The Sydney Comedy Festival is an annual comedy festival held in Sydney. Launched in 2005 as The Cracker Sydney Comedy Festival at a number of inner city venues, the Festival has grown quickly and now attracts 111,000 patrons every year at venues all across Sydney. The Sydney Comedy Awards were introduced in 2008, to celebrate excellence in the Sydney Comedy Festival. In 2013, the festival introduced The Sydney Comedy Festival showcase tour, bringing bits of the festival to towns all over Australia. 2020 saw the festival go on hiatus. In 2021, it was held 19 April to 16 May. Venues have included State Theatre,

Enmore Theatre The Enmore Theatre is a theatre and entertainment venue in Sydney, Australia. It was built in 1908. It is located at 118–132 Enmore Road in Newtown, in the inner west of Sydney's suburbs. It was first opened in 1912 as a photo-play theatre. I ...

, The Concourse, and Riverside Theatres. Performers have included

Ronny Chieng Ronny Xin Yi Chieng (; born 21 November 1985) is a Malaysian comedian and actor. He is currently a senior correspondent on Comedy Central's ''The Daily Show'' and the creator and star of the ABC Australia sitcom '' Ronny Chieng: International S ...

, Matt Okine,

Rhys Nicholson Rhys Nicholson (born 22 April 1990) is an Australian comedian and known for being a judge on '' RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under'' from 2021 onwards. Career In 2014, Nicholson featured in the ABC documentary ''GayCrashers'', alongside Joel Creas ...

, and Corey White.

Special events

The Sydney Comedy Festival produces the following current special events: * Cracker Night * Sydney Comedy Festival International Showcase * Sydney Comedy Festival Gala * Sydney Comedy Festival Secret Show Special events in past years include: * The Mother of All Galas * The Great Comedy Debate * Chopper's ANZAC Day Show

Festivals by year

2020

No festival was held upon cancellation.

2014

The 2014 Festival was held from 22 April to 17 May.

Awards

Awards were presented at the closing party of the festival as follows: * Best of the Fest nternationalwinner:

David O'Doherty David Nicholas O'Doherty (; born 18 December 1975) is an Irish comedian, author, musician, actor and playwright and son of renowned jazz pianist Jim Doherty. His stand-up has won many international awards including the if.comedy award in 2008 ...

* Best of the Fest

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winner:

* Best newcomer award winner: Luke McGregor * The Director's choice award: Sam Simmons

2013

The 2013 Festival was held from 22 April – 11 May

Awards

Awards were presented at the closing party of the festival as follows: * Best of the Fest nternationalwinner: Paul Foot * Best of the Fest

winner: Matt Okine * Best newcomer award winner: Steen Raskopoulos * The breakout artist award winner: Trevor Noah * The Director's choice award: Michael Workman * The MX Joke of the Festival:

2012

The 2012 Festival was held from 24 April to 12 May.

Awards

Awards were presented on the final day of the festival as follows: * Sydney Comedy Festival Best Newcomer –

- chosen by a panel of industry professionals * Best International –

Daniel Kitson Daniel John Kitson (born 2 July 1977) is an English comedian and writer. Early life Daniel John Kitson was born in Denby Dale on 2 July 1977, the son of a primary school headteacher mother and a lecturer father. He was a pupil at Scissett Midd ...

- Time Out, people choice * Best Local –

Felicity Ward Felicity Ward (born 26 September 1980) is an Australian comedian, best known for her TV appearances on '' Spicks and Specks'', ''Thank God You're Here'', ''Good News Week'' and as a writer/performer in the Channel 10 Network television program ...

– Time Out, people choice * Best Sydney – Luke Heggie – Time Out, peoples choice * Best Sydney Comedy Night – Happy Endings, El Roco Room * ''Time Out'' Critics Choice – Lou Sanz

2011

In 2011, the festival held events at the

, Sydney Opera House, The State Theatre, The Metro, The Factory Theatre, the Seymour Centre, Parade Theatres, The Hayden Orpheum, Riverside Theatre and many more between 11 April and 8 May.

