Sydney Comedy Festival Podcast

PERTH COMEDY FESTIVAL:Velvet Lounge @ The Flying ScotsmanSat 10th May 2014 - 9:30 pm   SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL: The Factory Theatre Tue 13th May 2014 - 7:00 pm Thu 15th May 2014 - 7:00 pm Sat 17th May 2014 - 7:00 pm   I pride myself in not taking life too seriously. Just last week I tried to change my signature to the entire lyrics of the song 'Life' by Des'ree. This show is about the stupidest things I've ever done.  A collection of stories from a man who is just trying to get over the boredom, seriousness, and cynicism in the world. If you've ever watched your car being towed away on tv, attended the wrong funeral, fallen asleep in a sauna, or ran out of petrol twice in one day, then this show is for you. After failing with his invention of the portable hand-held helicopter, Ray decided to do stand up comedy.  He has appeared on The Footy Show and is a regular at The Sydney Comedy Store.  He has had performed at Homebake music festivals, all across Australia, the US, as well as shows

PERTH COMEDY FESTIVAL: Thatchers Cider House @ Mt Lawley Bowling Club Wed 7th May 2014 - 7:00 pm Thu 8th May 2014 - 7:00 pm Fri 9th May 2014 - 7:00 pm Sat 10th May 2014 - 7:00 pm   "For those who still view him as a precocious comedy boychild, Daniel Sloss has suddenly become a strong man of stand-up...Sloss is blessed with a sharp mind and a potent stage persona...Scotland is not short of top-class comics these days and Daniel Sloss is not far off being the nation's heavyweight champion." - Scotsman After a massive year of live touring, television, his debut DVD release and of course many, many parties, comes the new stand-up show from comedy's internationally acclaimed and award-winning half-man-half-Xbox. Direct from Daniel's season at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe where he sold an astonishing 10,000 tickets! "A genuine twinkle in his eye and a sharp line in observational humour...Sloss demonstrated a genuine affection for the crowd...The humour is funny, intelligent and charming. As is Sloss" - 

The Comedy Store Wed 23rd Apr 2014 - 8:30 pm Thu 8th May 2014 - 7:00 pm   NEW SHOW ADDED DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND! He has become a Sydney Comedy Fest fave and returns in 2014 on the back of smash hits in 2012 and 2013. Don't miss the chance to see Scotland's favourite 'kilty pleasure' Craig Hill in his new new show – Tartan About! Debuting at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe, Tartan About proved a massive hit, selling out every ticket and receiving great reviews and phenomenal word-of-mouth. It's a wickedly delicious evening of pure, unadulterated fun. Book early!

Wild Oats Wine Bar @ Enmore Theatre Thu 8th May 2014 - 7:00 pm Fri 9th May 2014 - 7:00 pm Sat 10th May 2014 - 7:00 pm Sun 11th May 2014 - 6:00 pm   In the past year, Nick almost got killed by a bear in Alaska, went to Afghanistan to entertain the Aussie troops and went three months without a drop of alcohol. The last one was probably the scariest for him. Let's be honest, the first two things sound pretty fun if you've had a couple of drinks. He also become one of the first ever Australians invited to perform stand-up on US network Comedy Central and supported comedy superstar Jim Jefferies on his Australian tour. Come along and see why is he one of the fastest rising stars in comedy today. "Nick Cody is a force to be reckoned with...a man destined for big things." - Daily Telegraph "Both uncontrollably laugh-out-loud funny and hang your head in shame funny. 4 STARS" - Herald Sun "Hilariously inappropriate" - BEAT Magazine

The Factory Theatre Wed 30th Apr 2014 - 8:15 pm Fri 2nd May 2014 - 8:15 pm   Umit Bali a former illegal immigrant now citizen talks about his experiences in a show that involves immigration, drug use, crime and ethnic parents.An exhilarating collection of odd ball characters & anecdotes told through the eyes of this fish out of water. Umit Bali is one of Australia's most exciting new comedian. He has toured in South Africa and supported international comedians Lee Camp (USA), Tony Woods (USA), Glenn Wool (CAN), Al Pitcher (UK), Ian Bagg (CAN), and Jon Dore (USA).

