Charlie
Pickering
Comedian
- Perrier Nominee - Best Newcomer 2005
Edgy,
polished and inventive, Charlie Pickering is possibly the most exciting new name
in Australian comedy.
2005
was certainly a massive year. In addition to a steady stream of gigs and another
stint on the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow, Charlie has also
performed solo seasons at the Adelaide Comedy Festival, Melbourne International
Comedy Festival, Cracker Comedy Festival in Sydney and the NZ International Comedy
Festival. The second half of this year saw Charlie make his UK debut at the Edinburgh
Fringe with his show Betterman. A run of full houses and four star reviews was
topped off with a Perrier Best Newcomer Nomination. Within a week he was headlining
on the London circuit. He finished off the year by winning Best International
Act at the New Zealand Comedy Guild awards.
IN
2004, Charlie performed at the Hobart Comedy Festival & Adelaide Fringe and
presented his first solo show Revolver at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
and the NZ International Comedy Festival - earning himself a nomination for Best
International Show.
Charlie
began to perform solo stand up in the pubs and clubs of Melbourne in 2000. He
started the cult comedy room Stagetime with fellow comic Michael Chamberlin, each
taking turns as host. Stagetime made a storming return to the Melbourne comedy
landscape at Bar Open in August 2004. Charlie also spent two years co-hosting
Triple J's Drive Show and was a regular on ABC-TV's stand-up comedy show Stand
Up!
You
may also have spotted him in 2004 most Friday morning's with Michael Chamberlin
dissecting the news of the week on Nine's Today program and most recently performing
stand up on Rove [Live] or hosting shows for the Comedy Channel.
Charlie
has already had a busy 2006. He began the year by performing Betterman at the
Perth International Arts Festival, Adelaide Fringe and Cracker Comedy Festival.
He then premiered his new show Auto at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival,
selling out the entire run and earning a nomination for the prestigious Barry
Award for most outstanding show. Auto then gained great reviews on it's sold out
run at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival. He is now working in the
UK and performing Auto at the Edinburgh Fringe. And that was just his first six
months!
"Damn
Good…****" - The Scotsman
"Stuffs more material into an hour
than other comics do in two" - Herald-Sun
Live
Shows
2006 Auto- Solo Show
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Melbourne
International Comedy Festival (Nominated for Barry Award)
New Zealand International
Comedy Festival
Betterman- Solo Show
Perth International Arts Festival,
Adelaide Fringe Festival, Sydney Cracker Comedy Festival
2005 Betterman - Solo
Show
Melbourne International Comedy Festival, NZ International Comedy Festival
- Auckland & Wellington, Edinburgh Fringe (Perrier Nominee - Best Newcomer)
2005
Charlie Pickering - Solo Show
Adelaide Comedy Festival
2004 Revolver -
Solo Show
Melbourne International Comedy Festival, NZ International Comedy
Festival (Nominated for Best International Show), Cracker Comedy Festival Sydney
2005
2004 Charlie Pickering Live! - Solo Show
Adelaide Fringe
2004 Slick
- Solo Show
Hobart Comedy Festival
2003 Boiling Point 2 - with Michael Chamberlin
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2003 Equal Third - with Terri Psiakis
& Michael Chamberlin
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2002 Boiling
Point - with Michael Chamberlin
Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne International Comedy
Festival
1997 - 2001 Various Melbourne International Comedy Festival shows
with sketch comedy group 'Enter The Datsun'
Television
2006
Network Ten Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala (Stand Up)
2006 Network Ten Rove
[Live] (Stand Up Appearance)
2006 Comedy Channel Thank Comedy It's Friday (Host)
2006
Comedy Channel Melbourne Comedy Experience (Host)
2006 Comedy Channel How to
make a short Film (Host)
2005 Network Ten Rove [Live] (Stand Up Appearance)
2005
TV3-NZ Sports Tonight (Guest Panellist)
2004 Nine Network Today (Weekly Comedy
Segment)
2004 Network Ten Rove [Live] (Guest Spot)
2004 ABC-TV Stand Up!
(Regular Writer/Performer)
2004 Phat Planet Films Mashed! - Pilot (Comedy Writer/Performer)
2004
TV2-NZ NZ Comedy Festival Gala (Stand Up
Appearance)
2004 ABC Broadband
Comedy Kitchen (Guest Writer/Presenter x 2)
2001 & 2002 ABC-TV The Glass
House (Guest Panellist)
Short
Film
2004 Curvaceous Films Two Minutes to Midnight (Vince)
Directed by Charlotte George
Writing
2005
& 2006 Metropolis Media City Weekly (Weekly Column)
2005 Herald Sun Sunday
Magazine (Guest Columnist)
2005 The Scotsman How to tell a joke (Guest column)
2004
Network Ten Skithouse (Contributing Writer)
2004 ABC-TV Stand Up! (Writer)
Radio
2005
2Day FM Pete's Show (Guest Host)
2005 Radio NZ Off The Wire (Guest Panellist)
2004
Radio NZ Off The Wire (Guest Panellist)
2002 & 2003 Triple J Drive (Co-host)
2001/02
Triple J Triple J Weekends (Host)
2001 Triple J Breakfast (Weekly Spot)
Corporate
& Voice Over
Various clients including Worldwide Entertainment,
Activision, National Australia Bank, Peters & Browne, Mary White College,
Melbourne City Mission, Metroscreen, FM-TV, Tucker Seabrook, Australian Centre
for the Moving Image (ACMI), Amnesty International, the Law Society of NSW, Rotary,
Phillip Morris, Risky Business - Comedy Quest (Mentoring Scheme) & Rockhampton
City Council.
Other
Notable Live Work
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala 2006
Late
& Live - Edinburgh 2005
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow
2004 & 2005
NZ International Comedy Festival Gala 2004 & 2005
Adelaide
Comedy Festival (Festival Director) 2005
Mildura Wentworth Arts Festival 2005
Stagetime
@ Bar Open (Co-host & Co-producer) 2004 & 2005
Raw Comedy State Final
- MC 2003
Stand Up For Your Rights - Amnesty International Gala Benefit 2003
The
Falls 2002
Support for Jeff Green in Sydney 2002
Raw Comedy State Finalist
2001
The Falls 2001
Stagetime (Co-host & Co-poducer) 2000 - 2002
Awards
2006
Barry Award Nominee: Most Outstanding Show-Melbourne Comedy Festival
2005 Nominated
for Perrier Award - Best Newcomer - Edinburgh Fringe Festival
2005 Winner -
Best International Act - New Zealand Comedy Guild Awards
(Other nominees included
Steven K Amos, Phil Nichol, Gamrajobat and Stewart Lee)
2004 Nominated for
'Best International Show' for Revolver at the NZ International Comedy Festival
2002
Winner of the "Piece of Wood Award" (an award chosen by fellow comedians)
with Michael Chamberlin in the Melbourne Comedy Festival for Boiling Point (Previous
winners include Stewart Lee, Simon Munnery and Tony Law).
2002 Winner of the
Maurie Awards New Comic of the Year