Awards

* Best International Act – Danny Bhoy * Best Local Act –

* People's Choice Award –

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2010

Awards

* Best of Fest –

Glenn Wool Glenn Wool is a Canadian stand-up comedian now living in England. He has released six albums, including 2020's ''Viva Forever'', produced by Dan Schlissel for Stand Up! Records. Early life His father, who was Estonian, escaped a concentration cam ...

* Best Local Act – Axis of Awesome * Best International Act – Pajama Men * The Jury Prize –

* Best Newcomer – Cloud Girls * People's Choice Award – Tommy Bradson

2009

Awards

* Best Newcomer – The Pajama Men * Best Local Act – Julia Morris * Best International Act – Jeremy Hotz * The Jury Prize – The Paradoxical Adventures of Lawrence Leung and

Andrew McClelland Andrew McClelland is an Australian comedian, writer and DJ from Melbourne, Victoria. Comedian McClelland has performed hour-long comedy shows around Australia, New Zealand and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival since 2003. His past shows have inc ...

* People's Choice Award – The Al Pitcher Picture Show * Best of the Fest Award – The Pajama Men

2008

Awards

* Best Newcomer – DeAnne Smith * Best Local Act- Lawrence Leung * Best International Act- Mark Watson * People's Choice Award –

Ross Noble Ross Markham Noble (born 5 June 1976) is an English stand-up comedian and actor. Noble rose to mainstream popularity through making appearances on British television, particularly interviews and on panel shows such as '' Have I Got News for You' ...

* Best of the Fest Award – Mark Watson * Director's Choice Award – Amelia Jane Hunter

Showcase Tour

The inaugural Sydney Comedy Festival Showcase brought the laughs to all corners of regional NSW and QLD leaving an audience of over 10 000 in stitches. Touring over 11 weeks (July – September 2013) with 33 shows, the show visited the following towns and cities: * Canberra * Queanbeyan * Cooma * Bundaberg * Noosa * Brisbane * Toowoomba * Capella * Proserpine * Rockhampton * Mackay * Dee Why * Narooma * Batemans Bay * Merimbula * Gosford * Newcastle * Cessnock * Sutherland * Bathurst * Dubbo * Katoomba * Nowra * Wollongong * Coffs Harbour * Ballina * Lismore * Tamworth * Port Macquarie * Taree * Wodonga * Wagga * Griffith

Comics

Comedians who have appeared at The Sydney Comedy Festival include: *

Aamer Rahman Aamer Rahman ( bn, আমার রহমান; born 17 October 1982) is an Australian stand-up comedian of Bangladeshi descent. He is best known as one half of comedy duo Fear of a Brown Planet, along with Nazeem Hussain. Early life Rahman's ...

Nazeem Hussain Nazeem Hussain (born 21 April 1985) is an Australian comedian, actor, television and radio presenter. He is best known as creator and star of two television comedy shows, ''Legally Brown'' (2013-14) and ''Orange Is the New Brown'' (2018). His ...

( Fear of a Brown Planet) (2008, 2010, 2011) *

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 Hi ...

(2006, 2009) * Adrian Edmondson & The Bad Shepherds (2013) * Ahmad Ahmed (2006) *

Akmal Saleh Akmal Saleh ( ar, أكمل صالح Coptic: AKMAΛ CAΛΕϨ) (born 21 July 1964) is an Egyptian-Australian comedian and actor. He was born in Egypt and arrived in Sydney with his family in 1975 at the age of 11. He has been performing comedy si ...