The Factory Theatre Tue 29th Apr 2014 - 9:30 pm Wed 30th Apr 2014 - 9:30 pm Thu 1st May 2014 - 9:30 pm Fri 2nd May 2014 - 9:30 pm Sat 3rd May 2014 - 9:30 pm Sun 4th May 2014 - 8:30 pm   Winner Piece of Wood Award 2013 Melbourne Comedy Festival I wrote this show on the lam. It's about borrowing the wrong towel. You know? It's about searching for the man that stopped people jumping off cliffs for the wrong reasons. You with me? It's about comparing babies and iPhones! It's about Iranian women and finding Y-grade fame and king hits and stealing a dead girl's bike. Its about leaving your jelly beans to your sister in your will. Its about human and non-human animals and little else. I think. Yours, David.

The Enmore Theatre Tue 6th May 2014 - 9:30 pm Thu 8th May 2014 - 9:30 pm Sat 10th May 2014 - 9:30 pm   What happens when a naturally shy bloke lands a job on kids TV, gets mugged in Belgium , drugged in Finland and hears his mum having sex? Well find out in  Extravertigo - Adelaide’s very own Amos Gill brand brilliantly funny brand new show. What a year its been for Amos. He’s just recorded his stand-up show for SBS TV and spent the last seven months travelling the globe co-hosting a new show for ABC3. At the age of 21, Amos Gill is fast becoming one of the best young comedians in the country.  A runner up in the national RAW Comedy competition, Amos went on to earn a nomination for the ‘Best Emerging Comedian’ at the 2013 Adelaide Fringe. “If you're willing to take a chance on one star on the rise this Fringe, make it this guy.” The Advertiser

Thatchers Cider House @ Factory Theatre Wed 14th May 2014 - 7:00 pm Thu 15th May 2014 - 7:00 pm Fri 16th May 2014 - 7:00 pm Sat 17th May 2014 - 7:00 pm   When he was 16, Michael Hing (SBS, Can of Worms) wrote a 5,000 word list of everything he ever wanted in a girlfriend. At the time of writing this blurb, he remains single. Following on from a year of sell out shows and critical acclaim, Michael returns to Sydney with an hour long show about romance, adventure, growing up, and realising some stuff at 28 that most other people worked out in high school.   "Consistently Terrific... A surprising, well-delivered, and tremendously funny examination of the kinds of stuff people don't usually talk about." - Crikey "Clever, funny and bold."-The Heckler

The Enmore Theatre Thu 1st May 2014 - 8:15 pm Fri 2nd May 2014 - 8:15 pm Sat 3rd May 2014 - 8:15 pm Sun 4th May 2014 - 7:15 pm   Ever felt like society is an out of control car headed towards the edge of a cliff? Then you need to see this show.  In 2013 The Contrarian pulled the handbrake on this speeding deathtrap we call life, but we're still headed towards the effin cliff! Enter: Deux Contrarian... The hilariously dark and gritty sequel. An 11 year veteran of the world comedy circuit and bona-fide international headliner, Jacques has laid down a year of spit and polish on this show in every comedy scene from here to Toronto. It goes beyond handbrake.... this thing is a bad-ass hilarity juggernaut. We're all in this car together, come laugh your ass off while he jams this thing into reverse and locks the steering wheel fully to the left.... We probably won’t change the world, but it’s a damn fun ride.   '****' Herald Sun ''****" Timeout '****' The West Australian

The Comedy Store Fri 9th May 2014 - 7:00 pm Sat 10th May 2014 - 7:00 pm   Comedy legend Jeff Green (UK) returns with a brand new trademark show of hilarious observations, stories and rapid fire jokes. Who’s in Jeff’s sights this year – Australian pollies, fatherhood, his long suffering wife? Join him to find out. Jeff has become a well known face and voice on Australian TV and radio since arriving for his first Melbourne International Comedy Festival performance in 1996. Amongst his many Australian TV credits are Spicks and Specks (ABC), Good News Week (Ten) as well as numerous appearances on the Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala (Ten). More recently two of his stand-up specials Jeff Green – Up West and Back From The Bewilderness were shown on consecutive prime time Saturday night ABC 1. Now an Australian resident, Jeff is hugely in demand in the UK, Europe and Asia – his stand-up comedy background is impressive: A solo West-End season and three full length UK TV comedy special

