski is a seasoned performer: He is an actor (appearing in films and favourite Australian TV shows such as Blue Heelers and The Secret Life of Us) and a comedian.

As a comedian, Dyktinski has toured the United Kingdom, Europe and Australia. He has played all of London's top clubs and venues across the UK.

He has performed from Paris to Zagreb and his one man show, Pole Dancer, at the Edinburgh International Comedy Festival attracted rave reviews.

Matt Okine

As a black man growing up in Brisbanes notorious westsiiiiiide suburb of Indooroopilly, Matthew Okine (aka Disco-Matt MC) has seen it all. Surrounded by gang-warfare, drug-dealers, drive-bys, hookers with needles in their arms, and even worse, mothers picking their sons up from private schools in a four-wheel drive that's never touched a speck of dirt, Matt took on board all the mayhem of his environment and set sail to conquer a world more terrifying and painful than any law-society dinner - the entertainment industry.
Backed by the support of nobody and with little to no experience, Matt entered the Triple J Raw Comedy Competition where he was blessed with an opportunity to perform in the National final in front of 1500 people. The blessing was short-lived, however, after Matt BOMBED SO BADLY in his performance, that the International Comedy Board declared it an act of terrorism against all things funny.
He then spent the next two years hiding and performing in the back alleys of Brisbane, and sometimes Sydney, refining his act, and attempting to change his ghetto ways. The Sit-Down Comedy Club finally found Matt this year, hiding in a dirt hole, in only his underwear and madly clutching his newly attained QUT Acting Degree.

Matthew Sutherland

Matthew Sutherland was born in Melbourne in 1972. After being kicked out of High School he became an award-winning chef working in the top restaurants in Melbourne.

Matthew later moved to Sydney to study.

At the age of 25 he left university to become a stand up comedian.

For five years he worked extensively as a comedian in Australia and the UK in both theatre and television.

Matthew recently graduated from the Actors' Centre and is now at home in Byron Bay waiting for the phone to ring wondering what happened to his life.

Mick Meredith

With over a dozen appearances on national TV including The Footy Show, Mornings with Kerri Anne, Joker Poker and The Channel Nine New Year's Eve Spectacular, Mick Meredith has certainly made his mark or indentation on the comedy world.
Mick has had the punters laughing since 1998 from humble beginnings at open mic nites in Parramatta and Harold Park, to the rest of the globe.
In Mick's youth he has confessed to being the class clown who always dreamed of becoming a rock star or comedian, so with not much thought he combined the both into the Mick Meredith rockin' comedy buffet we see today.
Mick's years of playing in garage/metal/pop and alternative bands like the Plug Uglies, The Moles, Muscletongue and The Hillarys gave him the vocal and guitar skills to pull off a sweet-but-funny ballad to a ballsy, rock-god pisstake.
Either playing guitar, singing or just holding a microphone, Mick's razor sharp but loveable wit will have you laughing from start to finish with a bit of headbanging and toe-tapping in between.
"They say laughter is the best medicine, I'm not a doctor but I can give you a dodgy prescription..."

Mikey Mileos

Mikey Mileos is a Sydney-based comic who is tearing up the circuit with his dark, off kilt humor.

Just back from a stint at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival at which he made the Raw Comedy national final, he is one to watch out for in 2010.

Nick Sun

Nick Sun is an Australian stand-up comedian. He is of Nepalese extraction[1], but chooses to eschew obvious cultural stereotyping in his act [2], favouring a style that has been described as "unhinged"[3], "offensive"[4] "nihilistic" and "self-destructive." [5]
In 2004, Nick won Raw Comedy[6], a national competition for new comic talent run by the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. That same year, he also went on to win the So You Think You're Funny competition grand final, held at the Gilded Balloon as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. [7]
Alongside his appearances at Australia's major comedy venues, Sun regularly appears at the Cracker Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival, and Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In 2006, he performed at the invitation-only Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, Canada.
Nick's 2006 Melbourne International Comedy Festival show "Blood on the Yolks in the Key of Owls" was awarded the Director's Choice award by festival director Susan Provan. 

Oliver Phommavanh

Oliver Phommavanh is an Australian-Thai comedian who is a rising star on the Sydney circuit, zinging crowds with his zany, punchy, witty humour.

No subject is safe as the 2007 Quest of the Best Winner fires off jokes like a machine gun on steroids.
Oliver also was a RAW comedy NSW Finalist 2005-2006, Green Faces national runner up 2007 and Romeo’s funniest legend Winner 2007, Oliver is a regular favourite at Comedy on the Rox, The Laugh Garage and Sydney’s Comedy Store.