(2005, 2006, 2008, 2010) * Alex Lee (2013) * Alex Lykos ( A Long Night) (2013) * Alex Williamson (2013) * Alice Fraser ( aggressively Helpful) (2013) * Al Lubel (2005) * Al Pitcher (2008, 2009, 2010) * Alexis Dubis (2010) * Alonzo Bodden (2010) * Amanda Buckley & Susie Youseff (2013) * Amelia Jane Hunter (2008, 2010, 2011, 2013) * Andres Lopez (2011) * Andrew Hastings (2016) *

Andrew Dice Clay Andrew Dice Clay (born Andrew Clay Silverstein; September 29, 1957) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He rose to prominence in the late 1980s with a brash, deliberately offensive persona known as "The Diceman". In 1990, he became the fi ...

(2006) *

(2008, 2009, 2011) * Andrew Stanley (2008, 2009) * Angelo Tsarouchas (2008) * Anh Do (2008, 2013) *

Anil Desai Anil Desai ( mr, अनिल देसाई) is an Indian politician belonging to the Shiv Sena. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliamen ...

(2011) * Anthony Salame (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013) *

Ardal O'Hanlon Ardal O'Hanlon (; born 8 October 1965) is an Irish comedian, actor, and author. He played Father Dougal McGuire in ''Father Ted'' (1995–1998), George Sunday/Thermoman in '' My Hero'' (2000–2005), and DI Jack Mooney in '' Death in Paradise'' ...

(2011) *

Arj Barker Arjan Singh Āulakh (born 12 August 1974), known by the stage name Arj Barker, is an American comedian and actor from San Anselmo, California. He has toured in North America, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. He was born to an engineer father a ...

(2006, 2008, 2013) * Austen Tayshus (2005) * Axis of Awesome (2008, 2009, 2010, 2013) * Bard to the Bone (2013) * Barry Diamond (2005) * Bart Freebairn (2013) * Basile (2005, 2010) * Bear Pack vs Cubs (2013) * Benjamin Crellin (2010) * Ben Darsow (2013) * Ben Ellwood (2013) * Best Newcomers Show (2013) * Black Rose (2005) * The Breakfast Club (2013) * Bo Burnham (2011) *

Bob Downe Mark Trevorrow (born 4 February 1959 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian comedian, television host and media personality. In the early 1980s he had two Top 20 hits as part of Globos with Wendy De Waal, and in 1984 he debuted "Bob Downe" ...

(2005) *

Brad Garrett Bradley Henry Gerstenfeld (born April 14, 1960), known professionally as Brad Garrett, is an American actor and stand-up comedian. Possessing a distinctive deep voice, he has appeared in numerous television and film roles in both live-action and ...

(2005) * Brendhan Lovegrove (2006, 2008) * Brendon Burns (2009) * Brett Nichols (2008) * Bruce Griffiths (2005) *

Busting Out ''Bustin' Out'' is the second studio album by American country rock band Pure Prairie League. Originally released by RCA Records in late 1972, the album garnered renewed interest almost 3 years after its release. By then, band leader Craig Fulle ...

(2008) * Cam Knight (2013) * Cameron James (2013) * Carl Barron (2006) * Carl-Einar Hackner (2010, 2011) * Carpe Idiotus (2011) * Celia Pacquola (2010) *

Charlie Pickering Charlie Pickering (born 29 August 1977) is an Australian comedian, television and radio presenter, author and producer. Pickering currently hosts ''The Weekly with Charlie Pickering'', a weekly news satire television show on the ABC, as wel ...

(2005, 2006) *

Cheech & Chong Cheech & Chong are a comedy duo consisting of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong. The duo found commercial and cultural success in the 1970s and 1980s with their stand-up routines, studio recordings, and feature films, which were based on the hippie a ...

(2009) * Chris Radburn (2008, 2009, 2011) *

Chris Wainhouse Chris is a short form of various names including Christopher, Christian, Christina, Christine, and Christos. Chris is also used as a name in its own right, however it is not as common. People with the given name *Chris Abani (born 1966), Nige ...

