Friday 6th June at 7.30pm
All tickets $35
The Sydney Comedy Festival presents a hand-picked Showcase of some of the best and brightest artists featured at the 2014 Festival. 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 low-fi com-rock super-stars Smart Casual, the brooding storytelling of Michael Workman (2013 SCF Directors Choice, 2013 MICF Barry Award Nominee), the shambolically charming John Conway, and the charmingly funny Mike Goldstein.
MC for the night is the effortlessly cool David Williams, who is guaranteed to “Bring the house down!”
Artist Biographies
Mike Goldstein (USA) @MikeGStein
Having toured extensively in Australia and abroad, Mike Goldstein (USA) has established himself as a unique and refreshing young talent on the international comedy circuit. Winner of the 2009 ‘RottoFest – Best of the West’ Comedy Competition, Mike has also been a Raw Comedy finalist, and the Local Act Nominee at the 2011 Perth International Comedy Festival. His recent show, No Place Like Home, featured at this year’s Sydney Comedy Festival.
“[R]idiculously funny, charming and highly inappropriate.” -Veronica Milsom (Triple J)
Michael Workman @workmancomedy
A sharp and insightful stand up who can kill in any club in the world; a creator of gentle, intricately crafted stage fables and a composer with a filmic range and intensity. All this with a bulging trophy shelf and a press folder that would make most of us blush… and he has only just begun.
Winner of the Director’s Choice Award – 2013 Sydney Comedy Festival
Winner of Best Comedy Award – 2012 Adelaide Fringe Festival
Nominee Best Comedy (Barry) Award – 2013 Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Best Newcomer Award – 2011 Melbourne International Comedy Festival
“Equal parts brilliant and bizarre; Michael is one of the most original voices on the scene in years. If Nick Cave did stand-up it would look like this.” – Wil Anderson
Nikki Britton @nikki_britton
After winning Comedy on the Rox’ “Quest for the Best” competition in 2010, Nikki Britton has since become a regular at Sydney’s Comedy Store and has toured clubs around Australia and the UK. Nikki’s debut solo show, Flaw Plan, gained stellar reviews at the Adelaide Fringe and Melbourne International Comedy Festivals, and sold out its season in the Sydney Comedy Festival in 2012. She recently performed at the Sydney Opera House in the unique physical theatre show, Circumspecto and has several TV and short film credits. She spends her days working as Captain Starlight with the Starlight Children’s Foundation, entertaining seriously ill kids and their families. Trained as an actor and dancer, Nikki also studied Clown with theatre master, Philippe Gaulier, in Paris, which is evident in her unique, physically energised style of comedy.
“A stream of hearty laughs… something for almost everyone.” Sunday Mail
“Mighty Funny”- Herald Sun
John Conway @conwaynow
Comedian and humourist John Conway entertains audiences and critics alike with his delightfully honed shambolic style. Nominated for the Best Comedy (Barry) award at the 2013 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Conway is set to take the comedy world by storm.
Nominee Best Comedy (Barry) Award – 2013 Melbourne International Comedy Festival
‘Demented, in a wonderful way’ – The Age
‘…a new talent doing something different’ – Chortle
‘Balancing the well-crafted with the pleasingly bewildering, he generates enough bonhomie to bring hilarity to the masses’ – The List
Smart Casual
Best known for their hit song, The Hawk, about the imagined love story of supermodel Jennifer Hawkins and scientist Stephen Hawkings, Smart Casual is Roger David (on guitar) and Fletcher Jones (on beard), arguably Australia’s smartest, most casual musical comedy duo.
Regular headliners across the country, their witty ditties and beautiful harmonised low-fi com-rock classics have seen Smart Casual become one of the most in demand comedy acts in Australia.
“Immediately likeable. Aussie laconic humour is alive and well.” – The Age
“Exceptionally clever and well executed… destined for big things.” – Buzzcuts
John Cruckshank @johncruckshank
A brilliant young comedian finding an original stride, John is making huge waves on the national comedy circuit with his clever sharp and well paced jokes. His laid back approach sucks you in followed up by repeated roundhouse kicks banging out the laughs.
“His unassuming presence and brutal honesty make for continuous laughs” – Herald Sun
David 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