He debuted on Stand Up Australia (The Comedy Channel) in 2007 and will appear on Home Grown Humour on the Radio (mid 2008). Oliver has supported UK comic of the year Mark Watson. Oliver was also one third of 2008 Melbourne International Comedy Festival show The Zinger Machine with Eric Hutton and Shane Matherson. He is also a children’s writer and a primary school teacher.

Paul Brasch

Described by Time Off as 'a genius' Paul Brasch is one of the most dynamic and gifted comedians working in Australia today.

Paul has appeared on The Midday Show, Hey Hey It's Saturday, The Comedy Channel's Headliners, and various other television shows.

He performed at The Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and has worked with Jimeoin, Steven Wright, John Cougar-Mellencamp, and won the award for toughest show in 1999.

The Paul Brasch Comedy Hour ran on MMM Radio for four years and he has contributed articles for a myriad of newspapers and magazines. He wrote and performed Late Night with Groucho and in his spare time writes adventure novels.

Paul's only unfulfilled ambition is to one day visit The Planet of the Apes.

Paul Warnes

Paul Warnes - according to himself - is a commanding intellectual and cerebral comedian, a member of Sydney's comedic all man chorus Man Choir, a poet and a spoiler of woman.

His first gig was at Comedy on the Rox in 2008 and he is a regular at the Comedy Store and the Laugh Garage.

Peter Egner

Try typing the name Peter Egner into Google Search.

You will come up with 15 pages of a World War II villain, with the text "Should a Nazi be forgiven just because he is 87 years old?"

In all seriousness, the other Peter Egner is one comic who deserves your ear. He is a class act who will open up your mind.

Egner has been doing stand-up comedy since 1995 and was winner of the 1997 Sydney Comic of the Year competiton.He has performed in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and London and is guaranteed funny.

Peter Green

Peter is a writer for Australia's Funniest Home Videos and until June 2007, he owned the world's second largest ball of used clingwrap name. (Now the third largest: a small American boy rolled out a 127.7kg effort, clearly becoming the fresh new record holder.)
No comedy lightweight, Peter performed his first gigs at the Harold Park hotel in 1988, and was the winner of the NSW Raw Comedy Finals in 1997. In 2004, Peter and three friends did the Last Legs Around Australia Comedy Tour, where they cycled 20 000 kilometres around Australia, performed 200 live shows, and raised $40,000 for the Cancer Council.
He has written extensively for TV, with credits on Dawn and Barry, the 2005 TV Week Logie Awards, Strictly Dancing, The Fifty Foot Show, Akmal and Friends, Austen Tayshus Australia Day Special 2006, Stand Up Australia, and O'Loghlin On Saturday Night.
Peter is currently awaiting results of a PhD submission on the DNA sequence of an immune system gene in Sea Squirts.

Peter Meisel

Peter makes people laugh either through his unique sense of humour or by appearing naked in his bedroom.
Peter can be seen regularly at the Laugh Garage. He has also made several appearances as a feature and/or emcee at the legendary Harold Park Hotel, Sydney’s Comedy Store, Double Bay Comedy Club, the Comedy Cellar, the Basement, the Hakoah Club, the Manly Boat Shed, the Harbourside Brassiere, the Oatley Pub, Hawkesbury Sporting Club, the Novotel in Wollongong, the Crown Hotel in Terrigal, and SJ’s and Raymond Terrace and Sydney’s Comedy Cruise in Newcastle just to name a few.
He has also performed at many corporate functions including Hitachi, Roche, the Hurstville City Council, Capital Trust, Iscar, the Australian Navy, Balmain Police, Cronulla Caringbah Football Club, the NRMA, the Erina Football Club and the Bankstown Soccer Club.

Phil Andrews (V)

Residing in Frankston, Phil has a unique outlook on life through the eyes of a born again Christian. Taking humour from the strange things Christians do and the interesting questions his friends ask, Phil has been heard as Theological Phil, religious correspondent for Triple J’s now debunked Today Today program.

After making a start in stand up comedy in 2005’s RAW comedy Phil can now be seen as a regular in many Melbourne venues and has also appeared in the RAW comedy competition in 2006, Search For A Funny Bone 2005, 2006 and Canberra ’s Green Faces 2006.

Phil Wild (Qld)

Phil Wild first hit the stage at age seven, performing poetry at a school Eisteddfod. As a teenager, Phil acted, sang, and danced in musical comedy shows such as Showboat and Fiddler On The Roof.
A Brisbane local Phil Wild has been performing stand-up comedy professionally since the turn of the century. Six months after his first gig he was a finalist in the Triple J Raw Comedy Competition, and has worked professionally ever since.
Phil has quickly become a fixture on the Brisbane and Sydney comedy circuit and has been developing a variety of skills as a stand up comic, and writer. Career highlights include opening for Arj Barker and Ed Byrne, and a standout performance at 2008 Stitches Comedy Festival at Qld Performing Arts Complex. In 2007 Phil ran an alternative comedy room, and one night convinced Jimeoin to perform in exchange for one glass of diet coke.
Phil’s live stand-up performances have been featured Nationally on Triple J, and Austereo, as well as locally on 4ZZZ and SwitchFM.

