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
“Callinan is clever, intelligent and terrifically talented …” The Age

Ronny Chieng is Chinese, born in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, raised in New Hampshire, MA USA and Singapore. Ronny came to Australia to attend the University of Melbourne, and graduated with a Degree in Commerce and a Degree in Law in 2010.

His first stand up comedy gig was at a College Comedy competition in 2009, which he won. Since then he has continued to do stand up comedy in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, New York, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.

Most recently Ronny has had a successful run at the 2012 Melbourne and Sydney Comedy Festival’s where his show ‘The Ron Way’ was lauded with both industry and critical acclaim. ‘The Ron Way’ sold out it’s entire 5 week run including the extra shows that were added to cope with demand and resulted in Ronny being named by The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald as one of the Top 5 Rising Comics in Australia.

Going The Ron Way has never felt so right!

“A powerful force, with an uncompromising delivery.” Chrotle

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.

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.

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.
Scotty released her first comedy DVD Number 26 in 2011, and started touring her new solo stand up show, Regrets, nationally. This tour saw Regrets awarded the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Directors’ Choice Award and Denise Scott winning a Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer.

“This show is absolutely A grade; it would be a crime if there were any unsold seats this season.” The Age, Melbourne