(Homeless Brad) (2011) * Circus Bizarre (2005) * Connie Chang (2006) * Craig Hill (2010, 2011, 2013) * Custard Club (2015) * Cyrus Bezyan (2013) * Damien Power (2013) * Dane Hiser (2013) * Daniel Kiston (2013) * Daniel Moore (2010, 2011) * Daniel Sloss (2010, 2011, 2013) * Daniel Townes (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013) * Danny Bhoy (2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2013) * Danny McGinlay (2013) * Dave Bloustien (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010) *

Dave Eastgate Dave Eastgate born 31 January 1979 is an Australian actor, stand-up comedian, writer and musician from the Gold Coast, Australia. He starred in the ABC/BBC/Comedy Central smash hit, Ronny Chieng: International Student and received a Logie Awa ...

(2010, 2011, 2013) * Dave Jory (2008, 2009) * Dave Keeshan & Andrew Barnett (2013) *

Dave Thornton Dave Thornton (born 13 December 1979) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, television and radio presenter. He has performed stand-up comedy throughout Australia, in Edinburgh, Singapore and New York. He has also appeared on Australian tele ...

(2010, 2013) *

(2008, 2009, 2010, 2013) * David Williams (2013) * David Quirk (2013) * Dayne Rathbone (2013) *

(2010, 2011) * DeAnne Smith (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) * Dennis Crocker (2013) *

Des Bishop Desmond Bishop (born 12 November 1975) is an American-Irish comedian. He was brought up in New York and moved to Ireland at the age of 14. He primarily resides there. Approach to comedy Bishop's comedy has covered social issues, such as poverty ...

(2009, 2010) * Diane Spencer (2010) * Die Roten Punkte (2010) *

Dom Irrera Domenick Jack Irrera (born November 18, 1948) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. Much of his material is in the form of stories about his life, especially his childhood years and growing up in an Italian-American family. Irrera went to ...

(2010) *

Doug Stanhope Doug Stanhope (born March 25, 1967) is an American stand-up comedian, author, political activist and podcast host. His stand-up material favors caustic and often obscene observations of life in the style of Bill Hicks and Bill Burr, which he del ...

(2005) * Dylan Moran (2009) * Eddie Brill (2006) * Eddie Ifft (2009, 2010, 2013) *

Eddie Perfect Eddie Perfect (born 17 December 1977) is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, comedian, writer and actor. Widely known for his role as Mick Holland in Channel Ten's TV series ''Offspring'' in which he performs his own music, he has record ...

(2006) *

Effie Effie is a feminine given name, sometimes a short form (hypocorism) of Euphemia (Greek: Εὐφημία). Notable people with the name include: Women * Effie Bancroft (1840–1921), English actress and theatre manager * Effie Boggess (1927-20 ...

(2013) *

Elliot Goblet Elliot Goblet is a comedy character created by the Australian comedian Jack Levi. The character is known for the deadpan delivery of one-line jokes. The style compares with the American comedian Steven Wright but developed independently. At f ...

(2006) * El Jaguar (2013) * End of Holidays Kids Disco (2013) * Eric Hutton (2011) * Ethnic Comedy Allstars (2013) * Evin Donohoe (2011, 2013) * Fairy Fail (2010) *

(2009, 2011) * Fiona O'Loughlin (2008, 2009, 2010) * Full Body Contact No Love Tennis (2013) *

Frank Woodley Frank Woodley (born Frank Wood; 29 February 1968) is an Australian comedian, author and musician who is best known for his work alongside Colin Lane as part of the comedic duo Lano and Woodley. The two first performed together for almost 20 year ...

(2012) *

Gabriel Iglesias Gabriel Jesús Iglesias (born July 15, 1976), also known as Fluffy, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He has produced a number of stand-up specials for television outlets such as Comedy Central and Netflix, including ''I'm Not Fat… ...

(2011) *

Gabriel Rossi Gabriel Rossi (born 3 February 1971 in Orbost, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian comedian. His comedy focuses on stereotypes of ethnicities and various Melbourne suburbs. He often includes music in his stand-up comedy shows, playing acoustic ...