Rachel Toyer

Having a healthy sense of humour (and regular doses of intoxicating liquids) is a pre-requisite for Rachel Toyer’s job as a high school teacher.

In her spare time, she is a perennial dater who enjoys experiencing (and sharing through stand-up) her elusive quest for Mr Right.

She is yet to find him.
 

Rash Ryder

Jason ‘Rash’ Ryder is one of Australia’s most experienced performers as both a feature act and MC/host. He’s featured in all of Australia’s top live comedy venues, at universities and in festivals such as the prestigious Edinburgh Festival. He has also toured extensively through regional Australia and New Zealand, and performed in London and New York.

Nominated twice for a ‘Mo Comic of the Year Award’, Jason ‘Rash’ Ryder is also a familiar face on Australian television, with appearances on The Russell Gilbert Show, and Home & Away (as a bikie punk/ mafia dude) to name but two.

You may have also seen him as the presenter on Foxtel’s Nude Surfing and Desperate & Dateless – those are two separate shows by the way – and in his Comedy Channel series, Rash’s A-Z of Lying.

Ray Badran

In 2007 after a number of failed jobs Ray Badran decided to become a comedian.

Ray placed in the finals of almost every comedy competition there is for new comics. He was a grand finalist in the Greenfaces comed competition, a semi-finalist in NSW Raw comedy competition and a finalist in Quest for the Best 07, Australia's richest open mic competition. Ray started getting booked at various comedy clubs shortly after and is now a regular host of comedy trivia and now works with Templar Entertainment - a TV and film production company. With a lot of fun and laughter, Ray is a regular performer at Comedy on the Rox, the Sydney Comedy Store and many other venues.

Rhys Nicholson

Comedioan Rhys Nicholson spent three years gathering material for his stand-up routine working at a Newcastle discount store, spying on its "crazy" customers for vignettes to relate on stage.

He was sacked from the job for being lazy.

If only his boss had understood that stocking shelves with cheap ceramic knick-knacks wasn't his calling.

His talent lay, instead, in lurking between the aisles to eavesdrop on "teen mums, ice addicts and skinny white boys", and later translating their banter into a "backhandedly mean" love letter to the town where he grew up.

Rhys is the 2009 NSW Raw Comedy winner.

Rob McHugh

Rob  McHugh started doing stand up comedy at age 18 and has been a regular performer on the Australian comedy scene for the last 25 years.
He was the resident MC at the Sydney Comedy store for a number of years and has had many television appearances as well as numerous writing credits including the Doug Mulray breakfast radio show and for television on Candid  Camera, The Don Lane Show and You’ve Got to be Joking.
He most recently appeared on the popular Stand Up Australia programme in October 2006 for the Comedy Channel and currently teaches comedy at Sydney Community College and Eastern Suburbs Community College in between wowing audiences all over the country.
Rob is not married, nor does he have three children or live at Crookwell. 

Rodney Marks

Rodney Marks is Australia's (mis)leading corporate comedian.

His comedy satirises management language, and is usually in
the form of fraudulent keynote speeches at business events.

Rodney has also been a regular on the stand-up comedy circuit for the past generation, in Sydney and all over Australia.

Rosie Wilby (UK)

Rosie Wilby is a comedian, singer/songwriter and MC/event host, based in London.

Highlights of her musical career included playing Glastonbury Festival and London’s Ronnie Scott’s club, plus supporting Bob Geldof on tour.

In 2004, Rosie turned to stand up comedy after encouragement from fans who enjoyed her between-song banter almost as much as the songs themselves.

Immediate success in the prestigious So You Think You’re Funny competition kick started a whole new career.

Appearances in the finals of Funny Women 2006, Funny Bones 2006 and Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2007 followed.

Ryan Withers

Ryan Withers has been doing stand-up comedy since mid-2007.

He was a Raw Comedy NSW state finalist in 2008 and 2009.

He also performed at the 2009 Melbourne Comedy Festival in Shane and Ryan are Shane and Ryan in Shane and Ryan.Ryan does a weekly comedy segment on Sydney's FBi Radio 94.5 called Joke's On You and his stand-up act features everything from celebrity impressions to . . . other things, and he is currently working on his labour of love - Lethal Weapon The Musical. The critics agree; Ryan Withers is yet to be reviewed. 

Sally Kimpton

Sally Kimpton delights with stand-up that is clever, fun and hilarious!.

Sally's ability to engage and connect with her audience has put her in demand and on the cutting edge of the comedy world.

She is a prolific current events joke writer, making her insights up todate and up to no good! An exciting and innovative favourite, Sally hasbeen performing in all fine and not-so fine comedy venues for over 10years!