The Factory Theatre Tue 6th May 2014 - 9:30 pm Wed 7th May 2014 - 9:30 pm Thu 8th May 2014 - 9:30 pm Fri 9th May 2014 - 9:30 pm Sat 10th May 2014 - 9:30 pm Tue 13th May 2014 - 9:30 pm Wed 14th May 2014 - 9:30 pm Thu 15th May 2014 - 9:30 pm Fri 16th May 2014 - 9:30 pm Sat 17th May 2014 - 9:30 pm   A high-energy, highly interactive, mostly addictive comedy experience. Join former WWF wrestling/comedy superstar El Jaguar as he climbs back into the entertainment arena to put the smack down on average. Watch as El Jaguar wrestles with mediocre set ups! Cringe as he indulges in awkward pauses! Rejoice as he triumphs against your better judgement! A night you wont forget, as it probably can't be repeated. The Rise of El Jaguar! After a decade away, Derek Flores (Second City alumni, comedy theatre that spawned the likes of Tina Fey, Mike Myers, Stephen Colbert, Colin Mochrie, and members of Melbourne Comedy Festival favourites The 3 Canadians) is back with his latest comedy creation, El Jaguar! "A rip roaring sh

Happy Endings Comedy Club Tue 6th May 2014 - 9:00 pm Wed 7th May 2014 - 9:00 pm Thu 8th May 2014 - 9:00 pm Fri 9th May 2014 - 9:00 pm Sat 10th May 2014 - 9:00 pm Sun 11th May 2014 - 9:00 pm   The ANTICHRIS is a Supernatural Evangelistic Expialidocious journey, from the 6000 year old planet Chris grew up on to the 4.5 billion year old planet he now calls home. It's an hilarious exploration of his upbringing and a no-holds barred pisstake of life, the universe and beyond. Please declare your pitchforks at the door! Known for his searing angular prose, Former Triple J Raw Comedy Winner Chris Wainhouse is touted by many as one of the best writers in Australian comedy. This autobiographical show is a break through, combining the seemingly impossible topics of comedy and belief. With his performance, enviable writing catalogue and a topic that is hard to miss, The ANTICHRIS is set to have some burning bushes talking. After a sell out season, and multiple accolades at Perth and Adelaide Fringe Festival, The ANT

Harold Park Hotel Tue 29th Apr 2014 - 7:15 pm Wed 30th Apr 2014 - 7:15 pm Thu 1st May 2014 - 7:15 pm Fri 2nd May 2014 - 7:15 pm Sat 3rd May 2014 - 7:15 pm   Tommy Dean is back in the Harold Park Hotel, where his career began in 1992. 22 years on he casts his gaze back across the years and what life has become in his adopted homeland. The big move, marriage, family life, and his continued search for understanding… all the while driving on the “wrong” side of the road. “Tommy Dean is Awesome” - Foxtel  Arizona-raised, now resident in Sydney for 16 years, American stand-up star Tommy Dean occupies the top echelons of Australia’s headline comedy artists. The big American with the rock god long hair and booming voice is a regular fixture across TV and radio, with appearances on Spicks and Specks, Good News Week, The Sideshow and ABC702 radio. With pin sharp banter, genial manner and a vast stock of hilarious routines interweaving the foibles of his adopted h

The Factory Theatre Wed 14th May 2014 - 8:15 pm Fri 16th May 2014 - 8:15 pm Sun 18th May 2014 - 7:15 pm   Sold Out Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Canberra Comedy Festival 2013 Raw Comedy Grand Finalists 2009, Green Faces Winners 2011 The Stevenson Experience are back! After a selling out around the country in 2013, The Stevenson Experience return to the Sydney Comedy Festival with a new hour of hilarious songs, jokes, and banter. The guitar and piano playing duo promise you the most fun you can have with two identical twins in a room for an hour. "Killer comedy songs, they’ll be packing houses around the country" Herald Sun, MICF 2013 "I couldn’t drink my beer because of tears of laughter streaming down my face." RiotAct, 2013

The Factory Theatre Tue 29th Apr 2014 - 7:30 pm Wed 30th Apr 2014 - 7:30 pm   Part homage to and piss-take of the Theatre of the Absurd, part existential dilemma, part philosophical rant, lots of bodily fluid jokes and a murder mystery to boot! All in under an hour. Now that’s what I call a good night at the theatre. “Plaything” is the hilarious yet thought-provoking story of two weak-bladdered amnesiacs trapped onstage in a play – or is it? You be the judge. “Plaything” is the brainchild of AWGIE Award-winning writer Simon Dodd, which means he had sex with his own brain. Think about that for a moment. Now buy some tickets. They’re cheap!

