The Goodies (UK)

Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden live on stage with Bill Oddie on screen a bit.

Hosted by The Chaser’s Andrew Hansen.

One for the fans, and we know there are many! The Goodies back onstage in Sydney four years after the legendary “Still Alive” tour that sold out around Australia. An informal chat with jokes, clips and definitely no pyrotechnics. Otherwise, “Anything, Anytime. Anywhere”.

Alexei Sayle (UK)

British Comedy legend and author, Alexei was voted top 20 in the Channel Four (UK) 100 greatest stand ups poll. Best known to Australians for the seminal sitcom The Young Ones, Alexei is back onstage for two exclusive performances for World’s Funniest Island presenting comic readings from  his novels and “An Audience With” performance hosted by Julian Morrow.

Alexei has starred in 24 television series and now is equally well known for his writing.  His eighth book ‘Mr Roberts’ was published last year.

Allah Made Me Funny (USA)

"Forget the fabricated fear factor and see Muslims for what they really are...a diverse range of normal people...Put aside your duct tape and let the laughter in!" -  Al Jazeera

Azhar Usman, Mohammed Amer and Preacher Moss.

Three comics:  one African American, one Indian American and one Palestinian American, lifting the veil on the funny side of what it’s like to be Muslim in the US. Laugh hard, drop your guard and open your mind.

Akmal (Aust)

" Egyptian - born  Akmal Saleh has a quick wit and extremely warmpersona on stage, his informal banter with the audience makes you feelimmediately at ease." - Sacha Molitorisz, Sydney Morning Herald

Three of the hottest comics around in one hilarious package.  Anything could happen when these three hit the stage.

Jane Bussmann (UK)

“Very funny... Jane’s got a death wish” - Matt Stone, South Park
“Passionate, smart and hilarious”- The Guardian (Lond)

BUSSMANN’S HOLIDAY: THE WORST DATE EVER

Jane Bussmann (South Park, Fast Show, Brass Eye) fled Britney’s Hollywood for heady Uganda, land of spies, trustafarians - and, reputedly, a sexy-peacemaker.

Scared Weird Little Guys (Aust)

"One of Australian comedy's success stories" - Herald Sun

"Impressively musically…great entertainers…screamingly funny…" - The Scotsman

The Scaredies are one of Australia’s most successful and sought after entertainment duos. Working together for more than 20 years, they have received awards in many countries for their unique blend of music and comedy, honed over the course of 4000 plus performances.

Merrick and Rosso (Aust)

Nova 96.9 breakfast stars Merrick and Rosso have become one of Australia’s great comedy teams with a track record going back to 1996.

Known for their syndicated radio programs, network and TV shows, stand up comedy tours, comedy DVDs and books, Merrick Watts and Tim Ross have enjoyed a massively successful partnership as well as individual success.

Tripod (Aust)

"...one of the funniest things happening in Edinburgh right now.  Or possibly the world ... there's hardly time to catch your breath in between bouts ofuncontrollable laughter ... these guys are unbelievable musicians too. Sometimes five stars just aren't enough."  The Scotsman, Edinburgh

"Tripd could be a comedy trio or just a very strange, very talented rock band." Adelaide Advertiser

Scod, Yon and Gatesy are Tripod - one of the most popular and prolific comedy acts working in Australia today.

Heath Franklin’s Chopper (Aust)

"Australia’s funniest comedy character" - Sunday Mail (UK)

Fittingly appearing on the site of Sydney’s Alcatraz (Cockatoo Island used to be a prison), Heath Franklin’s brilliant comic creation Chopper is back in town for a weekend of hard labour.

First seen on The Ronnie Johns Half Hour, Chopper has become a hugely popular national and international touring act. A must see show from the underbelly of comedy.