Sally is a busy woman, currently acting in film and TV productions. Herstand-up and comedy writing has been heard on Radio National, Nova FM,Triple J, Triple M, and 2Day FM.

Television appearances include 'O'Loghlin on Saturday Night' and 'NewInventors'- ABC TV, 'Today Tonight' and 'Home and Away'- Channel 7,'Pizza' – SBS TV, 'Surprise Surprise' – Channel 9, 'Stand Up Australia'and 'Headliners' – The Comedy Channel.

Sam Bowring

Sam began performing standup comedy at the famous Harold Park Hotel in 1996when he was 16, getting his first paid work there at 17.
A finalist in the 1997 Comic of the Year Awards, he then moved to Bathurst to study Communications at Charles Sturt University. Here he ran ‘Comics Out West’, a comedy club playing throughout the centralwest of NSW, and also had a regular show on community radio station 2MCE.
Upon return to Sydney he became a state Raw Comedy finalist in 2003, and placed second in the national finals in 2004. He has been heard on TGI Fridays with Richard Glover (ABC 702) and on Triple J, including a regular spot on the breakfast show with Wil Anderson and Adam Spencer in 2004. Currently he is a regular on Home Grown Humour, syndicated to radio stations across Australia.
Sam has written for The Big Bite (channel 7) and Newsworld(channel 7, pilot). His published books are “Sir Joshua and the Unprofessional Dragon” (Koala Books, 97), and “In Sarah’s Dreams” (ILTS Publishing, 05). His plays include the sell out “Great Library of Earth” (01, 02) which he also directed, and “Death’s Waiting Room” (02, 03, 05).
In 2005 he produced and performed in the MICF Show Mic in Transit, the Big Laugh Festival (Sydney), helped produce and appeared in the Sydney Comedy Underground DVD (commercial release) and was selected for a showcase Letterman audition at The Comedy Store.
In 2006 Sam enjoyed critically acclaimed shows in both the Adelaide Fringe and Melbourne International Comedy Festivals. He was nominated for Best Emerging Comic in Adelaide, and for Best Newcomer and The Piece of Wood Award in Melbourne, and also appeared in the Moosehead Benefit Night, in front of a 1500 strong crowd in the Melbourne TownHall.
“Four stars. His jokes are like ninjas quietly sneaking up on you.... undeniably funny.” - Adelaide Advertiser
“Ingenious” - dB Magazine
“He makes it easy to laugh... an immensely likeable boyishness... his endearing meander earned well-
deserved laughs”  - Beat Magazine
“A comedic chameleon, Bowring works a concept over from every angle until it begs for mercy and the
audience begs for more.”  - Triple M

Sam McCool

Ever wondered what you’d get if you crossed Italians with Indians; Scots with Samoans; or Jamaicans with New York Jews? If not, read on… Sam McCool is a very unique comedian on the Australian comedy scene. Having travelled to nearly 50 countries, speaking 5 languages, and impersonating people from Invercargill to Inverness… Sam’s life goal is to travel half the world, communicate with half the world, and shag the rest!  He’s a conceptual comic with a cultural edge, and the voices that spew forth from his forked tongue leave Aussie audiences both amazed and amused! No heckle too great, no audience too audacious, and no stone left unturned to squeeze the comic marrow from each morsel of material at his disposal. Fresh, harmless and hilarious comedy is his forte, as you take a cross-cultural comic adventure without leaving your comfort zone. Over 10 years of stand up comedy, improvisation, freelance writing, event hosting as an MC, show through on any given night when you savour a sample of McCool Comedy. Having guest written for ABC’s Glasshouse, starred in Australia’s shortest ever feature film Dags, and dabbled in overseas TV roles such as the dubious honour of playing “Crocodile Man” on an Indonesian Soap Opera or as a lisping Aussie marine biologist Dr Shkippy Shcuba for Disneyland Paris, there are few more versatile comics around than Sam McCool… if you haven’t heard of him yet… hold on … he’s coming!

Sarah Levett

Sarah Levett is a comedian, actor and presenter with TV credits on the The Ray Martin Show and The Jono and Danno Show.

Sarah performs regularly at The Laugh Garage Comedy Club in Parramatta, and hosts a weekly radio show with comedians Darren Sanders and Garry Who on 2CCR Cumberland Community Radio.

You can catch the laughs and frivolity on 90.5 FM every Monday, 4-6pm.

Shaun Flagg

As heard on Sydney's Triple M, Shaun Flagg is a former Sydney Comic of the Year, Legends of Laughter champion and National Green Faces Finalist. Shaun comes highly awarded, and after seeing his honest act and laidback style, this will be of no surprise.

