Sydney Comedy Festival Podcast

The Enmore TheatreThu 7th May 2015 - 9:30 pmFri 8th May 2015 - 9:30 pmSat 9th May 2015 - 9:30 pmTue 12th May 2015 - 9:30 pmWed 13th May 2015 - 9:30 pmThu 14th May 2015 - 9:30 pmFri 15th May 2015 - 9:30 pmSat 16th May 2015 - 9:30 pmTicketswww.sydneycomedyfest.com.auShow Info: ForwardBorn in Portugal in 1480, Ferdinand Magellan would go onto to be one of histories greatest explorers. His story is one of immense strength, virtue and bravery against phenomenal adversity. We can thank Magellan for much of what we know about the world we live in. His life of travel is probably the greatest story ever told. My 2015 comedy concert is in no way related to Ferdinand Magellan. Yes, I said concert.This year's show is about heirlooms and legacies. When/If I die, what will I be remembered for? Seventy glittering years at the top of show business? The show will also feature jokes about penises. “Evolving into an incisive wizard of stinging wit” Sydney Morning Herald“Belongs on the stage and isn’t afr

The Factory TheatreFri 13th Mar 2015 - 7:00 pmFri 15th May 2015 - 7:00 pmTicketswww.sydneycomedyfest.com.auShow Info: ULTRA POWER LORDBart Freebairn: Ultra Power Lord The unlimited glory of the hyper fightBart Freebairn is a rising star in the Australian comedy scene. His new show Ultra Power Lord is a slick cominbation of witty original comedy and explosive exciting performance. Everyone struggles with feeling powerless at times. Ultra Power Lord looks at our fight to feel in control and how we can take the power back. The one thing Bart Freebairn in Ultra Power Lords will not do is show you how to control your laughter. Join the revolution.FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHTCan you stop the bullies? Can you maintain your homestead against invaders? Can you stop the evil empire from taking away your rights?!Modern living is pretty sweet. That said there are countless instances where you can feel powerless and angry. The world is big and crazy and pa

The Enmore TheatreTue 28th Apr 2015 - 7:00 pmWed 29th Apr 2015 - 7:00 pmThu 30th Apr 2015 - 7:00 pmFri 1st May 2015 - 7:00 pmSat 2nd May 2015 - 7:00 pmTicketswww.sydneycomedyfest.com.auShow Info: JUST A FULLY NAKED ENCOUNTERAS SEEN ON: Just For Laughs Sydney Gala – The Comedy Channel, It’s a Date - ABC1, Comedy UP Late - ABC2 and The Project - NETWORK 10.WINNER: Spleen Comic of the Year and the Comics' Choice “The Piece of Wood” Award winner MICF 2011.Exposing yourself is difficult; sometimes your leg gets stuck in your pants. Other times, we’re just not ready to let it all hang out.Whether literally or figuratively, most people will avoid exposing themselves if they can. Harley Breen has made a career out of it and is set to bare all again at the Adelaide Fringe.Come see the comic that everybody is laughing at and the person UK superstar Russell Howard handpicked to support him around Australia in the flesh. There probably won’t be any nudity… probably.

    The Factory TheatreSun 3rd May 2015 - 7:30 pmSun 17th May 2015 - 7:30 pm Tickets www.sydneycomedyfest.com.au Show Info Following the success of her debut solo show, Sketchual Chocolate, Susie Youssef unveils her latest comedy offering, OWL EYES ON YOU.It's sketch comedy meets stand-up comedy, it's east meets west, it's girl hoping to meet boy. Youssef weaves characters, stories, occasional dance breaks and that relentless feeling that someone is watching when you’re not making the wisest choices into a therapeutic hour of laughs.“This girl knows her skit ” * * * * Herald Sun “The hallmarks of a Tina Fey production.” * * * * SMHGroup bookings for 6+ $20 each – please call the box office “Sketch comedy is such a hard thing to do right, but Susie Youssef has nailed it.” themusic.com.au

The Sydney Comedy Festival is Sydney’s biggest annual comedy event. More than 111,000 people will go see the biggest international stars & the most promising new talent. Triple J’s Kyran Wheatley will try to interview them all – the comedians obviously, not the punters. This year we're asking YOU to submit your most random, out-there or awkward question for a comedian to answer at the beginning of each episode in the 2015 Podcast series. Head to www.sydneycomedyfest.com.au/podcast to submit your question. Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE!