Andrew Hansen (Aust)

Andrew Hansen is a member of Australian comedy group The Chaser. With them he co-wrote, composed music for and starred in the TV shows The Chaser’s War On Everything (2006-9), Chaser News Alert (2005), The Chaser Decides (2004, 2007), and CNNNN (2002-3), as well as the stage shows The Chaser's Age of Terror Variety Hour (2008) and Cirque du Chaser (2005).

He is a self confessed total Goodies nut!

Anthony Ackroyd (Aust)

Anthony is a lifer in comedy as both performer and writer.

Remembered fondly from his days on the legendary ABCTV show The Big Gig, he has reinvented himself hilariously over and over. His current incarnation as the nation’s No 1 Kevin impersonator nails the PM mercilessly with jokes in Mandarin and masterful  butchering of the art of the rhetorical question.....

And the wig is a beauty.

Arj Barker (US)

"If comedians are the new rock stars, then Arj Barker is stand-up's Dave Grohl" - The Age, Melbourne 2009

Taking time out from his national tour to be at World’s Funniest Island Arj Barker is simply one of the most popular comics in Australia today…well maybe the world!

Austen Tayshus (Aust)

An Australian comedy legend, Austen Tayshus has performed over 10,000 shows in a career spanning nearly 30 years throughout Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, USA, Fiji and even Bali!

Austen Tayshus was born at Sydney’s first comedy store in Jamieson Street in 1981. He stood up for the first time after a fairly precarious delivery, in March of that year.

Beaconsfield: The Musical (Aust)

“Comedy Gold 1/2” - The Age (Melb)
“Satire at its sharpest” - Sunday Mail (Adel)  

Beaconsfield: The Musical is back home in Sydney after sell out seasons in Adelaide and Melbourne having caused Australia’s greatest ironic media furore.

The show is a savagely funny look at the media circus surrounding the 2006 mine disaster.

Black Rose (Aust)

“The funniest Rock and Roll show you will ever see...”
Inpress Magazine

Rosso is back with his band BLACK ROSE… and they are ready to rock!  After a couple of blistering, high octane, lycra ripping performances at the V Festivals last summer the baddest boys in Oz rock return to deliver a much needed lesson in cock rock 101.

Campus Comedy (Aust)

From Monty Python to The Chaser, many of the biggest names in comedy have come from one place...... university revues. Exclusive to World's Funniest Island comes a venue dedicated to showing off what the next generation of campus performers have to offer! We've searched the country looking for the absolute best young Australian comedians and brought them together to perform their stuff in one amazing venue. So if you want to see the next big names in comedy and tell your friends you knew them before they were famous, hop over to the Island and check out our Campus Comedy venue!

Chris Franklin (Aust)

Chris is The Bloke, from his flannelette shirt to his double plugger thongs. His "Hoganesque" style of comedy touches on the delicate issues of beer, sport and relationships. A navy chef, he was one of seven chosen to cook for the Queen during her visit to Australia in the 80's. Chris then decided the Navy wasn't for him and took ten years off to circumnavigate Australia by car.

Chris started performing comedy in October ’97 and in just six months had won the prestigious Triple J Raw Comedy Award.

Claire Hooper (Aust)

"Marvelously entertaining…" - Chortle

Claire Hooper has won an army of fans as team leader on Good News Week and charmed audiences on Rove, The Sideshow and Stand Up Australia.

One of the most in demand comic’s in Australia at the moment, there is always room on Claire’s dance card for some standup comedy

Comedy High School (Aust)

The best of the finalists from the NSW Class Clowns State Final. These up and coming high school comedians crack the funnies with a special encore performance. 

Comedy On The Edge (Aust)

presents
The (Future) Superstars of Comedy!!

Small comedy clubs around the world are ground zero for new comedians. They are the places where comedy fans, television producers and even festivals look for the next wave of talent. Comedy on the Edge is one of Sydney's great little comedy laboratories. World's Funniest Island is delighted to lift Comedy on the Edge lock stock & laughing onto Cockatoo Island for the weekend. Don't miss the next generation of (potential) Comedic Superstars!

