Sydney Comedy Festival Showcase

THE SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL COMES TO TOWN!

The Sydney Comedy Festival presents a hand-picked Showcase of some of the best and brightest artists featured at the 2014 Festival.

The Showcase heads to Lismore on Thursday 3 July, Ipswich on Friday 4 June and Toowoomba on Saturday 5 July. It features a killer line-up of award winning and box office smashing artists from Australia and the world.

Highlights from the Showcase will include the femme fatale of musical Comedy Gen Fricker (2011 RAW Comedy competition national finalist), the wry social commentary of Rhys Nicholson (2012 SCF Time Out Award for Best Newcomer) the charming Dave Williams, and the delightfully funny Cam Knight.

MC for the night is the hilarious Jacques Barrett, who is guaranteed to keep you laughing long after the curtains close.
 

Jacques Barrett @jbcomedy                                                      

Sydney Comedy Fest Podcast: Jacques Barrett

Jacques is known for his ability to adapt to the crowd and throw consistently sharp, relentless comedy blows. Jacques weaves character renditions into social commentary with strong performance skills and well written material, resulting in some poignant comedy. He leaves crowds thinking and laughing long after the curtains have closed.

 “Pretty damn impressive.” 4 stars

-Time Out

“Jacques is an exceptionally gifted young standup, with roguish charisma and an obviously sharp intellect.”    - Inpress

“Clever…. a genuine talent”    - Herald Sun

Rhys Nicholson @rhysnicholson                                                                

Sydney Comedy Fest Podcast: Rhys Nicholson

Rhys is known for his spine tinglingly stylish black comedy. Brilliantly irreverent and unapologetic, his unique brand of wry humour and sardonic wit combined with a complete lack of self censorship make for hilarious social commentary. He is coming off the back of a sold out Comedy Festival season, he has supported the likes of Louis CK (USA), Kathy Griffin (USA), Greg Fleet, Jim Jefferies and Wil Anderson but is best known for his appearances on the Comedy Channel's ‘Balls of Steel’, and big hair.

Winner Best Newcomer 2012 Sydney Comedy Festival

Winner Joke of the Fest 2013 Sydney Comedy Festival

“Razor sharp, corrosive wit.”

– Sydney Morning Herald

Genevieve Fricker @genfricker                                                                         
Sydney Comedy Fest Podcast: Gen Fricker

Genevieve Fricker, the dark songstress of comedy, is fresh from her brilliant 2014 Melbourne & Sydney Comedy festival runs. She’s a talented writer, musician and comic with a sassy twist: sit back and be beguiled by her sweetly singing, slightly sadistic, sense of humour!

As well as sold out runs of her solo shows, Fricker toured the east coast of Australia as part of the 'Breakout Comedy Tour', was named 'The Next Big Thing in Comedy 2012' by the Sydney Morning Herald, and featured as part of Time Out Sydney's '30 Under 30' October 2012 issue.

 “Genevieve Fricker is a genius… gloriously, unapologetically weird”

– Herald Sun

“Hilariously dark”

– The Age




“Absolutely unmissable”  

– Daily Telegraph

Tien Tran@acecube87                                                                       
Sydney Comedy Fest Podcast: Tien Tran

Tien is a truth teller and isn’t scared to bring the humour out of any topic. Audiences are constantly subjected to his no holds barred style of hilarious observational commentary weaved with absurdist insight.

In 2011, Tien was a Triple J RAW Comedy National Finalist at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and in 2012, Tien performed his debut solo show “If you don’t know, now you know” to a sold out crowd at Perth International Comedy Festival. He is fresh off the back of a Sold Out Sydney Comedy Festival season and will make you laugh.

“Tran hit the ground running with a bold, confident delivery. More offensive material packed a real punch, assisted by the fact he performed with such conviction.”

- Chortle 

“A mixture of insightful social commentary. The right mix of scathing and silly.”

- Beat Magazine

“His unexpected view and dry wit pushes acceptability but it's much funnier than tasteless.”

- Herald Sun

Dave Williams
Sydney Comedy Fest Podcast: Dave Williams

David Williams is the James Bond of comedy. Sharp, witty and charismatic – Dave has been working in comedy for over 15 years throughout Australia and the U.K and winning awards ever since he started.

Known for his theatrical physicality and tendency to improvise, David's constant high standard means he will continue to work alongside the world’s best.  

“Brings the house down…”

- USA Today

Cam Knight  @cam_knight   
Sydney Comedy Fest Podcast: Cam Knight
 

Cam Knight’s fast one-liners and wickedly absurd flights of fancy almost take you by surprise with their brilliance.

Cam is a 100 percenter. Lives large, lives in the now. He never says no. Except to liquorice. And don't try to hide it smothered in chocolate. It's not a delicious treat.

“★★★★★Will have you in stitches from the firsts minute right until the last.”

-The Advertiser 2014

“★★★★ Knight has mastered his art will. Brutally funny.. Not to be missed."

-Herald Sun

“A very lucky audience was brought to tears, to fits of laughter courtesy of the Sydney Comedy Festival Showcase…” (AU Review)

May contain adult themes and coarse language, recommended for mature audiences 15+