Our October show is one of our best yet with Chris Ryan headlining a jam packed, laughter crammed, hilarity stuffed lineup of crackers! MC David Smiedt is one of the best in the business of MC’s and the quality continues with Jen Carnovale and Andy High completing the lineup.
Chris Ryan is a journalist, a Mum and a comedian, Chris Ryan’s take on everything from passive aggressive co-workers to romance earned her a Best Newcomer at the Sydney Comedy Festival in 2019 and a Best Newcomer Nomination at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2021.
Chris’s stand up is based on her life and the people in it, making it real and relatable, delivered in her signature understated, laconic style. If you’re looking for a song and dance, you’re not getting it.
“Chris was in total control from the moment she hit the stage, a comedian with a unique outlook and broad appeal.”
Justin Hamilton, Head Writer Show Me the Movie (Network Ten)
David Smiedt has been delighting audiences around the country and overseas with his brand of warm inclusive comedy for over 12 years and is now one of Australia's finest comedian MC's and corporate performers. David is a regular on television shows such as Mornings with Kerri-Ann Sunrise, The Today Show, Ready Steady Cook and having appeared on Stand Up Australia he is also the author of six humorous books.
He also is a writer for a wide range of magazines including Elle, Cosmopolitan, Men's Health, Women's Health, Body & Soul and Vogue where he specialises in a humorous take on style health trends and celebrity profiles. Aside from being the current grooming editor for GQ magazine he is the only journalist in Australian publishing history to be in concurrent issues of lads-mag Ralph and Your Garden.
David opened for Joan Rivers during her Sydney theatre run Mark Watson's Sydney festival season and Martin Short's Melbourne Crown Casino performances.
Jen Carnovale has traveled from quaint bookstores in Canberra to Latvian kind-of scary warehouses for stand up. She has toured across the UK, Australia, all the good looking parts of Europe and tasty parts of Asia, she has performed for Comedy Central Australia, Frocking Hilarious for Action Aid, opened for Doug Stanhope, a regular guest on ABC iviews Bookish and was invited to perform with All Together Now for Comedy Vs Racism.
Andy High is a 64 year old pommy comedian from the NSW south coast who will drive up to 10 hours to tell the tale of how his 20 year old self has not yet caught up with the reflection in his bathroom mirror. Andy came to Australia in 1988 as a bicentennial gift from the Queen.
Runner up in RAW Wollongong 2019
State finalist 2023
Australia's Funniest Boomer finalist and with his first Melbourne Comedy Festival show under his belt he's still trying to work out just exactly who he is!
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