Comics On The Run (Aust/Scot)

presents
Catch Em If You Can

MC Barry McLeod with  Stevie Philp and Dave Eastgate.

For the last 5 years “Comics on the Run” has been taking comedy to regional and rural NSW from Broken Hill to Eden.

Daniel Townes (Aust)

Based in Sydney and London Daniel is one of Australia’s youngest international comedians having performed in Singapore, Germany, Spain, Ireland, South Africa, Canada, Holland and all over the UK.

As well as being a regular festival performer in Australia, he has also performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the prestigious invite-only Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal.

Dave Bloustien (Aust)

"A prolific gagster, using jokes where others would use a full stop ... let it be said in print: Dave Bloustien is funny" - The Age (Melb)

Dave Bloustien is a multi award-winning comedy writer (Good News Week, The Glass House), title-holding Theatresports™ champion and smart-as-pants stand-up comedian. He's performed critically successful solo shows at festivals all over Australia, as well as in London and Edinburgh.

Dave Jory (Aust)

Do you like your comedy smart, slick and original? Then spend some time with comedian and Triple J regular Dave Jory. With a long list of TV credits and festival appearances, Jory is so pumped for these gigs he can't contain himself. He is, however, in a very fragile emotional state, so avoid eye contact with him during the show and try to keep the noise down.

Die Roten Punkte (??)

Astrid Rot - Vocals ,drums, glockenspiel
Otto Rot - Vocals, guitar, keytar

“Sprechen sie awesome? F--k ja!"  EYE Weekly (Toronto)

Button Eye Productions in association with Richard Jordan Productions and Paul Lucas Productions present Die Roten Punkte - Berlin's Prince and Princess of Punk, Otto & Astrid Rot. They are very very close.

They are also very good friends with Nick Cave.

Empress Stah (Aust)

“A cabaret star” - New York Times
“Utterly unique” - Time Out (London)

Don’t blink and don’t miss two amazing performances each evening at World’s Funniest Island by Empress Stah.

No Feathers. No corsets. No hair!

Empress Stah is the queen of neo burlesque and a brilliant aerialist.

Erotic Fan Fiction (Aust)

Presented by The Imperial Panda

With Marieke Hardy (JJJ, First Tuesday Book Club), Jennifer Byrne (First Tuesday Book Club), Nick Coyle (Pig Island), Shag (FBi Radio)

Hosted by Eddie Sharp

Funny filthy fantasies written and read by some of Australia’s newest and most exciting voices, this show conjures up comedy magic in an adults-only kind of way.

Felicity Ward (Aust)

"Brilliantly insane and insanely brilliant” - Chortle (UK)

“She not only has funny bones, she has funny marrow” - Adam Hills

Winner-Best Newcomer Melbourne Fringe 2008. Felicity was ugly as a child. She had a pan toilet and a BETA video player until 1993. Instead of Easter eggs, she got carob. What happened next? This. Through stand-up, characters, songs and electrocuting trivia games, watch her give new meaning to car-accident comedy.

Fiona O’Loughlin (Aust)

“Fresh hilarity... extremely infectious. ” - The List, Edinburgh

“My stomach muscles are still aching... this woman is really, really funny. 1/2” - Sunday Age, (Melb)

Fiona is one of Australia’s most loved and popular comedians. In addition to her stellar comedy career, she is the 2009 Northern Territory’s “Australian of the Year” and a keen ballroom dancer.

George Smilovici (Aust)

“The only time we weren’t in brakeless fits of laughter was when he played his guitar…stunning.”  - Los Angeles Times

Cuban born comedian, George Smilovici is THE ONLY COMEDIAN to top the Australian and NZ music charts, and US comedy charts with his hilarious hit monologue “I’M TUFF”.  He has performed in every arena from giant sporting stadiums to intimate club.