What is sport? Do we really need it? It’s about Fleety’s obsession with the Olympics and his mistaken belief that he could make it as a high jumper at the Games. It’s about Fleety’s doomed attempt at impressing a girl by playing rugby union for the very first time against 15 very big Pacific Islanders. It’s about trying to tell a mates’ dad that when you shot his son through the leg with a spear gun in the back of a ute, it’s because you thought he was a squid. And Fleety answers the question – why if two men are left alone in a room with an apple* and a box of matches* will they, within an hour, have turned it into a game? *insert any random, mis-matched object here   “Subtle, succinct and surreal. *****” The Scotsman “Hysterical.” Adelaide Advertiser   Podcast by Kyran WheatleyBeatbox by Jared Jekyll

Three Blokes Telling Jokes is exactly what it says on the wrapper. An hour of stand up comedy from the perspective of educated, unassuming, white men as they explore the utterly ridiculous and just plain funny swathe of humanity that is middle class Australia.If you have ever made a sandwich from a packet of Smiths chips and two pieces of white bread, you’ll know where they are coming from. Their show has been described as 'nothing like Cirque De Soleil’. It's comedy that calls a spade, a spade, bbq’s what is runs over and makes sure that it always shuts the bloody gate. Their run at Adelaide Fringe 2014 saw them playing to packed houses and we reckon Sydney will like it too. The three blokes are: Andrew Barnett - a rising force in Australian comedy who’s relaxed, affable style sees him as one of Sydney's most sort after MC's. Matty B - who is cementing a reputation across the country as a great joke writer with his likeable, dry, country charm. Scott Dettrick - a former

Nath Valvo found himself on the singles table at his friends wedding yet again, he forgets to floss, and still hasn't returned a library book from 2001. He'll do it tomorrow! Boy Next Door is the follow up to Nath’s critically acclaimed 2013 show, Almost 30. The Nova FM presenter and The Project regular is fast becoming one of Australia’s hottest new comedians. Don’t miss your chance to see Boy Next Door debut at the 2014 Sydney Comedy Festival.  

Following its sell out success in 2013, Frocking Hilarious is back this year with another all-star line up! Presented by ActionAid, Frocking Hilarious is the only all-women line up at the Sydney Comedy Festival. All proceeds go to supporting ActionAid Australia’s work empowering women living in poverty to stand up for their human rights. Come along and join us for a night to highlight the issues of women’s rights around the world through the power of laughter. It’ll be Frocking Hilarious! Featuring: Judith Lucy, Denise Scott, Fiona O’loughlin, George McEncroe, Claire Hooper, Lady Sings It Better + more to be announced!

Following its sell out success in 2013, Frocking Hilarious is back this year with another all-star line up! Presented by ActionAid, Frocking Hilarious is the only all-women line up at the Sydney Comedy Festival. All proceeds go to supporting ActionAid Australia’s work empowering women living in poverty to stand up for their human rights. Come along and join us for a night to highlight the issues of women’s rights around the world through the power of laughter. It’ll be Frocking Hilarious! Featuring: Judith Lucy, Denise Scott, Fiona O’loughlin, George McEncroe, Claire Hooper, Lady Sings It Better + more to be announced!

It's one massive night of laughs with all your Festival favourites! Come join us as we celebrate our exciting 10th birthday with a one-night-only comedy gala featuring the best and funniest comedians of the Festival! Julia Morris hosts a huge line up of international superstars and comedy royalty including Dom Irrera (US), Tony Woods (US), Craig Hill (SCO), Reginald D Hunter (US), Tom Gleeson, Jarred Christmas (NZ), Tommy Dean (US), Fiona O'Loughlin plus a whole heap more! Don’t miss our final gala before the Festival closes for another year!

It's one massive night of laughs with all your Festival favourites! Come join us as we celebrate our exciting 10th birthday with a one-night-only comedy gala featuring the best and funniest comedians of the Festival! Julia Morris hosts a huge line up of international superstars and comedy royalty including Dom Irrera (US), Tony Woods (US), Craig Hill (SCO), Reginald D Hunter (US), Tom Gleeson, Jarred Christmas (NZ), Tommy Dean (US), Fiona O'Loughlin plus a whole heap more! Don’t miss our final gala before the Festival closes for another year!

The Factory Theatre Tue 13th May 2014 - 9:15 pm Wed 14th May 2014 - 9:15 pm Thu 15th May 2014 - 9:15 pm Fri 16th May 2014 - 9:15 pm Sat 17th May 2014 - 9:15 pm Sun 18th May 2014 - 8:15 pm     If death begins at birth and love is just an abstract construct designed to sell real estate, then why the hell are we so inclined to sweat the small stuff? From the guy that brought you Randy’s Postcards From Purgatory and the critically acclaimed Randy is Sober comes another immaculately constructed narrative of existential tomfoolery. Directed by the incomparable Alex Papps (Play School) and featuring live music from Melbourne's most wanted pirate-convict-rock maniac Jimmy Stewart (The Miserable Little Bastards), this show will be just like taking a sweet intersection shortcut through a service station driveway. Exhilarating AND convenient. Randy has been performing his unique brand of stand up comedy since 2005 and depending on who you ask, his debut solo show was a highly revered runaway-cult-hit. He

