The funniest comedians from this year’s Sydney Comedy Festival are hitting the road and bringing all-star comedy showcases to a range of locations in every state of Australia – playing to audiences in more than 60 different towns!
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The tour is returning to Taree with another epic comedy line up expertly curated from this year’s festival, sure to leave audiences sore from belly laughs!
Headlining the Showcase is Tom Rhodes - a seasoned comedy veteran all the way from the USA, Tom has been in the game for over 30 years, leaving audiences around the world in fits of laughter.
With a Netflix special, a sitcom, a travel show, a late night talk show and a critically acclaimed podcast under his belt, there isn’t much he can’t do! Also along for the ride is Luke Heggie, whose hilarious no-nonsense brand of comedy has made him one of the most in-demand comics in the Australia and awarded him Director's Choice Award for Sydney Comedy Festival among others.
With the wickedly uncompromising and deadpan Katie Burch joining the line-up as well as other special guests joining these comedy stars on stage, you’d better strap in because this is a night you will not want to miss.
The show is on at the Manning Entertainment Centre on Saturday September 9 from 8pm.
Tom Rhodes (USA)
Tom Rhodes is a world travelling comedian who has been in the game for over 30 years.
An adventurer forging his own path, Rhodes has built a career that not only includes stand-up specials, a sitcom, a travel show, a late night talk show, numerous live CDs and DVDs, his critically acclaimed podcast Tom Rhodes Radio, as well as being a travel writer for the Huffington Post.
Rhodes has had a long raucous career covering every corner of the globe.
Rhodes hour special Light Sweet Crude released on Netflix, his TV recording on Comedy Central Comedy Underground with Dave Attell aired in 2014 and in 2012 Rhodes was featured in the Showtime stand-up series Live From Amsterdam.
His three half hour stand-up specials include two Comedy Central Presents… and Raw, recorded in Stockholm for Swedish television.
He had his own sitcom television show on NBC called Mr. Rhodes, his own Late Night Talk show on Dutch television, and travelled the world as a TV presenter on the Dutch travel program Yorin Travel.
Katie Burch
Katie Burch is a comedian, mum and wife. Her style is uncompromising and edged with a level of wickedness that is a sheer delight among her fans.
She is that one-of-a-kind stand up comedian who leaves you wanting just a little bit more each and every time you watch her entertain.
Her genuine love for comedy shines and clearly sets her apart from other comedians.
This is also what placed her as the National Runner Up in JJJ RAW 2014! There is no doubt at all; when an audience desires an authentic, original comedic act, Katie delivers.
She thrills her audience with her self-deprecating, hilarious jokes aimed at her own life – ie mishaps with her husband and kids.
She offers realistic, domestic anecdotes that deliver comedy every time. Katie also offers that unique comic tone that has critics totally engrossed in her performance each and every time.
Many critics do consider her range to be unmatched across Australia.
Luke Heggie
Luke Heggie is fast becoming one of Australia's most in demand and recognisable stand up comedians.
His no-nonsense one liners delivered in a dry, dead pan manner quickly gained praise after his debut into the comedy world by winning Melbourne International Comedy Festivals 2010 Raw Comedy and jetting off to Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Since then Luke has written and performed a brand new killer show every year for festivals in Australia and New Zealand.
He has performed at the Sydney Opera House supporting Stephen Merchant and again as part of Montreal’s Just for Laughs Stand Up Series filmed for the Comedy Channel, and received the Sydney Comedy Festival’s Director’s Choice Award for his sold-out 2015 show You’re Not Special.
In 2016 he performed on the Opening Night Allstars Supershow at Melbourne International Comedy Festival which aired on Channel 10.
His show that year Anythink is Possible went on to rave reviews and sell out festival runs across Australia, later filmed by ABC2 at the Enmore Theatre.
Luke was the winner of the Comic's Choice (Piece of Wood) Award, Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2017, Winner of the Director's Choice Award, Sydney Comedy Festival 2015, Nominee for Best Comedy Release ARIAS 2016, and winner of Sydney's Best Comedian, Time Out Sydney 2012.