Geraldine Quinn (Aust)

"" - Adelaide Advertiser
"1/2" - The Sunday Age
"" - The Herald (UK)

Possessor of an astonishing voice, a wicked sense of humour and a keen intelligence, this queen of hardcore cabaret is a force to be reckoned with. Comedian, songwriter, actor, guitarist, singer, ginger and wit-slinger: Geraldine Quinn’s startling talents, black humour and rock stylings have charmed shocked and startled audiences from Australia to Scotland.

Greg Fleet (Aust)

Fleety has been doing comedy for so long that there are photos of him performing with a full head of hair. He has done every Australian comedy festival for the last 21 years and in that time has also done eight Edinburgh Fringes.

Is It Just Me? - Wendy Harmer and Angela Catterns (Aust)

Wendy Harmer and Angela Catterns

Radio legends Angela Catterns and Wendy Harmer bring their wildly successful ABC podcast for fertile minds to the stage for the very first time.

Two women “of a certain age” discuss the small stuff no-one else dares to discuss  - buying a drill at the Post Office; sniffing out your soul mate; the dangerous lure of pork crackling; belts - who needs ‘em?; and the joy of discovering your inner witch.

Jackie Loeb (Aust)

I Really am Lovely

“A gifted physical performer who takes charge of the room through expert use of her terrific body and gorgeous voice" - Helen Razer, The Age (Melb)

Jackie (Side Show, Spicks and Specks, Beauty and the Beast etc) will enthrall you with her latest steroid enhanced, botoxed spectacular! 

Jacques Barrett (Aust)

Jacques Barrett is dynamite! One of Australian comedy's rising stars, Jacques has been working for 5 years and hit his stride in 2008 fast becoming one of Sydney's most sought after young comics.

His combination of social satire and sharp original impressionistic style has put him at the forefront of the new breed of Australia's rising stars.  

James Valentine Quartet (Aust)

James does real live Radio on 702 ABC Sydney Monday to Friday. He has appeared on live television for Sunrise, It Takes Two, Midday and Good Morning Australia.

He is the author of six books, writes regularly for newspapers and magazines including the Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian and website The Punch.

Jason Chatfield and Ben Russell

Man Face

" With impressive mimicry skills, sharp timing and musical ability, this nerdy duo is in some danger of seeming cool." - The Age

Jason Chatfield is a cartoonist and stand-up comedian based in Melbourne.

Jean Kittson (Aust)

Hilarious on ABC 702’s  top rating Thank God It’s Friday,  Jean is a multi-talented comedian and writer who works in theatre, movies,  in print, and on television and radio.

She earned national fame on The Big Gig and Kittson Fahay on ABC TV, Let The Blood Run Free - 10 network and Flat Chat on 9. She’s been a regular of all the TV panel shows and most recently appeared opposite Delta Goodrem in the movie Hating Alison Ashley.

Jeff Green (UK)

"One of the greats of pure laugh-out-loud comedy" – Herald Sun (Melb)

Since quitting the heady world of Chemical Engineering to follow a hunch that he had more to offer show business than Industrial Gases distribution, Jeff has performed all over the world. He is now an Australian resident.  (He has an Australian wife - some have accused him of social climbing but he disputes that.)

Jimeoin (Nth Ire/Aust)

Jimeoin is acclaimed as one of the hottest comics of his generation. A prolific writer with exceptional audience rapport he has delighted audience all over the world with his hilarious observational style.

John Robertson (Aust)

Josh Thomas (Aust)

“The future of Australian comedy” - Time Off Magazine

Josh is the Generation Y team captain on the hit TV series Talkin’  ‘Bout Your Generation.  At the age of just 17 he was the youngest ever winner of RAW Comedy in 2005. He also made the finals of So You Think You’re Funny in Edinburgh.

Julian Morrow (Aust)

Julian faked his own birth in 1974. After several failed attempts at childhood, he began a series of convincing attempts at adulthood.

Morrow’s work with The Chaser was arranged by the Make-A-Wish Foundation in the 1990s after he faked a terminal illness. According to confidential medical reports, he has now spent ten years in remission from ovarian cancer.