(2005, 2006) *

Garry Who Garry Who (born Garry Weston, 1 May 1954) is an Australian actor and comedian, best known for his role as Doug Stevens in the Australian sitcom '' All Together Now''. Career Beginning his working life as a signwriter, Who began his career in th ...

(2005) *

George Kapiniaris George Kapiniaris is an Australian stage, television and film actor and comedian. He is of Greek descent and is best known for his role in popular sitcom ''Acropolis Now'' and composed the series' theme song. Professional background Theatre ...

(2008, 2009) *

George Lopez George Edward Lopez (born April 23, 1961) is an American comedian and actor. He is known for starring in his self-produced ABC sitcom. His stand-up comedy examines race and ethnic relations, including Mexican American culture. Lopez has rece ...

(2006, 2009) * Genevieve Fricker (2013) *

Gina Yashere Regina Obedapo "Gina" Iyashere is a British comedian who has made many appearances on British and American television. Early life Yashere was born and raised in Bethnal Green London to Nigerian parents. Before becoming a comedian, she worked ...

(2010, 2011, 2013) *

(2010, 2011) * The Golden Goose Awards (2013) * Gordon Southern (2013) * Greg Burns (2006) *

Greg Davies Gregory Daniel Davies ( ; born 14 May 1968) is a Welsh comedian, actor, presenter, and writer. He is best known for his roles as Greg in ''We Are Klang'', Mr Gilbert in ''The Inbetweeners'', Ken Thompson in ''Cuckoo'', the Taskmaster in '' Tas ...

(2011) * Greg Fleet (2013) *

Greg Proops Gregory Everett "Greg" Proops (born October 3, 1959) is an American actor, stand-up comedian and television host. He is widely known for his guest appearances on the U.K. and U.S. versions of ''Whose Line Is It Anyway?''. He has also voiced the ...

(2010) * Greta Lee Jackson (2013) * Griffiths & Dean (2006) * Guy Pratt (2011) *

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 wo ...

(2008, 2009, 2010) * Heath Franklin (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013) *

Henry Rollins Henry Lawrence Garfield (born February 13, 1961), known professionally as Henry Rollins, is an American singer, writer, spoken word artist, actor, and presenter. After performing in the short-lived hardcore punk band State of Alert in 1980, Roll ...

(2010) * Hing & Magee (2010, 2011) * Hung Le (2011) * Hypnolarious (2011) * Idiots of Ants (2013 * Il Davo (2009) * Imaan Hadchiti (2013) *

Jack Dee James Andrew Innes Dee (born 24 September 1961), known professionally as Jack Dee, is an English stand-up comedian, actor, presenter and writer known for his sarcasm, irony and deadpan humour. He wrote and starred in the sitcom ''Lead Balloon'' ...

(2013) * Jackie Loeb (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010) * Jack Whitehall (2008, 2009, 2011) * Jacques Barrett (2013) *

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(2013) * James Walmsley (2013) * Jamie Kennedy (2008) * Jamie Kilstein (2009) * Jarred Christmas (2010, 2013) * Jason Alexander (2008) * Jason Byrne (2010, 2011) * Jeff Green (2011) * Jeremy Hotz (2009, 2010) * Jewish Comedy Showcase (2013) * Jim Jeffries (2005, 2013) *

Jimeoin James Eoin Stephen Paul McKeown (born 24 January 1966), better known as Jimeoin (pronounced "Jim Owen"), is an English-born Irish comedian and actor. Jimeoin rose to prominence in the early 1990s in Australia, where he had his own TV show and ...

(2006, 2008) *

Joe Avati Joe Avati (born 1974) is an Italian-Australian comedian who is popular among Italian and descendant of Italians from his native Australia, as well as in Canada, United Kingdom and the United States, where he has performed on several occasions. ...

