June 19, 20 - STEVE ALLISON (The Footy Show), Andrew Nason (ABC's Backberner), Paul Brasch (Standup Australia), Gary Fludder.
June 26, 27 - JIMMY POULOS (Channel Seven), Steve Allison (The Footy Show), Fred Lang (ABC's Australian Story), Phil Wild.
July 3, 4 - MARK McCONVILLE, Katrina Davidson (ABC Radio), Steve Allison (The Footy Show), Mark Werner.
July 10, 11 - FRED LANG (ABC's Australian Story), Mike Van Acker (B105), Phil Wild, Andrew Nason (ABC's Backberner).
July 17, 18 - MIKE VAN ACKER (B105), Lindsay Webb (Good News Week), Stav (B105 Breakfast Show), Fred Lang (ABC's Australian Story).
July 24, 25 - STAV (B105 Breakfast Show), Andrew Nason (ABC's Backberner), Fred Lang (ABC's Australian Story), Phil Wild, Gary Fludder.
July 31 - LINDSAY WEBB (Good News Week), Steve Allison (The Footy Show), Katrina Davidson (ABC Radio), Mark Werner, Gary Fludder.
Steve Allison was born into show business, his parents (The Allison's) were Australia's top sight act for over thirty years. His dad always said as long as you live under this roof you will do things my way. So Steve had to come home from school every day drunk, and tell mum a joke.
Steve Allison knows how to make people laugh. And as soon as Steve picks up the microphone it's obvious. He commands attention, and laughter is the best way to get it. With a cool and casual approach hundreds of thousands of people have enjoyed his clever style of comedy.
The confidence and experience earned from performing over a thousand live shows is clear. He is funny! With a natural sense of humour and quick wit, Steve’s show is a well crafted mix of snappy one-liners, hilarious stories, funny home truth’s and current topics. It’s Aussie humour at it’s best. Standout performances in comedy clubs has led to countless corporate gigs, International tours and television appearances, on- “The footy Show” - The Comedy Channel’s “Headliners” –“Brownies Coast Watch” -“Brisbane Extra” – “FMVTV” and “Domino's home delivered comedy”
Steve Allison isn't a yobbo. He's a genuine larrikin, with an individual show of fun and laughter.
Fiona's style is quite unique, in that the audience become very relaxed the moment she takes the stage. Her warm delivery puts the audience at ease , and the laughs flow. You'll feel as though you have known her your whole life.…
Fiona brings her everyday observations to light allowing her audience to automatically relate. With topics ranging from her family, her car (and the people who repair it) to door to door religous types Fiona's sharp wit will win over any audience.
Fiona has performed all over the country along side Australia’s best comics and appeared on the ABC, TheComedyChannel and recently Channel Sevens FMVTV Comedy series.
She has been heard on radio including Triple M Brisbane and the Sea FM network, as well as performing in the ABC Comedy debates. She has also featured on the very popular "Home Grown Humor" radio series, broadcast across Australia on several networks.
Fiona's ability to get an audience to see the funny side of everyday life is exceptional and not to be missed!
Fred Lang (ABC's Australian Story)
Fred is one of Australia’s most sought after "live" stand-up comics. Pubs, clubs, town halls, conference centers, or Opera Houses... it makes little difference to this wild professional. Fred’s love of stand-up comes from a deep seated need to have his say... and not get arrested! He’ll push, prod and provoke an audience with a style that is, like all individuals, uniquely his.
Fred has had the misfortune of working with just about every well known comic in the country - most of whom he has little respect for. Those he looks forward to working again with include Peter Berner, Tommy Dean, Jimeoin, and the Scared Weird Little Guys.
Whether it be traveling, working or fleeing, Fred has managed to fill 3 passports in the last 10 years - from New Zealand to England, Germany to Fiji, Borneo to Turkey and just about every country in between. In his beloved Australia Fred has worked both coasts, every major city and most of the minor ones as well.
He has appeared on television so many times he is convinced there are still some performances he hasn’t been paid for! Radio has paid up for the many months he offered his unique opinions but the money was crap. He hasn’t done any movies but this is only because he hasn’t slept with a proper agent.
Stephen Head (Nova)
At the age of twenty-nine comedian Stephen Head is one of the most accomplished and original young stand up comedians in Australia.
Stephen won the campus section of the first ever Triple J Raw Comedy Awards in 1996 at the tender age of seventeen. The prize money helped pay the ‘under age in a licensed venue’ fine, and an unusual relationship with professional comedy began.
Stephen has appeared on ‘Headliners’ on Foxtel’s ‘The Comedy Channel’; ‘O’Loughlin’ on the ABC; and ‘The Footy Show’ on Channel Nine.
In 2002 Stephen made inroads into radio, co-hosting “The Mother Ship” on Triple M in Brisbane. Over the last five years Stephens’ comedy has been a regular feature of the ‘Home Grown Humour’ radio series, broadcast across several radio networks nationally.
Shy, self effacing, much more talented than any human being has the right to be, Stephen Head promises to be one of the best known names in Australian comedy. He is currently the head comedy writer for Nova in Brisbane.
Lindsay Webb
Currently working the QLD comedy circuit with regular tours to Sydney’s “Comedy Store” & the Melbourne Comedy circuit. As well as various guest spots on TV & Radio around the country, such as “Stand Up Australia” (Fox Comedy Channel) & most recently on Good News Week CH 10 & The Footy Show CH 9.
