Which comedian mapped out his comedy career at 12? That’ll be Ben McCarthy.
022: Doug Chappel – Overcoming challenges to build a comedy career
Comedy can be driven from challenges, as is the case with Doug.
019: Greg Fleet – The Accidental Comedian
Greg Fleet is Australia’s bad boy of comedy. On stage and off, ‘Fleety’ has made a name for himself for pushing the boundaries and living life to its fullest. TV, movies, theatre, breakfast radio, and twenty-nine Melbourne International Comedy Festival shows later, it’s hard to imagine how he had time for his now infamous drug addiction. But he did, because …
016: Dave O’Neil – From Captain Cocoa to Captaining Aussie Comedy
Chances are you’ve laughed at a Dave O’Neil joke. This is because not only is he a seasoned stand-up comedian, but dave’s been writing for Australian TV comedy shows since 1994 – television shows such as Jimeoin, The Eric Bana Show Live, Full Frontal, Totally Full Frontal, The Mick Molloy Show, The Micallef Program, and most recently Open Slather and …
011: Simon Taylor – From tweets to television. The winding road of comedy
Chance favours the prepared mind in a career of stand-up comedy.
010: Evan Hocking – The leap of faith in going full time
Jumping from a part-time to full-time stand-up comedian is terrifying!
007: Dave Callan – Winning friends and influencing people in comedy
There’s something funny about the Irish accent, frizzy hair and beards. This man has all three.
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2017
IF YOU’RE NOT FROM MELBOURNE or you are, but have never left the house because you believe exam results are more important than a personality, then there’s a slight chance that you’ve never, ever heard of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF). Now in its 30th year, the MICF is one of the three largest comedy festivals, next to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe …