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List Of Australian Stand-up Comedians
This is a list of notable stand-up comedy, stand-up comedians from Australia. See also {{portal, Australia, Biography, Comedy, Lists * List of Australian comedians * List of stand-up comedians Australian stand-up comedians, Lists of Australian people by occupation, Stand-up comedians Lists of comedians, Australian stand-up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stand-up Comedy
Stand-up comedy is a comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up. Stand-up comedy consists of one-liners, stories, observations or a shtick that may incorporate props, music, magic tricks or ventriloquism. It can be performed almost anywhere, including comedy clubs, comedy festivals, bars, nightclubs, colleges or theatres. History Stand-up as a Western art form has its roots in the stump speech of American minstrel shows, which featured an actor in blackface delivering nonsensical monologue to the audience. While the intention of stump speeches was to mock African-Americans, they also occasionally contained political and social satire. The minstrel show would later influence theatrical traditions of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, such as vaudeville and burlesque. The first documented use of "stand-up" as a term was in ''The Stage'' in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Egan
Craig Egan is a stand-up comedian Stand-up comedy is a comedy, comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up. Stand-up comedy consists of One-line joke ... who lives in Adelaide, South Australia. He has appeared in numerous shows in the Adelaide Fringe Festival and Melbourne International Comedy Festival and also on ''Stand Up Australia''. Egan currently runAdelaide Comedy Live shows * ''Craig Egan's Summer of Rock Tour'' (2004 Adelaide Festival Fringe) * ''Make Some Noise'' (2006 Adelaide Fringe Festival) * ''Best of Adelaide'' (2006 Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Hooper
Claire Hooper (born 5 September 1976) is an Australian stand-up comedian, television and radio presenter and writer. Hooper is co-hosting ''The Great Australian Bake Off'' alongside Mel Buttle. She appeared as a team captain on the 2008 revival of '' Good News Week'' on Network Ten and was a regular on '' The Sideshow'', appearing with Paul McDermott. Since 2005, she has regularly performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Career Hooper has appeared on '' Stand Up Australia'', '' How the Quest Was Won'', ''The Sideshow'', '' Rove Live'', '' Sleuth 101'', Melbourne International Comedy Festival, '' Good News Week'', '' The Project'', ''Hughesy, We Have a Problem'', ''Celebrity Name Game'', '' The Living Room'' and '' Would I Lie to You? Australia''. Prior to entering into comedy, Hooper worked in children's and adult theatre in Perth, Western Australia, as an actress and director. Hooper attended Curtin University and graduated with a degree in Theatre Stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Hills
Adam Christopher Hills (born 10 July 1970) is an Australian comedian, radio and television presenter. In Australia, he hosted the music quiz show '' Spicks and Specks'' from 2005 to 2011, and again in 2021 onwards, and the talk show '' Adam Hills Tonight'' from 2011 to 2013. In the United Kingdom, he has hosted the talk show '' The Last Leg'' since 2012. He has been nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award, the Gold Logie Award and numerous BAFTA TV Awards. Born in Loftus, Sydney, he began performing as a stand-up comedian in 1989 at the age of 19 and, since 1997, has produced ten solo shows which have toured internationally. He has performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Montreal Just for Laughs festival, earning three consecutive Edinburgh Award nominations for his Edinburgh shows in 2001, 2002 and 2003. In 2002, he scored a minor hit in Australia with his single "Working Class Anthem", in which he sang the lyrics o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Helliar
Peter Jason Matthew Helliar (born 16 June 1975) is an Australian comedian, actor, television, radio presenter, writer, producer and director. He is best known for his work on television as a former regular co-host of '' The Project'' on Network Ten from January 2014 to December 2022, replacing previous presenter Dave Hughes to host alongside Carrie Bickmore, Waleed Aly and Lisa Wilkinson. Helliar also appeared with Rove McManus as his sidekick on '' The Loft Live'' from 1997 to 1998, on '' Rove'' from 1999 and 2009 and in ''Before the Game'' as alter ego Bryan Strauchan. Helliar initially worked the Melbourne comedy circuit in the mid-1990s, performing in various venues and the annual Melbourne International Comedy Festival. He has performed in numerous television ads, most notably for Fernwood Fitness. Helliar has been nominated for the Gold Logie, a prestigious award bestowed upon the Most Popular Personality on Television in 2017. Television Helliar has made guest appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Heazlewood
Justin Marcus Heazlewood, the Bedroom Philosopher, is an Australian author, songwriter and performer. He has released several albums of musical comedy, toured Australia extensively, been nominated for an ARIA Award and published books about his experiences in the entertainment industry. Recording career 2002–2005 ''Living on the Edge of My Bed'' The Bedroom Philosopher began in 2002, Heazlewood submitted a three-minute radio piece for the ABC Heywire competition about his passion for folk music, which led to him becoming a regular guest on Triple J's ''The Morning Show''. He also filmed two pilot episodes of ''The Bedroom Philosopher Show'' for ABC Fly TV, a now defunct digital youth television station. He also secured his first major musical gig, playing support for Bodyjar and The Bumblebeez at Triple J's Unearthed concert later that year. The Bedroom Philosopher has performed in past years at the Big Day Out, Falls Festival, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Adelaide Fringe F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celia Pacquola
Celia Pacquola (born 12 February 1983) is an Australian comedian, writer, presenter and actor who performs predominantly in Australia and the United Kingdom. Early life Pacquola is a third child, and her parents separated when she was eighteen. She is a descendant of John Rae (administrator), John Rae. Career She began doing stand-up comedy in 2006. Radio Pacquola has written and appeared on Australian and British radio, presenting ''Red Hot Go'' and ''Fox Summer Breakfast'' on Fox FM (Melbourne), Fox FM and ''The Comedy Hour'' on Radio National, ABC Radio. She has written for and appeared on BBC Radio 4 shows, including ''Shappi Talk'', ''What's So Funny?'', ''It's Your Round'', ''The Headset'', ''The Unbelievable Truth (radio show), The Unbelievable Truth'', and ''Britain Versus the World''. Television Pacquola has written for and performed in ''Good News Week'' and ''Laid (TV series), Laid''. She appeared in and co-wrote the first episode of the second season of ''It's a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Gleeson
Thomas Francis Gleeson (born 2 June 1974) is an Australian stand-up comedian, writer, television and radio presenter. Gleeson formerly co-hosted '' The Weekly with Charlie Pickering'' alongside Judith Lucy and currently hosts '' Hard Quiz'', both on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). In 2019, Gleeson won the Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Television. Early life Gleeson was born in Gunnedah, New South Wales, and lived at nearby Tambar Springs before boarding at St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, in Sydney. He graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics and physics. During his degree, Gleeson played the drums and occasionally sang vocals in an Australian band, the Fantastic Leslie, before leaving for a career in comedy. Career Comedy Gleeson's first stage appearance was as the character "Malcolm" (for two years) dressed in a flannelette shirt, tracksuit pants and a wig. He later went on to perform at m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Gilbert
Russell Gilbert (born 17 October 1959) is an Australian comedian and actor from Footscray, Victoria, best known for his radio and television appearances, on programs such as ''The Comedy Company'', ''Hey Hey It's Saturday'' and ''Thank God You're Here''; he is also a live stage and film actor. Career Television Gilbert has appeared in several Australian TV comedies, first attracting notice as "Russ the Postie" on ATV-10's ''The Comedy Company'' (1988–89). This role led him to a nine-year stint on GTV-9's ''Hey Hey It's Saturday'' (1990–1999). Gilbert also played Kev the tow-truck driver in the sitcom ''Bingles'' (1992). In the late 1990s, he began starring in his own shows made at GTV-9, all of which were short-lived—even though they all rated well.'' The Russell Gilbert Show'' (1998), a sketch comedy show; ''Russell Gilbert Live'' (2000), a Saturday-evening variety show featuring celebrity interviews as well as live and sketch comedy; and ''Russell Gilbert Was Here!'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Gadsby
Hannah Gadsby (born 1978) is an Australian comedian, writer, and actress. She began her career in Australia after winning the national final of the Raw Comedy competition for new comedians in 2006. In 2018, her show '' Nanette'' on Netflix won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special and a Peabody Award. Starting in 2019, she toured internationally with her show ''Douglas'' and the recorded special was released on Netflix in 2020. In 2021, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Tasmania. In March 2022, she published ''Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation''. Early life Hannah Gadsby was born in Smithton, a small town on the remote north-west coast of Tasmania. She was the youngest of five children. She attended Smithton High School from 1990 to 1995. In year 12, she attended Launceston College, where she had a nervous breakdown. She began studying at the University of Tasmania in Hobart but later transferred to the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Fraser
Alice Fraser is an Australian comedian, writer, podcaster, and actor. Early life and education Fraser studied law at the University of Sydney before going on to earn a master's degree in English literature (Rhetoric) in Cambridge, England. Fraser returned to Australia and in 2013, she was nominated as best newcomer at the Sydney Comedy Festival. Career Fraser made her film debut in the movie ''Never Hesitate'' as Emily in 2014. Also in 2014, Fraser spoke at a TEDx event at Macquarie University. Trilogy In 2015 Fraser began touring ''Savage'', the first part of what she describes as an "unorthodox art-comedy/morality tale trilogy" which focuses on her upbringing and its impact on her life. The trilogy was completed by ''The Resistance'' in 2016 and ''Empire'' in 2017. Each installment of the trilogy was toured nationally and performed at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival and The Edinburgh Fringe. Reviewing ''Empire'', The ''Herald Sun'' called it a "beau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Fleet
Gregory Fleet is an Australian comedian and actor. History Early life Fleet was born in Michigan, in the United States. His father moved the family to Australia when Greg was four. He grew up in Geelong, and as a teenager boarded at Geelong Grammar School. Fleet briefly attended Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), but was kicked out after a year for poor performance. Career Fleet began his acting career in the early 1980s with several performances in Australian television series and telemovies. He appeared in '' Matthew and Son'' alongside Nicole Kidman in 1984, and then played the role of "Delivery Man 2" in an episode of ''Prisoner'' in 1985. Fleet went on to star as Lt Scott Harris in the Australian mini-series ''A Thousand Skies''. In 1988, after a guest appearance in ''The Flying Doctors'', Fleet took on the role of Dave Summers in the Australian soap '' Neighbours''. His most dramatic sequence in this program involved killing the popular character of D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