A bush boy through and through, Shaun keeps it simple, straight and honest. Works by the slogan, 'telling people the other way it is'.

Shaun Mauss (US)

Originally from La Crosse Wisconsin, Shane Mauss (pronounced MOSS like on the north facing side of a tree) moved to Boston in 2004 (at the supple young age of 23) to pursue his childhood dream of being a stand up comedian, having no idea how quickly things would happen for him.
He caught his big break when he was awarded Best Stand Up Comic at the prestigious HBO 2007 US Comedy Arts Festival.  From that he got a (hotshot Hollywood) agent and manager and was seen by the bookers of Conan O’Brien.  Since then, he has had three appearances on Conan O’Brien, and been on Comedy Central’s “Live at Gotham”, and Showtime’s “Comics Without Borders”.  Also, he has had two appearances on BBC’s “The World Stands Up”, is a regular on The Bob and Tom radio and TV show, was in The Great American Comedy Festival, and is regularly in The Boston International Comedy Festival.
In 2009, Shane was in The Comedy Central South Beach Comedy Festival in Miami, The Cat Laughs Comedy Festival in Kilkenny, Ireland, and The Montreal Just For Laughs Festival.  He will also be recording a Comedy Central Presents (1/2 hour special) in November, and has an upcoming appearance on the new Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien.
For 2010, Shane has already been invited to The Melbourne, Australia International Comedy Festival and The Sydney, Australia Comedy Festival.  Comedy Central Presents: Shane Mauss will air and he will be releasing a CD with Comedy Central Records.
Shane Mauss is widely considered one of the best young headliners in the business and has lots more to come!

Simon Kennedy

Sydney based comedian Simon Kennedy's TV appearances include Stand Up Australia (The Comedy Channel), Joker Poker Series 1 & 2 (Channel 10), The Today Show (Channel 9), Harry’s Practice (Channel 7), as well as numerous television commercials for the UK and Australia. Simon was also seen as an Australian finalist in Last Comic Standing  on the NBC Network in the USA.
Recently Simon provided all the character voices for the award winning animated short film Atonement Tonight, a parody of the Iraq War, and Barney The Whitehouse Terrier screening at The Moondance Film Festival in LA and various international Academy Award qualifying festivals. Also, keep an ear out for Simon’s voice in the upcoming short feature The Adventures of Roman Pilgrim by acclaimed Director Anny Slater.
Simon’s first Melbourne International Comedy Festival show Fishing for Cigars in 2001 was very strong start to his festival career, followed by his successful one-man show The Angina Monologues at Sydney’s famed Old Fitzroy Hotel Theatre; the show was also a feature at the 2002 Melbourne Fringe Festival.
Simon can occasionally be seen treading the boards in efforts such as The Theatre Sports Celebrity Challenge (2005) at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre. More recently Simon Kennedy Stands Up! (with a Slice of Bevan) was a feature on the 2006/2007 season program at Brisbane’s Powerhouse Theatre.
For 4 years Simon hosted The Show With No Name on Sydney's Nova 96.9fm with fellow comedian Steve Philp. The two then went on to host Kennedy & Philp  for a further two years, Sydney Nova's Saturday morning Breakfast Show. For six years Simon was the Group Creative Writer for the Nova network across Australia, making him the resident comedy writer and character voice in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth.
Simon has picked up a few awards for some unknown reason too; Australian Commercial Radio Industry Award (‘ACRA’) for Best Comedy Segment (1998) and Best Radio Production (2004), and again in 2006 Simon is a finalist for Best Comedy Segment.
At present Simon is keeping very busy as a comedian, voice-over artist, and writer for television, radio, and print.

Simon Palomares (VIC)

Simon Palomares is one of the most influential performers in Australian comedy as one of the creators and stars of Wogs Out of Work and Acropolis Now, as well as being one of the most sought after stand up comedians and corporate speakers in the country.
His past appearances include the feature film Shooting Elizabeth opposite Jeff Goulblum, Stiff with David Wenham and as Salvador Dali in the stage play Hysteria directed by Simon Phillips. He was also in The Games (ABC) with the genial John Clarke, American series Ponderosa and as the “bastard husband” in the feature film La Spagnola.
He has worked as a writer in Madrid for Lo Mas Plus, anightly review program on CANAL PLUS, Europe’s largest cable network.While in Madrid he studied at the drama school of the highly creditedJuan Carlos Corazza sharing classes with Oscar award winner JavierBardem.
Theatre work in Australia includes The Rover (Melbourne TheatreCompany) Hanie Rayson's Competitive Tenderness and Tobsha Lerner’s SNAG.
He wrote and directed the short film The Usual, acclaimed at the St Kilda Film Festival.