Keeth Diamond (Aust)

Keeth Diamond began his career playing house parties as many great Djs do. It didn't take him long to progress on to club gigs and larger parties followed closely by big corporate events. There's a diversity to his repertoire; from Disco to Jazz and Latin grooves, all the way to House and other kinds of upbeat Dance music.  Then of course there's the way he plays it.  

At the end of the night there's many reasons why Keeth Diamond's known as a 'rare gem'.

Laughapoolooza Music Comedy Gala (Aust)

A regular special event on the festival circuit since 2005, Laughapoolooza's honour roll includes a brilliant list of up and coming and established music comedy artists in a sea of stand up.

Laughapoolooza celebrates all the shapes and sizes of music comedy and at World Funniest Island there a chance to sample short and sharp sets from some of the finest.

Matthew Hardy (Aust)

"In heaven, everyone will be as naturally funny as Matthew Hardy" - Time Out London

"Wonderful, endearing and delightful" - The Age

Fresh from London's famous Comedy Store, Aussie comic Matthew Hardy (recently seen on Ten's 'Best Of Good News Week' special), has appeared on 'Spicks & Specks', wrote for the BBC's BAFTA Award-winning 'Sketch Show' and for 'Frasier' star Kelsey Grammar in the US. 

Mickey D

‘..his joyous, frisky attitude creates a raucous atmosphere that nurtures unabashed laughter…’ Chortle.co.uk
‘..Fast becoming a legend on the world comedy tour as much for his antics off stage as on stage..’ NZ Herald.

Mickey D is one of Australia's most accomplished international comedians, a veteran of 8 Edinburgh Festivals.

Nick Sun (Aust)

'Deceptively simple stand-up that shifts rapidly into flights of unhinged surrealism with an immutable comic instinct... Truly astonishing!'  - The Age.(Melb)

'Genius.' - Chortle (Lond)

Nick emerged from the suburbs of Sydney in 2004 to become one of the hottest comedy prospects in the world, winning both Melbourne International Comedy Festival's new talent competition "Raw Comedy" and UK's top new talent comedy competition "So You Think You're Funny".

Peter Berner (Aust)

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Binge Thinker

There are dark forces at work…mostly inside the brain of Peter Berner.

See one of Australia’s foremost stand-up comics when he returns in Binge Thinker.

Radio Cockatoo with Helen Simons (Aust)

Helen Simons DJ abilities were discovered way back in West Berlin by the Burdenski brothers who were about to open their new nightclub the Ciro Beach Club.  Helen was their first female DJ.  Twelve months later she landed the DJ gig at the Top Hat Club in London.

Helen’s compilations and play lists are selected from jazz, swing and blues scenes, Queens of New Orleans, Cajun, soul, gospel, Latin, manouche and gypsy Balkan beats.

Rebecca De Unamuno (Aust)

in
Open To Suggestion

“Something few comics would dare contemplate” - The Sydney Morning Herald

Open to Suggestion is solo improvisation at its very best. A tour de force. Rebecca gathers suggestions from the audience that inspire the characters she will play. A series of monologues follow and at the end of the show the characters lives are brought together.

Rick Shapiro (USA)

Presented by The Laugh Garage Comedy Club
“Sounds like equal parts Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor and Lou Reed. Shapiro is currently New York City's most lurid funnyman - A real star” - NYPress

Rick Shapiro has most recently played himself in ‘Funny People’ the brand new Judd Apatow/Adam Sandler movie, and had a hit with the HBO series Lucky Louie he did with Louie CK.

Rod Quantock (Aust)

"If you only see one comedy show this year, make it Rod Quantock.” -  The Daily Telegraph (Syd)

Rod is the first person we booked for World's Funniest Island. He will lead several of his legendary tours around the Island. Expect fact, fiction insight and hilarity as you follow one of Australia's greatest comics into some of the secret places on Cockatoo Island and maybe even get to join in a show or two.