(2006) *

Joe Dolce Joseph Dolce (born October 13, 1947) (, originally ) is an American-Italian singer/songwriter, poet and essayist. Dolce achieved international recognition with his multi-million-selling song, " Shaddap You Face", released worldwide under the ...

(2005) *

Joel Creasey Joel Creasey (born 11 August 1990) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, television and radio presenter. Creasey has performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, as well as performing at the New York International Fringe Festiv ...

(2011, 2013) * John Robertson (2011) * Jono Lee (2013) * Jon Bennett (Pretending Things Are a Cock) (2013) *

Jordan Raskopoulos Jordan Nicola Bridget Raskopoulos (born 25 January 1982) is an Australian comedian, actress, streamer and singer best known for her role as a writer and performer on the Network Ten sketch comedy show ''The Ronnie Johns Half Hour'',

(2007) * Josh Thomas (2008, 2009) * Josh Earle (2013) * Josie Long (2013) * Julia Morris (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009) * Julia Wilson (2008, 2011) *

Julian Clary Julian Peter McDonald Clary (born 25 May 1959) is an English actor, comedian, novelist and presenter. He began appearing on television in the mid-1980s. Since then he has also acted in films, television and stage productions, numerous pantomim ...

(2010) * Justin Hamilton (2008, 2009, 2010) *

Karl Chandler Karl Chandler is a former professional American football player who played six seasons as an offensive lineman for the New York Giants and Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions ...

(2013) * Kelfi & Fikel (2013) * Kent Valentine (2008) * Kitty Flanagan (2010) * Lady Sings It Better (2013) * Laura Hughes (2013) * Lawrence Leung (2008, 2009, 2011, 2013) * Lenny Bruce (2013) * Little Dum Dum Club Podcast (2013) * Lou Sanz (2011) * Luke Heggie (2013) * Luke & Wyatt (2010) *

Marc Maron Marcus David Maron (born September 27, 1963) is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer, actor, and musician. In the 1990s and 2000s, Maron was a frequent guest on the '' Late Show with David Letterman'' and has appeared more than forty ...

(2008) * Marcel Lucont (2011) *

Margaret Cho Margaret Moran Cho (born December 5, 1968) is an American comedian, actress, LGBT social activist, and musician. She is known for her stand-up routines, through which she critiques social and political problems, especially regarding race and se ...

(2013) * Mark Watson (2008, 2009, 2011) * Mark Williamson (2010, 2012, 2013) * Mat Wakefield (2013) *

Matt Dyktynski Matthew Dyktynski is an Australian actor and comedian, graduating from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1992. Dyktinski has played lead roles on television series ''Shock Jock'' and '' Raw FM'', and has appeared on ''The Man f ...

(2005, 2013) * Matt Okine (2011, 2013) * Matty Grey (2013) * Mel Buttle (2013) * Michael Chamberlin (2010) * Michael Hing (2013) * Michael Workman (2010, 2011, 2013, 2015) * Michelle Lim (2013) * Mick Meredith (2006, 2013) * Mickey D (2013) *

Mikey Mileos Mikey Mileos (born 6 December 1980) is a stand up comedian and comedy writer from Sydney, Australia who lives in Los Angeles, United States. In April 2009, Mileos was a national finalist in Triple J radio's Raw Comedy competition, a nationally ...

(2011) * Milton Jones (2009) * Mitch Fatel (2010) * MotherFather (2013) * Mr Snot Bottom (2013) * Nath Valvo (2013) * Nick Capper (2013) * Nick Cody (2013) * Nick Fischer (2013) *

Nick Sun Nick Sun is an Australian stand-up comedian. He is of Nepalese extraction, but chooses to eschew obvious cultural stereotyping in his act, favouring a style that has been described as "unhinged", " offensive" "nihilistic" and "self-destructive." ...

(2009, 2010, 2013) * Nikki Britton (2013) *

Nina Conti Nina Margarita Conti (born 25 August 1973) is a British actress, comedian, and ventriloquist. Early life Conti was born and raised in Hampstead, London, the daughter of actors Tom Conti and Kara Wilson. She attended King Alfred School, Londo ...