Wild Oats Wine Bar @ Enmore Theatre Sat 26th Apr 2014 - 7:00 pm Sun 27th Apr 2014 - 7:00 pm   David Smiedt ­returns to Sydney Comedy Festival with Smiedt. Pray. Love. Part meditation, part inflammation, all funny, showcases the writing (“some of the funniest you will find” - ­ The Sydney Morning Herald) and lightning improv skills (“his crowd work is fearless” - ­ The Daily Telegraph) that has made Smiedt one of the nation’s most in-demand stand-ups. A worldly comedy that takes no prisoners, sponsors third world children and still calls Australia home.   PLEASE NOTE THAT ON SUNDAY APRIL 27, THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE OF SMIEDT PRAY LOVE WITH AN AUSLAN SIGN INTERPRETER FOR COMEDY LOVERS WITH HEARING DIFFICULTIES.

The Factory Theatre Wed 30th Apr 2014 - 9:30 pm Fri 2nd May 2014 - 9:30 pm   A mixture of one liners, sketch, music and the absurd, Seaton Kay-Smith's "Waiting for the Next Apocalypse" looks at our impending oblivion, the problems we face and the problems we can solve while we're waiting for it. Following the success he found in his split billed show which he shared with fellow comedian, Jazz Twemlow, "Earth May Contain Traces of Human / Where? Why? Where?" which played at the Sydney Fringe 2012, Adelaide Fringe 2013 and Sydney Comedy Festival 2013, this is Seaton Kay-Smith's debut solo show. Originally playing at the Sydney Fringe in 2013 to packed houses.  A writer and performer on ABC2's the Roast, frequent contributor to FBi's A Rational Fear and Backchat, Seaton Kay-Smith has been described as, "As if a Marx Brother shagged Salvidor Dali" (Adelaide Weekend Notes) and according to Sydney Comedian Dave Bloustien, "Has writing skills most comedy veterens would kill for." Dawn French also called hi

One Man Yarns The Enmore Theatre Thu 1st May 2014 - 9:30 pm Fri 2nd May 2014 - 9:30 pm Sat 3rd May 2014 - 9:30 pm Sun 4th May 2014 - 8:30 pm   After sell out performances as part of Sydney Impro Duo "The Bear Pack" and Berlin's "ComedySportz", Carlo Ritchie returns to Australia with his own improvised show. Carlo Ritchie; One Man Yarns, is an entirely improvised 50 minute play, in which suggestions taken from the audience will be used to tell a different adventure, every night. Why not come twice? It'll be a gas! "Never has bulls***-meandering-waffle been so entertaining - like Grandpa Simpson on Steroids - Carlo has turned it into an art form." - Sidney Critic "Pure, concentrated genius" - Australian Stage "Carlo's gift for narrative structure is a wonder to watch; The fact that he creates it real time while being hysterical is mindboggling." - Rob Carlton Bear Pack Seymour Centre Thu 8th May 2014 - 8:30 pm Fri 9th May 2014 - 8:30 pm Sat 10th May 2014 - 8:30 pm   The

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 Sun 11th May 2014 - 6:00 pm   After her debut show sold out Festival seasons at Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney, Cambridge Footlights alumnus the "must see" (Time Out) Alice Fraser brings you a new side-splitting, mind-blowing hour of comedy about winning, losing and the lies we buy. Alice is a performer, writer, comedian, word geek, academic, ex-corporate lawyer and bad musician. We’re talking banjo. She started stand-up when she moved to New York for a year and in the absence of an ensemble sketch crew, shifted her focus to solo comedy. Since then, she's performed in every city she's been in, including Sydney, Munich, Bangkok, New York, LA, Damascus and London. She was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2013 Sydney Comedy Festival. Alice is a writer for the satirical news radio show A Rational Fear, and hosts Tracksuits on fbi radio. She is a member of the all-star girl c

The Enmore Theatre Tue 6th May 2014 - 7:00 pm Thu 8th May 2014 - 7:00 pm Sat 10th May 2014 - 7:00 pm   James Colley (TEDxYouth Host, A Rational Fear - Radio National, Festival of Dangerous Ideas) returns with a new hour-long solo show where he'll speak on the topics that make him feel inadequate. "Cerebral Comedy at its finest" - Sydney Fringe "Considered, touching and funny" - Honi Soit