Michael Chamberlin is a
Melbourne
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-based
stand up comedian
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Stand-up comedy consists of one-liners, stories, ...
. Along with fellow comedian
Charlie Pickering
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Pickering currently hosts ''The Weekly with Charlie Pickering'', a weekly news satire television show on the ABC, as wel ...
, Chamberlin was a co-creator of Melbourne comedy room ''Stagetime''.
In 2001, Chamberlin made the grand final of the Australia wide comedy competition
Raw Comedy. In 2002, Chamberlin joined forces with Charlie Pickering, winning the comedians' choice
Piece of Wood Award for their show ''Boiling Point''.
Chamberlin has performed in major comedy Festivals around Australia, including the
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
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and the
Adelaide Fringe Festival
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. He presented his first full-length festival show ''I Am The King of the Divan'' in 2004 as part of the
Melbourne Fringe Festival. He appeared in the Melbourne Comedy Festival in 2005 with his show ''There's A Party At Stefan Edberg's Place'',
and in 2006 with ''Michael Chamberlin & the Ten Commandments''.
Chamberlin was also a core cast member and writer for the Australian sketch comedy television show ''
skitHOUSE
''Skithouse'' (styled ''skitHOUSE'') was an Australian sketch comedy television series that ran on Network Ten from 9 February 2003 to 28 July 2004. The series was produced by Roving Enterprises. It featured many well-known Australian comedia ...
''
from 2003 - 2004. He has also written for television shows ''
Rove Live
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'',
''
Backberner'' and ''
Comedy Inc Comedy Inc. may refer to:
*Comedy Inc. (Australian TV series)
*Comedy Inc. (Canadian TV series)
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''.
In 2008, Chamberlin co-hosted
Foxtel's TV series ''
The Mansion'' with Charlie Pickering.
In 2015 Chamberlin began writing for ''
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
''The Weekly with Charlie Pickering'' is an Australian news satire series on the ABC. The series premiered on 22 April 2015, featuring Charlie Pickering as host with Tom Gleeson, Adam Briggs and Judith Lucy in the cast who joined the show i ...
''.
Live shows
*2017: ''Life in Moderation'' - Melbourne International Comedy Festival
*2015: ''Thoughts'' - Solo Show, Melbourne International Comedy Festival
*2012: ''Joy and Despair'' - Solo Show, Melbourne International Comedy Festival
*2011: ''Things I Haven't Done'' - Solo Show, Melbourne International Comedy Festival
*2010: ''Keep yourself nice'' - Solo Show, Melbourne International Comedy Festival
*2008: ''Flair Country'' - Solo Show, Melbourne International Comedy Festival
*2007: ''Buddha, Bluey and Me'' - Solo Show, Melbourne International Comedy Festival
*2006: ''Michael Chamberlin & the Ten Commandments'' - Solo Show, Adelaide Fringe Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival
*2005: ''There's A Party At Stefan Edberg's Place'' - Solo Show, Melbourne International Comedy Festival
*2005: ''Michael Chamberlin'' - Solo Show, Adelaide Comedy Festival
*2004: ''I Am The King of the Divan'' - Solo Show, Melbourne Fringe Festival
*2003: ''Boiling Point 2'' - With Charlie Pickering, Melbourne Comedy Festival
*2003: ''Equal Third'' - With Terri Psiakis & Charlie Pickering, Melbourne Comedy Festival
*2002: ''Boiling Point'' - With Charlie Pickering, Adelaide Fringe Festival, Melbourne Comedy Festival
*2000/01: Chamberlin joined sketch comedy group Enter the Datsun for two Melbourne Comedy Festival shows
References
External links
TokenMichael Chamberlin's website
1977 births
Living people
People educated at Xavier College
Australian male comedians
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