(2011) * Pablo Francisco (2009, 2010) *

Paco Erhard Paco Erhard (born Erhard Hübener on July 16, 1975) is a German stand-up comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known for touring the worldwide, English-language comedy festival circuit. Early life Erhard was born in Munich, Germany on Jul ...

(2013) * Paige Hally (2016) * Paul Foot (2013) * Paul McDermott (2013) *

Pauly Shore Paul Montgomery Shore (born February 1, 1968) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker best known for his roles in 1990s comedy films. Shore began as a stand-up comedian at the age of 17, before becoming an MTV VJ in 1989. This led to a sta ...

(2010) * Pedigree Syndicate (2011) *

Peter Berner Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...

(2010, 2011) * Polytoxic (2009) * Possum Magic (2013) *

Puppetry of the Penis ''Puppetry of the Penis'' is a comedic live performance-art show featuring a series of genital contortions. The show was initially conceived as the title of a highbrow art calendar released by Australian Simon Morley in 1996. The calendar show ...

(2008) * Rachel Berger (2006) * Randy (2013) *

Rain Pryor Rain Pryor is an American actress and comedian. Her television credits include sitcoms ''Head of the Class'' and '' Rude Awakening''. She is the daughter of comedian Richard Pryor. Early life Pryor was born in Los Angeles, California, the daugh ...

(2006) *

Raymond Crowe Raymond Crowe is an Australian entertainer. Originally from Adelaide, Crowe brands himself as "Australia's only Unusualist". His act includes mime, ventriloquism, stage magic, and shadow play using only his hands and arms. His shadow play video ...

(2008, 2010) *

Rebel Wilson Rebel Melanie Elizabeth Wilson (born Melanie Elizabeth Bownds; 2 March 1980) is an Australian actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer. After graduating from the Australian Theatre for Young People in 2003, Wilson began appearing as Tou ...

(2005) * Reggie Watts (2009, 2010, 2011) * Reginald D Hunter (2008, 2009, 2010) *

(2013) * Rights! Comedy! Action! (

Judith Lucy Judith Mary Lucy (born 25 March 1968) is an Australian comedian and actress, known primarily for her stand-up comedy. Lucy joined the team of the ABC's '' The Weekly with Charlie Pickering'' in 2019. Early life Lucy's adoptive parents emigr ...

) (2013 * Robbins, Stilson & Molloy (2010) * Rob Lloyd (2013) * RocKwiz Live (2011) *

(2011, 2013) *

(2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013) *

Roy Chubby Brown Roy Chubby Brown (born 3 February 1945) is an English stand-up comedian whose act consists of offensive humour, high profanity, forthright social commentary and outspoken disdain for political correctness. Early life Roy Chubby Brown (bor ...

(2006, 2011) *

Russell Kane Russell Kane (born Russell David Anthony Grineau; 19 August 1975) is an English writer, comedian, and actor. He has 4 times been nominated at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, winning the Best Comedy Show award in 2010. Although known mainly for st ...

(2010) * Ryan Withers (2011) * Sally Kimpton (2008)
Sam Cosentino
(2005) * Sam Simmons (2006) * Sammy J & Randy (2011) * Sandra Bernhard (2005) * Sarah Quinn (2011) * Scared Weird Little Guys (2006, 2011) * Scratch (2008, 2009) * Seamus McAlary (2011) * Sean Woodland (2013) * Seaton Kay-Smith (2013) * Seizure Kaiser (2012,2013,2015,2016) * Shane Mauss (2010) * Shane Warne The Musical (2009) * Simon Palomares (2009) * Simon Kennedy (2008, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019) * Six Quick Chicks (2010) *

Smart Casual Smart casual is an ambiguously defined Western dress code that is generally considered casual wear but with smart (in the sense of "well dressed") components of a proper lounge suit from traditional informal wear. For men, this interpretati ...