Sam Bowring (Aust)

“Four stars. His jokes are like ninjas quietly sneaking up on you.... undeniably funny.”  - Adelaide Advertiser

Sam has enjoyed critical success with his live shows. He was nominated for Best Emerging Comic at the Adelaide Fringe and Best Newcomer and The Piece of Wood Award at Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Sam Simmons (Aust)

"" - The Age

Sam is one of the most daring and unconventional comics in Australia, completely original and vastly absurd, he has one foot firmly planted into the soils of reality, and the other rooted deep into the psyche of being silly. Quite simply there is no one else quite like him in the comedy world.

As heard on Triple J ...  As seen on JTV....  Sam is a comic other comedians go to see.

Sami Shah (Pakistan) - Cancelled

"Sami Shah is a badass. Sami Shah is a badass. Sami Shah is a badass." - Daily Times (Pak)

Pakistan's first English speaking stand up comedian, Sami has been delivering punchlines from the frontlines of the War on Terror for over 5 years. A regular performer on stages in all the major cities of Pakistan, he is known for fearlessly taking on subjects that are taboo in Pakistani society (it's a longer list than you'd imagine). He has also been a regular performer in the on-line virtual world of Second Life, bringing hilarity to crowds of pixellated avatars from around the world.

Sammy J (Aust)

From Melbourne to Edinburgh, Sammy J has earned a reputation as one of the most exciting and inventive young comedians on the international comedy scene.

You may have seen him on Spicks and Specks or Good News Week, or perhaps you've heard of "The 50 Year Show", which he started in 2008 and will finish in 2058.

Saxon Cheng

RALPH.com’s Saxon Cheng is not a comedian! After a long lunch, Saxon allegedly threw up on his editor’s keyboard at RALPH. As punishment, the boss is making the Eurasian web guru perform a live routine at the World’s Funniest Island.

He’s been given three minutes to be funny.

Simon Palomares Cooks Calamares (Aust)

The star of Wogs out of Work, Acropolis Now and Il Dago, Simon Palomares serves up a taste sensation of calamares and a large traditional Spanish paella in the funniest cooking lesson you'll ever have.

Six Quick Chicks (Aust)

"Six Quick Chicks is alternative cabaret at its best. A great night of stand up/roll around wit from six sexy femmes." - Stephen Lovelight, Drum Media.

Deliciously unconventional in their approach to comedy, Six Quick Chicks is a talent packed melange of bent, burlesque, kooky cabaret, stand-up comedy, music and dance. The audience is feasted with six short acts* in about one hour Hot and hilarious! 

*Six artists including host in each show...see it twice!

Thank God It’s Friday on Saturday Live (Aust)

By arrangement with ABC 702

Richard Glover with Wendy Harmer, Tommy Dean, Jean Kitson and Anthony Ackroyd.

It’s the hottest comedy segment on the top rating drive time radio show in Sydney and the live version is faster, funnier and sometimes filthier than the radio show. ABC 702 star Richard Glover hosts the mouthiest panel show ever.  Definately not for broadcast!

The Axis of Awesome (Aust)

LISTEN - as they sing hilarious songs! HEAR - as they talk through electrical microphone-machines! APPLAUD - as they play musical instruments with nothing but their human hands! Jordan! Lee! Benny! And others!*

The Axis received the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Moosehead Award in 2008 and continued this success performing to sell out audiences and rave reviews at the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

*There are no others.

The Bakery (Aust)

The Bakery live show is a feast for the senses with a stage full of performers clad in amazing costumes, ranging from the epic to the down-right ridiculous.

The show is full of wild, hilarious onstage antics and extreme amounts of joy. The music of The Bakery is catchy, soulful, energetic and powerful and a menagerie of musical styles. 

The Birdmann (Aust)

A man like no man with a tight black suit, cool hairdo and finely tuned humour who has toured fifteen countries worldwide.