Smart Casual

``Fletcher Jones'' and ``Roger David'' (alias Nick and Ben Mattick) are Smart Casual. Smart Casual is arguably Australia's smartest, most casual musical duo. This two piece musical duo will blow your mind with their low key, high concept musical comedy. Since taking out the title of 2008 NSW Winner of RAW comedy, Melbourne Comedy Festival's new talent competition, Smart Casual has gone from strength to strength. In 2008 they took their original comedy musical - Fletcher Jones, The Life and Times Thereof - to Melbourne Comedy Festival, of which The Age said: ``Immediately likeable. Aussie laconic humour is alive and well.''

Steve Patterson (Canada)

Steve Patterson began his full-time comedy career shortly after being fired from his full-time copywriting job for shamelessly trying to inject humour into an ad for an amusement park in 1996. He joined the touring roster of Canada’s premiere comedy booking agency later that same year. After less than one year of performing as an opening act, Patterson was promoted to headliner status.
In 1999, Steve performed at the prestigious Just For Laughs festival in Montreal for the first time where his Irish-influenced material prompted his first of many performances in the Emerald Isle.
Between 1999-2004 Patterson paid his club circuit dues with a relentless touring schedule across Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom with additional stops in the United States and the United Arab Emirates. He also began an illustrious streak as being the only non-Maritime comic to be invited to perform at the Halifax Comedyfest five consecutive years (2002-2006) and taped his first of many national television specials including Comedy Now! for CTV/Comedy Network, Halifax Comedyfest (3 CBC galas) and his first Just For Laughs gala. In 2004, Steve also performed at the esteemed Edinburgh Comedy Festival in Scotland.
Now a seasoned comedy veteran with over a decade of headlining experience, the work and accolades for Patterson are pouring in steadily.
Named host of the hit CBC radio show “The Debaters” in 2007, Steve can be heard weekly across Canada and around the world steering Canada’s top comedic minds through hilarious debates on top of mind topics. He has also become a familiar name on the Australian comedy circuit with three headline tours there in the past 3 years.
Finally, Steve has been nominated in 2007 and 2008 for a Canadian Comedy Award as Canada’s best male stand-up comedian, an honour he does not take lightly…in fact, it may be the only thing he does not take lightly.

Steve Philp

Watching Steve Philp perform is like watching an episode of 80s TV show It’s A Knockout except he assures us no-one will get hurt! Actor, comedian and former radio announcer Steve has adapted to most things his parole officer has given him.
Starting out on an acting career Steve starred in kids’ stage show’ such as  Barney the Dinosaur and Blinky Bill as well as working with The Wiggles on The Dorothy the Dinosaur Show and quickly found kids to be on his level of intelligence.
Steve then moved into stand-Up comedy and made the finals of competitions such as Triple J Raw and Green Faces and then quickly moved on the road touring the country for the last six years with xomedians such as Carl Barron, the Umbilical Brothers, Adam Hills and a number of international acts such as Arj Barker and Paul Provenza. This intense touring enabled Steve to work in sold out venues such as the Sydney Opera House, the Enmore theatre and Newcastle’s Civic Theatre. During this time Steve moved into radio co-writing and co-hosting an ACRA award nominated Saturday morning breakfast show Kennedy and Philp on Nova 969 (Sydney) for five years which allowed Steve to interview and work with stars such as Jack Black, Ron Moss, as well as filling in for Merrick And Rosso on weekday breakfast for five weeks over the Christmas period. Steve also became active as an MC and has hosted the afternoon session of Sony Tropfest for the past five years as well as other short film festivals such as Quick flicks and Shootout.

Subby Valentine

Subby Valentine is one of Sydney's most experienced, versatile and successful comedians. Working in all areas ofcomedy, Subby's abilities extend beyond stand-up comedy into the areas of television and radio writing, sketch comedy acting and writing, radio program presentation and as a television host and guest panelist.

During early 2004 Subby moved from his position with 2DAYFM as the writer for the Morning Crew with Wendy Harmer and Greg Fleet, onto the Triple M Network firstly with a weekend show and then onto the Tom and Subby Show. The show is an incarnation of the ‘Tom and Subby' show which aired on Triple J Nationally throughout 2002 and 2003. Subby has also contributed successfully as a writer to the cult hit Network 10 sketch comedy program ‘SkitHouse', as well as being a contributing writer for Music Max and Channel V.

Subby emerged in the late 90's and has worked in almost all genres ofcomedy. Not only a very successful stand-up comedian who has toured throughout Australia extensively, Subby has also worked extensively on television, appearing as a guest on ABC's ‘The Fat' and ‘The Glasshouse', he was also the Host of SBS's ‘The Men's Room', the Cartoon Networks ‘ Electoon' campaign and early this year recorded segments for Antonia Kidman's ‘The Little Things'series on Fox 8.