(2011, 2013) * Sons of Singapore (2013) * Spy Monkey (2006) * Steele Saunders (2013) * Steen Raskopoulos (2013) * Stephen K. Amos (2006, 2011, 2013) * Steve Coogan (2009) *

Steve Hughes Steve Hughes is an Australian-born thrash metal drummer, comedian and actor. Hughes has embraced the title "heavy metal humourist", as it aligns with his approach to comedy, music and life; the press have referred to this title and similar var ...

(2008, 2010, 2011,2013) * Steve Patterson (2008) * Steve Philps (2008) * Steven Wright (2005) * The Stevenson Experience (2013) * Sugar Sammy (2008, 2009) *

Superwog superwog1 or just simply ''Superwog'', is a YouTube duo consisting of two Australian brothers, Theodore and Nathan Saidden. The channel consists of various videos including comedies and skits. They have gained over 3 million subscribers and 456 ...

& Mychonny (2013 * Tahir (2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016) * Tammy Sussman (2013) * The Bad Boys of Comedy (2010) * The Bedroom Philosopher (2010) *

The Chaser The Chaser are an Australian satirical comedy group, best known for their television programmes and satirical news masthead. The group take their name from their satirical newspaper, a publication known to challenge conventions of taste. Th ...

(2008) * The Cloud Girls (2009, 2010, 2011) *

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(2009) * The Dirty Bros (2009) * The Gigalees (2010, 2011) *

The Kransky Sisters The Kransky Sisters are an Australian musical comedy trio created, written and performed by Annie Lee (Mourne) and Christine Johnston (Eve) initially with Michele Watt (Arva – 2000 til 2006) and later with Carolyn Johns (Dawn – 2007 onwards) ...

(2006, 2010, 2013) * The Pajama Men (2009, 2010, 2013) *

The Umbilical Brothers The Umbilical Brothers are an Australian comic duo formed in 1988, consisting of David Collins and Shane Dundas. Their performances heavily feature physical comedy and surreal elements. Stage shows by the Umbilical Brothers include ''Heaven ...

(2005, 2006, 2009) * Theatre Sports (2013) * Tim Minchin (2009) * Tien Tran (2013) * Titty Bar Ha Ha (2013) * Tom Ballard (2013) * TomWalker (2013) * Tom Gleeson (2010) *

Tom Green Michael Thomas Green (born July 30, 1971) is a Canadian-American comedian, show host, actor, filmmaker, podcaster, and rapper. After pursuing stand-up comedy and music as a young adult, Green created and hosted ''The Tom Green Show'', which a ...

(2010) * Tommy Dassalo (2011, 2013) * Tommy Dean (2010, 2011) * Tommy Little (2013) * Tommy Tiernan (2010, 2011) * Tony Woods (2005, 2006, 2009, 2010) * Topping & Butch (2006) *

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Tracy Morgan Tracy Jamal Morgan (born November 10, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian and actor best known for his television work as a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' (1996–2003) and for his role as Tracy Jordan in the sitcom ''30 Rock'' (2006 ...

(2013) * Trevor Noah (2013) * Two and a Half Lebs (2013) * Vince Sorrenti (2006) *

The Wayans Brothers ''The Wayans Bros.'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on The WB from January 11, 1995, to May 20, 1999. The series starred real life brothers Shawn and Marlon Wayans. The series also starred John Witherspoon and Anna Maria Hors ...

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Wil Anderson William James Anderson (born 31 January 1974) is an Australian comedian, writer, presenter, and podcaster. Early life William James Anderson was born on 31 January 1974 in Sale, Victoria, and grew up on a dairy farm near Heyfield, Victoria.< ...

(2010) * Withers, Capper, Matheson (2010) * Xavier Michelides (2013) * Xavier Toby (2013) * Yo Mama Battle! (2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016) * Zoe Pelbart (2013)

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