The Vanguard of Vaudeville delivers unusual facts and unique acts of plastic bag-juggling, object balancing, escapology and nostril tea-drinking moments of magnificence on a tour fantastic.

The Dirty Brothers (Aust)

“Suave Sideshow” - The Age (Melb)

Their pain is your pleasure…

The Dirty Brothers have exploded onto the international festival scene with a fusion of physical comedy and hardcore sideshow stunts. This is a dreamscape of deranged delights. Surreal, sublime and just plain funny, think Samuel Beckett meets The Tokyo Shock Boys.

The Ginger Meggs Exhibition (Aust)

In addition to appearing in Manface, Jason Chatfield who currently draws and  writes the legendary Australian Cartoon Strip Ginger Meggs, is exhibiting a collection of his Meggs drawings, specially created for the World’s Funniest Island

The Laugh Garage Comedy Club

The Laugh Garage Comedy Club

The Mad Max Remix (Aust)

Eddie Sharp, Zoe Coombs Marr, Will Mansfield, Dom Broadhurst and Miles O'Neil.

“Hilarious… A kind of post apocalyptic S&M fantasia” - The Age.

This is a redubbed, all singing, all dancing, cinematic experience. This is Mel as you’ve never seen him before. This is the live video remix.

The Nelson Twins (Aust)

The most hilarious identical twins on earth!! Already making a name for themselves in Melbourne and Sydney's comedy circuits, the Nelson Twins are stars on the rise.

The Twins have also starred on the NRL Footy Show, grabbing a huge response to their performance this year, which has led to an invitation for an encore spot for them.

With their unique look and accessible and very funny comedy routines, the Twins are set for a big career.  Don't miss the chance to say "I saw them when ..."

The Sleek Geek: Dr Karl (Aust)

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Never Mind The BULLocks. Here’s The Science

Coercing comedy into science with sledge hammer subtlety and proving when it comes to funny you don’t need to be a rocket scientist. Dr Karl takes you on a fast talking roller coaster ride of sensational stories and fabulous facts

The Spooky Men’s Chorale (Aust)

“High camp, epic folly: probably the best programming choice of the entire summer festival circuit." - Siobhán Long, Irish Times, 9 Aug 2007

The Spooky Men’s Chorale is a brilliant and hilarious a cappella vocal ensemble based in the Blue Mountains.They have toured to the UK and Ireland in the last two years.  Although they have appeared on Spicks and Specks they are better known on the fold festival circuit than the comedy scene.

Tom Ballard (Aust)

"Watch this boy: he’s going places" - The Age

At just the age of 19, Tom has already performed around the country, supported the likes of Charlie Pickering and Fiona O'Loughlin and is a regular at Australia’s favourite comedy rooms.

Tom picked up the Best Newcomer Award at the 2009 Melbourne International Comedy Festival for his debut solo show.

Tommy Dean (Aust/USA)

US born and bred, Tommy Dean has the unique outsider’s capacity to understand Australians and what makes us laugh.  He is incredibly popular with audiences across the nation and is one of Australia's most sought after comic performers and writers.

Tommy is a regular headline act in comedy venues around Australia and has performed in many of the leading comedy clubs in the USA. His vast experience encompasses New Zealand, North America, Europe and South East Asia.

Vigilantelope (Aust)

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Tale Of The Golden Lease

“This show’s a winner!” - ABC Radio

From Monash University, Vigilantelope is gaining a reputation as one of one of the hottest new comedy teams in Melbourne.

They sold out in their home town at both the Melbourne Comedy Festival, and at the local Fringe Festival this year. World’s Funniest Island is their first visit to Sydney.

Zoe Combes-Marr

...And that was the summer that changed my life

What is the deal with modern dating!?!? Australia’s wackiest fresh new up and coming female comic blows your mind with an explosion of rapid fire razor sharp wit and sardonic whimsy with a sprinkling of social commentary all served with a hyperbolic side of surreal self deprecation and ironic animal puns... Yowzers!