| Amelia Jane Hunter |
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For more information, check out ameliajanehunter.com. |
| Anthony Morgan |
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The Age has called him: 'daring, vulnerable and rivettingly honest'. Audiences first came to know him back in 1982 as a featured performer on the Big Gig. He was the Melbourne correspondent for Denton, a regular on Hey Hey its Saturday, Tonight Live and more recently on Spicks and Specks. His comedy grapples with simple matters of domestic, political and social life and has taken him to every city in Australia, as well as London, Manchester and the Edinburgh Comedy Festival. Morgan is an Aussie comedy legend. |
| For more information, check out his myspace. |
| Brendan Lovechild |
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Brendan is our local lovechild from Mullumbimby who made his stand up debut in 2000. He has performed at just about every comedy club on the Eastern seaboard, has been aired nationally on Triple J Radio and is a nationally published cartoonist. Renowned for his high voltage wit, Brendan is a comedian who's star is definitely on the rise. |
| For more information, check out brendanlovechild.com. |
| Casey Talbot |
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Casey Talbot has performed at Australia’s premier comedy clubs, was a grand finalist in Green Faces comedy competition and has written for radio at Triple M & Sea FM. His laid back Aussie style combined with witty insights and astounding inability to hold down a regular job make him an extremely entertaining comedian. |
| For more information check out his myspace. |
| Dolores Homann |
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Dolores took the comedy bull by the horns in 2005 and milked it. She was a winner for 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 a natural performer. |
| For more information check out her myspace. |
| Elissa Hawke |
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Dave Hughes and Ross Noble have described her as “Brilliant” and “Guaranteed to Satisfy”. Her Melbourne Comedy Festival Show had the Age declare her 'a charming show off'. With over ten years experience performing in comedy venues around the country, this host of TV show “The Comic Box” is dynamite. |
| For more information check out her myspace. |
| Ellen Briggs |
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With just 2 years experience Ellen Briggs bagged first prize on the National Foxtel Comedy Channel's 'Be a Comedian' and earned a spot on Stand Up Australia. In 2007 she aired nationally as a grand finalist for 2007 RAW comedy. Since then she has supported Puppetry of the Penis and has worked alongside Charlie Pickering, Fiona McGary and Mandy Nolan. This pretty blonde tuckshop Mum will blow you out of the water. |
| For more information check out her myspace. |
| Fiona McGary |
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When she won Melbourne International Comedy Festival's Raw Comedy Competition in 2000, Fiona found her niche. 2007 saw her travel her one woman show to Adelaide Fringe Festival and the Melbourne Comedy Festival. She has featured on The Comedy Channel's ‘Headliners’ and ‘Stand-Up Australia’ and is a regular on Brisbane Radio. She has an extraordinary ability to engage an audience with a relaxed easy going charm. |
| For more information check out her myspace. |
| Gold Brain aka Colin Gregory |
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Game show host Col Gregory's fate was sealed when his face was colonised by very ambitious orange moustache. The mo is thought to have escaped when Ian Turpie was sleeping and in no time at all it turned this mild mannered Doctor into a smooth talking success stalking Quiz Master machine. |
| For more information, check out braindate.com.au. |
| Gordon Southern |
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Gordon Southern is a UK comedian who has performed to critical acclaim all over the world for his unique brand of storytelling and improv mixed with superb joke telling. The Scotsman raved: 'A hugely likeable performer… one of the funniest things I’ve seen so far this festival.' A talented writer, his credits include numerous BBC productions including: Dead Ringers & Revolver.He’s with us at the Big Joke Festival before he heads down to Melbourne to perform his show at the International Comedy Festival. He has a magical imagination, see him here first! |
| For more information check out gordonsouthern.com. |
| Greg Sullivan |
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A regular feature on Brisbane's Breakfast Radio's The Cage on Triple M, he's featured on Stand Up Australia, was a Raw Comedy winner and is the resident MC Dockside Comedy Bar in Brisbane. He's featured at the Comedy Improv in LA and is very much the comedian's comedian. A warm self-deprecating dry toned comedy assassin. |
| For more information check out his myspace. |
| Joel Ozborn |
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In 1998 Joel's innovative performances at Sydney's Circular Quay earned him 'Street Performer Of The Year.' This took him to America where he worked with internationally renowned comedian/magician The Amazing Johnathan thoughout the US and Asia. He has supported Akmal & Arj Barker on national tours, had critical acclaim for shows at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, Sydney Cracker Comedy Festival and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and is widely touted as the next big thing. |
| For more information check out joelozborn.com. |
| Jonathan Atherton |
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Jonathan returns to The Big Joke after a sell out show last year with Greg Fleet & Dave Callan. Now sharing his time between Singapore and Australia, Jonathan speaks more languages than your average U.N. delegate. The truth and poignancy of his rapid-fire comedy brings a unique perspective to world politics. He has performed to sell out crowds in London, Ireland, Amsterdam, Jakarta, Thailand, Malaysia and New York. He has just returned from his seventh sell-out season at Singapore's famous 1NiteStand Club. Amazing energetic and insightful talent. |
| For more information check out jonathanatherton.com. |
| Julia Morris |