Tammy Tantschev

The Bedroom Philosopher (aka Justin Heazlewood)

Justin Heazlewood is fast growing to be one of the most innovative and original muso-comedians on the scene today. At just 22, the gutsy Tasmanian burst through the ranks to become the resident Bedroom Philosopher on Triple J’s Morning Show in 2002. A self proclaimed ‘Folkstar,’ he rose to fame with a six month songwriting blitz on Triple J as the original ‘doona crooner’.He soon scissor-kicked his way into television, writing and starring in two pilot episodes of "The Bedroom Philosopher Show" for ABC's Fly TV. The Bedroom Philosopher, AKA Justin Heazlewood, turns in a cracking performance of sparklingly funny songs, stage banter and a sophisticated musical repertoire. The philosopher’s wit is sharp like a saber, but multi-faceted like a complicated puzzle that has never been solved. The Bedroom Philosopher owns an unmistakable cult genre clash of inventive musician and fiercely clever lyricist and humourist. His craft-drenched prog folk and psychedelic storytelling make for a compelling combination. Born in 1980 in Burnie, Tasmania, he recorded his first CD in 1999 and moved to Canberra. He recorded his first album the following year and in 2001 made the ACT finals of Raw Comedy.
Heazlewood took on the Bedroom Philospher persona in 2002and moved to Melbournein 2004 where he attracted favourable reviews in the Melbourne International Comedy Fesitval. In 2005 his hit single I’m So Post Modern raced up the charts and for the last two years he has been in constant demand to perform nationally.

The Nelson Twins

Raised in the backblocks of rural NSW, The Nelson Twins are used to sideways looks from strangers and family alike.
“It wasn’t easy being the only four year olds at kindergarten with full grown beards” says Chris Nelson, the younger half of Australia’s only identical twin comedians.
They discovered show-biz early thanks to their parents selling them off to a travelling circus.
After growing to big to pass for bearded female dwarfs, they found themselves playing Ned Kelly on alternative nights at the Glenrowan Museum Theme Park Hotel.  Impersonating homeless people paid the bills for a while but there’s only so long you can urinate in your own pants before the novelty wears off.
But it was living as homeless people that they got to meet other stand up comedians who inspired them to take to the stage. They may have been lying in the gutter but they were definitely looking at the stars (whatever that means).
The Nelson twins hope to one day be as famous as Paddy and Selma from the Simpsons.
What the Nelson twins have done since getting off the street:
Performed stand-up on the NRL Footy Show
Performed at all the major comedy venues across Australia including Comedy on the Rox
Appeared half naked in TV commercials for Canadian Club Whiskey
Appeared on American TV show ‘Last Comic Standing’ 

Tom Ballard (V)

Ever since he played the role of Blitzen in a local amateur production of Rock'n'Roll Santa back in 1997 in his home town of Warrnambool, Tom Ballard's comedy career has been on a steady decline. Having overcome serious sex and chocolate milk addictions at 14, Ballard managed to become a three-time Class Clowns National Finalist and a RAW National Finalist by 2006.
On the strength of his RAW performance, Tom was offered work with national youth radio network, triple j.
Having presented the Summer Lunch slot over the summer of 2008/2009, he now presents Weekend Breakfast with his silly friend, Alex Dyson.
At the age of 19, Tom has performed at numerous venues around the country, has supported the likes of Charlie Pickering and Fiona O'Loughlin and is a regular at Melbourne's Local Laughs and Spleen Bar.
He has been invited to perform at prestigious venues such as Comedy on the Rox, The Mic in Hand in Melbourne, the Sydney Comedy Store and Brisbane Powerhouse. He has been chosen to perform as a feature act at RAW Comedy finals, he was part of the star-studded Young Blood Comedy Tours in 2007 and 2008 and was a guest performer in the 2007 Melbourne Comedy Festival's Eskimo Jokes show.
Tom was selected to perform in Candlelight Productions' Squeaky Clean Comedy show at Chapel off Chapel in 2008 and he has made guest appearances on Studio A, The Comic Box and ABC 774's The Conversation Hour.
Tom was one quarter of the 2008 Melbourne International Comedy Festival's Comedy Zone, a showcase of the best up and coming talent in the country as selected by the festival. The Melbourne Age described him as "lanky".
In April, Tom brought his debut solo show, Tom Ballard Is What He Is to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and was the youngest person EVER to take out the prestigious Melbourne Airport Best Newcomer award. Is What He Is was also nominated for a Golden Gibbo Award; an award that recognizes independent shows that "buck trends and pursue the artist's ideas more strongly than it puruses any commercial lure".
In 2009 Tom performed at the Just For Laughs festival in Montreal and then on to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He brought a brand new stand-up show to the 2009 Melbourne Fringe Festival in September.
La-di-dah.
Tom's mum thinks he's quite funny, but wishes he wouldn't swear quite as much as he does.
"Watch this boy: he's going places" - The Age
 

Tom Oakley

His endearing style as a comedian must make women want to rip off theirshoes and imagine a number of fantasies where Tom Oakley rescues our tired feet fromthe daily grind of getting around.

