Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow
Tuesday 10 – Friday 13 July 2012, 8pm
Saturday 14 July 2012 6pm and 9pm
DBS Arts Centre – Home of SRT
Admission: Tickets from $46 + booking fee from Sistic / 6348 5555
Rating: No admission for people under 16 years of age
Book early, tickets will sell out!
Stuffing one of the world’s largest comedy festivals into one show is no easy feat, but the Melbourne International Comedy Festival has done just that with Roadshow 2012. Offering a selection of Australian, international and special guest comedians, the Roadshow is literally all the best bits of the Comedy Festival condensed into the one ‘all killer, no filler’ event.
Last year, comedians taking part in Roadshow performed to enthusiastic crowds in 60 regional centres and capital cities across Australia – not to forget a sold-out stint here in Singapore, and a sold-out debut season in Hong Kong. Given such popularity, this year’s Roadshow plans to connect with even more comedy fans and share the kind of humour that’s had Melbourne weeping with laughter.
This year’s roadshow will be hosted by Matt Okine and will feature performces by Randy, Damian Callinan, Ronny Chieng, and Denise Scott. See more details below:

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Damian Callinan Barry Nominated Best Show, Melbourne Comedy 2002, 2001, 2010 ABN Amro Award, Melbourne Comedy Festival 2003 Moosehead Award recipient 2000, 2006 Damian Callinan is one of the most prolific, versatile and creative comic artists working in Australia today. As an award-winning standup comic, TV sketch show star, broadcaster, director, actor and writer, Damian delights in creating and inhabiting off beat landscapes of ridiculous but sympathetic characters. From Troy Carrington, the Rousseau-quoting country football coach, to Jethro the pub beggar with a business plan, Damian’s characters are sharply observed and hilarious. “One of the best shows on offer … deserving of the wildest of applause” Herald Sun |
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Ronny Chieng
Ronny was born in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, and raised in the USA and Singapore. A 2009 graduate of Law, this legal-eagle is fast becoming one of the most exciting stand-up comedians in Australia, with accolades from peers and critics alike. He scored second place in the 2010 RAW Comedy National Finals and third place in the Green Faces National 2010 but the honours don’t stop there. In 2011 he was handpicked to be one of 5 comedians to take part in Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s prestigious Comedy Zone – the best up-and-coming comedians in the country. Less than a month later Ronny stormed the Sydney Comedy Festival with a sold out season of his debut solo show Ronny Chieng is Selling Out Fast. Going The Ron Way has never felt so right! “A powerful force, with an uncompromising delivery.” Chrotle |
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Matt Okine
Australian Comedian & Actor, Matt Okine, began his career by becoming a national Triple J RAW finalist in 2004, at the age of 18, after only 3 previous gigs (those being the preliminary stages of the competition!). His 2011 Sydney Comedy Festival show, Being Black N Chicken N Shit, was nominated for Time Out’s Local Comedy Show of the Year, and Matt was also nominated in the same awards for 2011 Sydney Comedian of the Year. In 2012, Being Black N Chicken N Shit was nominated for, and won, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s award for ‘Best Newcomer’ Matt is co-creator and star of the award-winning The Future Machine webseries (http://thefuturemachine.tv) which was selected for the 2011 LA Web Fest, the 2011 International TV Festival in Los Angeles, and the 2011 Dungog Film Festival. |
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Randy
Randy spent eleven or twelve years ricocheting between disastrous career moves, romantic miscalculations and reasonably poor life choices. He’s been married, divorced, arrested, kidnapped and thrown from a moving hovercraft and after three and a half years as an occasionally sober children’s entertainer, Randy has temporarily settled on a career in comedy. His debut solo show Randy’s Postcards From Purgatory was a hit at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and went on to a sellout Edinburgh Fringe season. About Heath McIvor Heath stumbled into puppetry at the age of 17. He apologised, bought it a drink and the two have been firm friends ever since. From theatre to film and television, Heath has performed almost every style of puppetry imaginable, including one show where he spent 15 minutes manipulating a sprig of rosemary. Heath’s most recent collaboration with Sammy J, Bin Night played to sold out houses at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Sydney Comedy Festival in 2011. |
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Denise Scott
In 2004, Scotty received a Barry Award nomination for Best Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for her sold out festival hit, Scotty and Son, which featured her 19 year-old son. In 2009 she penned a memoir, All That Happened at Number 26, which become a national best seller as well as another live show hit with sell out seasons in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Sydney Opera House. It was, reprised in 2010 with two sold out shows at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre. “This show is absolutely A grade; it would be a crime if there were any unsold seats this season.” The Age, Melbourne |
Running Time: Approximately 2.5hrs including interval
Note: This show may contain coarse language, sexual references and material that can offend. It is not recommended for children under the age of 16.












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