The Factory Theatre Tue 13th May 2014 - 8:15 pm Wed 14th May 2014 - 8:15 pm Thu 15th May 2014 - 8:15 pm Fri 16th May 2014 - 8:15 pm Sat 17th May 2014 - 8:15 pm   Since appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2012, Hedluv + Passman have garnered a bevy of devoted fans including comedy superstars Alan Davies and Rhys Darby.  With only their casiotone, a red woolen hat and the most energetic dancing this millienium, their lo fi fun and hysterical, laconic lyrics have the audience rolling and dancing in the aisles.  A sell out hit in NZ, these laid back Cornishmen bring songs of flippers and sat nav’s to Australia for the first time in 2014. “an hour of ridiculous entertainment that surpasses anything you could imagine" - ThreeWeeks

The Enmore Theatre Mon 12th May 2014 - 7:30 pm   It's one massive night of laughs with all your Festival favourites! Come join us as we celebrate our exciting 10th birthday with a one-night-only comedy gala featuring the best and funniest comedians of the Festival! Julia Morris hosts a huge line up of international superstars and comedy royalty including Dom Irrera (US), Tony Woods (US), Craig Hill (SCO), Reginald D Hunter (US), Tom Gleeson, Jarred Christmas (NZ), Tommy Dean (US), Fiona O'Loughlin plus a whole heap more! Don’t miss our final gala before the Festival closes for another year!

The Enmore Theatre Mon 12th May 2014 - 7:30 pm It's one massive night of laughs with all your Festival favourites! Come join us as we celebrate our exciting 10th birthday with a one-night-only comedy gala featuring the best and funniest comedians of the Festival! Julia Morris hosts a huge line up of international superstars and comedy royalty including Dom Irrera (US), Tony Woods (US), Craig Hill (SCO), Reginald D Hunter (US), Tom Gleeson, Jarred Christmas (NZ), Tommy Dean (US), Fiona O'Loughlin plus a whole heap more! Don’t miss our final gala before the Festival closes for another year!

Hey mates! Australia's sweethearts Tommy Dassalo and Karl Chandler are coming back to Sydney to record a live episode of their super-popular, hit podcast with festival faves! In their previous two Sydney live podcasts, they've had Wil Anderson, Larry Emdur, Andrew Denton, Tom Ballard, Scott Dooley and more! Guaranteed big name guests and supreme dickheadery! Seeya there, mates!

The Factory Theatre Wed 7th May 2014 - 8:15 pm Fri 9th May 2014 - 8:15 pm   A show about finding yourself in a 20 person hot tub under a Supermoon in small town America, while your ancestors look down on you and mutter, 'We can't believe we're related to that hussy.' Take a dive into the boiling waters of life and come out pruned and disorientated, but happy that amongst all those hot tub bubbles, no one can tell which ones came from you. "A confident, hugely competent performer who is in total control... witty and weird" - The Skinny Madeleine Culp is an award winning comedian (Sydney Comedy Festival Best Newcomer 2010, Semi-Finalist Funny Women Competition UK 2012).  She has been read in Penguin Books' Funny Buggers; The best lines from Australian Stand Up Comedy, presented on Triple J, performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, all over the UK, USA as well as Australia and was a member of the successful comedy duo The Cloud Girls.

The Factory Theatre Tue 13th May 2014 - 7:00 pm Thu 15th May 2014 - 7:00 pm Sat 17th May 2014 - 7:00 pm   We all know about the birds and the bees but what if a bird doesn't like bees? What if a bird kinda likes other birds and wants to start a family? Or what if that birds eggs are scrambled but her nest is awesome for screaming chicks? Ponder these and more ridiculous metaphors with one of Sydney's most loved comedians; the super rad David Williams. Any twit can breed, much to the detriment of our species. So why go bargain basement when you can go designer? David Williams has got the good stuff, and he dishes it out to everyone as he explores the effect of unconventional family units in a society that can on only exist in today's first world.

The Factory Theatre Tue 6th May 2014 - 7:00 pm Wed 7th May 2014 - 7:00 pm Thu 8th May 2014 - 7:00 pm Fri 9th May 2014 - 7:00 pm   Nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2014 Melbourne International Comedy Festival The Comedy Zone 2013 - Melbourne Comedy Festival National Finalist RAW Comedy 2011 - Melbourne Comedy Festival Tien is someone who's in cultural limbo. Being born here, Australians don't consider him an Australian and the Vietnamese don't really consider him as Vietnamese either. This allows Tien to bring a unique outsider's perspective to his comedy, bringing laughs with social commentary and absurd observations. You may not agree with some of his outlandish viewpoints but at least it will be funny. Most recently, Tien was handpicked last year to be one of five comedians in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's prestigious Comedy Zone – a showcase of up-and-comers from around the country. Come and see what all the fuss is about! "Tien Tran hit the ground running with a bold, confiden