Tom muses on life, love and the trials of being a podiatrist in abrutal modern world. His life highlights included puking in Zac Braff's gardenafter a big night on the grog, spilling a drink on Ben Affleck, sharing a Pimmsand Ginger Ale with the Prince of Wales and once being called "Mate"by Bill Clinton at a youth volunteer presentation in Chicago to which he wasnot invited.

Tom has become a familiar face to TV viewers this summer playing the likable rogue Mick in the KFC cricket ads.

Tommy Dassalo (V)

Tommy Dassalo is a film geek, a cross between a straight stand-up comedian and a storyteller.

Dassalo is a quality act - at 22 he's already as confident and comfortable as most veterans.

His one man show Out at the Pictures was critically acclaimed at the 2009 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. 

He also runs a comedy room in Melbourne

Tommy Dean

An American born and bred, Tommy Dean has the unique edge of being an American who understands Australia, its audiences and above all what makes us laugh. He has proved to be incredibly popular with audiences across the nation and is firmly established as one of Australia's most sought after comic performers and writers.
In much demand on the live circuit, Tommy is a regular headline act in comedy venues around Australia and has performed in many of the leading comedy clubs in the USA. His vast experience encompasses New Zealand, North America, Europe and South East Asia.
Tommy has appeared on:
Sunrise (Network 7)
Joker Poker (Network Ten)
Rove Live (Network Ten and Roving Enterprises)
The Glasshouse (ABCTV)
The Sideshow (ABC)
Hit n' Run (The Comedy Channel)
Stand Up Australia (The Comedy Channel)
O'Loghlin on Saturday Night (ABC) (regular guest and writer)
BackBerner (ABC) (writer)
The Fat (ABC) (guest and writer)
Good News Week (ABC)
Thank God it's Friday (702ABC)
The Today Show (Nine Network)
Mouthing Off (Foxtel)
Take No Prisoners Amnesty International Comedy Festival (Foxtel)
Headliners (Foxtel)
Recovery (ABC)
Dilemma (Foxtel)

Trevor Crook

Trevor Crook is a local boy who has made it really big in Britain.
Relatively unknown in Australia, Crook is one of the biggest names in British comedy.
Beginning his career at the Harold Park Hotel in 1991, Crook quickly made his mark with his laconic, laidback, deadpan sense of humour which is often self-deprecating.
With 18 months he was a headliner on the Sydney circuit and a regular performer on TV shows such as the Midday Show.
After wowing the British public at the 1996 Edinburgh Comedy Festival, Crook began to work extensively in England and Europe.
Today the stunningly funny Crook is a regular on BBC radio and British TV and plays to packed houses from Norway to France, Holland to China and most countries in between.
Crook returns to Australia every four months.

Wayne Dixon

Wayne Dixon made his comedy debut at the Star & Garter in the 1999 Triple J Raw Comedy Competition. He made it through to the State final and since has continued making people laugh. With his unique blend of charm, likeability, intelligence and sometimes idiocy, it's hard for anyone not to fall in love with this larrikin - or at least buy him a beer.
Wayne has been earning his stripes since then. In 2002, he won the FHM Joke Off in front of thousands of people on the comedy stage at the M-1 concert in Melbourne in addition to being voted Funniest Bloke in Australia by Austereo listeners nationwide. This sparked the interest of the Melbourne Comedy Festival, and scored Wayne his prestigious position in the 2003 Comedy Zone, a Comedy Festival produced showcase of carefully selected fresh Australian talent. As a result of his consistently impressive performance during this show, Wayne toured Australia as part of the renowned Melbourne Comedy Festival Road Show, representing Australia alongside international acts such as Daniel Kitson, Danny Bhoy and Lee Mack.
For the 2004 Comedy Festival, Wayne teamed up with comics Geraldine Hickey and Harley Breen to create A Harley shaped Hickey called Wayne, a risk-taking show which cleverly blended stand-up and improvised comedy and received rave reviews. These 3 comics then went on to form the core of the impro group Cut & Paste who regularly perform sold out shows in Melbourne. 2005 saw Wayne embark on his first solo Comedy Festival, Citizen Wayne. His popularity amongst both peers and punters of the Melbourne comedy scene was unmistakable during this venture, and Wayne received warm responses at every show.
This young fella has worked with all of Australia's best-known comics as well as many international acts, and performed in the best comedy venues in Australia. However, after relocating in late 2005, Wayne can be found mainly in the comedy pastures of Sydney. He is 26, allergic to boredom and has successfully completed a Bachelor of Music at the University of Melbourne and holds a certificate IV in Small Business Management.