Both a national and International performer for the past five years Lindsay has attended the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, . In 2006 Lindsay performed his debut one hour solo show “Foolosophy” and received among others a 4 star review (Three Weeks) and was a great success on the world stage & was last year accepted on the Jongleurs circuit through London and the UK. In 2007 Lindsay returned to Edinburgh with his show ”Lad to Dad” the show was a huge success both abroad and also back here at home.
Until Feb 2005 Lindsay was with the Sea FM Morning Crew on the Sunshine Coast QLD for four years, Lindsay has been successfully working the Australian Comedy Circuit since he won the Queensland finals of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival JJJ Raw Comedy Competition in 1998. In 1999 he made the finals of the "Comic of the Year" competition at the Sydney Comedy Festival. In October 2002 he was awarded a Radio RAWARD as Best Radio Newcomer. In 2004 Lindsay was a finalist in the ill fated Australian Comedy Awards in Melbourne, he didn’t win and the Awards were scrapped the next year, you do the math! In 2007 Lindsay was judged the “Best Comedy Host” as part of the QLD Comedy Awards.
Lindsay’s style features observational comedy mixed with character voices and audience interaction. Witness Improvisation at its height an awesome interaction with the crowd leaving them with a truly one off experience.
Lindsay has toured throughout and . He has appeared with many of Australia’s best known Comedians including Jimoein, Bob Franklin, Adam Hills, Lano and Woodley, Carl Barron, Scared Weird Little Guys, Chris Franklin and Mickey D,
Lindsay is also in demand for corporate functions and the Australian Circuit both for his Stand Up and Master of Ceremony skills.
Davo (NBC)
Currently starring in 'Deputy Davo's Pig-Squeezing Country & Western Comedy Show', Davo is often described as one of the most unique acts in the country, he is truly a character that one cannot help but be amused by. His clean style of humour ensures that he is loved by audiences of all ages and tastes.
Davo's first comedy performance was in March 1999 at the 'Harold Park Hotel' in Sydney. In 2001 he won the grand prize of $10,000 on Channel Nine's nationally televised 'So you want to be a comedian?' programme and also made numerous appearances on 'The Tamara Tonite show' in Brisbane.
He has been heard nationally on the radio through the 'Home Grown Humour' segments and in 2003 was invited to audition for the role of sidekick for Toni Pearon on Australia's Funniest Home Videos. He was also co-host on Triple M's (Brisbane) late night comedy programme 'The Mothership' with Stephen Head and Greg (Sully) Sullivan.
In 2006 Davo Performed at the Adelaide Fringe Festival in the hit show DIABLO with comedians Paul Brasch and Chris Wainhouse. He also appeared at Sydney's famous Comedy Store and on the 'Standup Australia' tv show currently airing on the Comedy Channel.
2007 Has been a big year for Davo, He has started a feature column in the ‘Curiouser & Curiouser’ emagazine distributed by Rabit Hole Urban Media, Appeared on NBC’s internationally televised Last Comic Standing, Was voted most original comic by the innaugural 'Queensland Standup Comedy Awards' and commencing at the end of 2007 he will be featured on Virgin Blues 'voyeuractive' channel as part of the airlines new inflight video entertainment.
His professionalism and likeableness are obvious to any audience, and his unexpectedly quick wit never fails to entertain.
"You've got a big career in front of you. Very Funny." Shane Bourne, on air Channel 9.
Josh Thomas (Good News Week, Rove Live)
At the age of just 17, Josh Thomas was the youngest ever winner of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s RAW Comedy Competition in 2005. He also made the finals of So You Think You’re Funny, Edinburgh’s equivalent to RAW Comedy. He thought he was the king of the world. His next gig was in a scary you-might-actually-die-when-they-stab-you style tavern in front of 12 comics and a man sitting at the bar crying into his beer.
“The comedy festival’s most junior player is also one of it’s best… fiercely funny” The Age
After only a few short years of performing stand up Josh’s unique talent has the Australian Comedy Industry abuzz. His virginal looks and cutting dialect combine to create a voice that is genuinely distinct and exciting. For a performer so young to have such an honest and developed sense of who he is on stage is quite remarkable.
2007 was a cracker year for Josh, picking up the gong for the Melbourne Airport Best Newcomer at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, for his first ever solo show, Please Like Me. This was followed by 6 weeks touring with the Comedy Festival Roadshow and an invitation to perform at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal in July.
He returned to Australia and made his TV debut with not one, but two, stand up spots on ABC TV’s The Sideshow. Josh also had a busy year honing his skills and performing at professional Comedy Clubs around Australia including Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane.“Energetic and original with a quirky sense of timing … Josh left the audience in tatters” The Courier Mail
In 2006, Josh performed in The Comedy Zone, a showcase of Australia's best new talent presented by the Melbourne Comedy Festival. He was critically regarded as the highlight of that show. As a result he was asked to perform at the annual Moosehead Award Benefit Night, in front of a 1500 strong crowd at the Melbourne Town Hall.
“The future of Australian comedy” Time Off Magazine
Josh currently runs Livewired, a comedy room in Brisbane’s Powerhouse Centre for the Arts, every Sunday evening. The room is proving to be a big hit with comics and audiences alike.
“The most successful is Josh Thomas… he’s a standout” The Pun
In the last twelve months, Josh has performed on the Comedy Channel’s Standup Australia and supported the likes of Dave Hughes in front of a crowd of 1500. He has been heard on the ABC’s Triple J Breakfast Show, Brisbane’s 612 ABC, Triple M Brisbane and he currently presents “Triple Z Comedy Show” on Saturdays from 5-6pm.