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Sharing her time between Australia & the UK, Julia is another of our International acts this year. Three times Logie winner, and London’s Time Out Comedian of the Year. She has headlined in Canada, South Africa, Montreal, Edinburgh, Singapore, Northern Ireland, and supported Robin Williams and Richard Pryor. She has starred on ‘Thank God You’re Here, Spicks and Specks, 20 to 1 and is the host of Foxtel's The Singing Office. Hands down, she's Australia's funniest femme. |
| For more information, check out juliamorris.co.uk. |
| Lola the Vamp |
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This showgirl is currently completing her PhD in Burlesque and is the fastest rising star around the world in this emerging genre. Her sensual and stunning shows have captured the world's imagination and recently saw her join Nick Cave as his support for his Brisbane show. Lola's acts have graced stages in Hollywood, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Edinburgh, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney, and every stop in between, making her a forerunner of Australian burlesque and an internationally recognised trailblazer! |
| For more information check out lolathevamp.net. |
| Mandy Nolan |
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A comedy veteran, Mandy has been performing stand up for 20 years, she's shared the stage with mega celebs including Whoopi Goldberg, Ertha Kit, and Bob Downe, is a nationally published columnist, & has appeared on the telly for SBS series Mums' the Word. Audiences adore Mandy and around Byron, Mandy-jokes are as much a part of the vernacular as any surf speak. |
| For more information check out mandynolan.com.au. |
| Nick Sun |
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Australian comic of Tibetan/Chinese heritage with the attitude and stylings of a young Bill Hicks. Since winning the National Raw Comedy Competition in 2004 and the prestigious UK competition ‘So You Think You’re Funny’, Nick star has never shone brighter! He has been invited to perform at Montreal, Edinburgh, Hong Kong, Adelaide and Melbourne Festivals where his show won the Director’s Choice Award. |
| For more information check out nicksun.com. |
| Peter Berner |
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Peter Berner is without doubt one of Australia's most popular and respected entertainers, stand-up comics and corporate performers. As part of the popular "Cage" Breakfast Show on Triple M, host of The Einstein Factor, host and writer of Back Burner, which recorded 140 episodes & received critical acclaim, & star of the corporate speaking circuit, Peter's intelligent humour has set him apart as a performer who can comfortably straddle comedy styles as disparate as satire, observational comedy and reactive comedy with ease leaving audiences in hysterics. |
| For more, check out this website. |
| Robert Grayson |
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This Aria nominated comedian calls on his expat (USA) heritage to generate hard hitting comparisons between the Aussie and yank perspectives. He is a man that looks at the world and screams – 'hey this is NOT what I was promised in the brochure!!!! ' His dry deadpan delivery is a hit wherever he goes. He has worked alongside greats such as Carl Barron, Peter Berner, Vince Sorenti, Kitty Flanagan and Akmal Saleh. |
| For more information check out his website. |
| Suzy Leigh/Tina Trash |
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Multi-talented, Highly skilled and experienced Circus Performer/Comedian Suzy Leigh presents Tina Trash, the hula hoop hornbag. She's a whip crackin, wise crackin, arse crackin dynamo of circus skills and sensual thrills. International circus performer and comedian. |
| Tom Oakley |
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Tom Oakley is a QUT Acting graduate, who's comedy highlights include: Qld Finalist in Raw Comedy and once having a witty comeback for a heckler at the Carlingsford Bowls Club. He's appeared on Home and Away, & a to be released tele-movie where he plays the part of ‘Dave’. He muses on life, love, texting ladies and the trials of being a podiatrist in a brutal modern world. |
| For more information check out his myspace. |
| Vanessa Wagner |
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She's been crowned Sydney Mardi Gras Miss Fair Day, and has been Channel 10's live coverage host for the past 5 years. The vivacious Vanessa Wagner was the most engaging and loved entrant in Celebrity Big Brother as well as being a regular guest on Triple J and featuring in a new Snickers TV commercial. She's the world's wildest MC. |
| For more information check out vanessawagner.com.au. |
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Cracked Eggs: |
| Anna Log |
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Since making her stand-up debut at Raw Comedy in 2007, where she was a Victorian State Finalist, Anna Log has performed regularly in Melbourne in her quest to shed light on the darkest, funniest bits of the female psyche. |
| For more information check out her myspace. |
| Cath Styles |
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Cath always meant to do stand-up comedy, but accidentally married, had 4 kids, and fell into a career in the closely related area of psychiatry. Suddenly 40, and unsure of her expiry date, she remembered her goal and began doing stand-up at Raw Comedy early in 2007, making it to the semi-final on her first night. |
| For more information check out her myspace. |
| Elle Sejean |
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Coined one of the wackiest newcomers of the Melbourne Fringe Festival, Elle has spent much of the last couple of years 'condensed' at the Victorian College of the Arts studying Music Theater. Elle most recently performed her Cabaret 'Who the HELL is Elle Sejean?' for the 2007 The Age Melbourne Fringe Festival. |
| For more information check out her myspace. |
| Lou Sanz |
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A fresh new voice in the comedy scene, Lou has been taking her home grown feisty flavour of fabulous to clubs all around Melbourne. Hellbent on humour, this petite dark eyed sharp tongued vixen is taking hostages wherever she plays. |
| For more information check out her myspace. |
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