Hosts & MCs
This is a very specialised skill set as they are the backbone of your event. They introduce your other speakers/entertainers and set the tone. Their experience with a variety of audiences allows them to manage expectations and any unexpected interruptions.
David Smiedt
David was born in South Africa in 1968 and migrated to Australia at the age of 18. He spent the next three years at Macquarie University in Sydney, where he frequently used the word’ postmodern’ erroneously and out of context. He went on to betray his sex in magazines such as Cleo, New Woman, marie claire, Cosmopolitan and ELLE.
David is the resident compere at Sydney’s Hilton Marble Bar comedy nights.
Dave Bloustien
Dave Bloustien is an award-winning comedy writer, grand-champion improvisor and a smart-as-pants stand-up comedian. He’s performed in comedy festivals in four states as well as in London, San Francisco and rural Zambia. He writes jokes for Good News Week and once had to prove he was “funny” in court.
“non stop laughs … laid back, engaging and intelligently perceptive, peppering his routine with a genuine charm that made the hour fly”
The Advertiser
Dave Jory
He regularly performs at festivals around Australia such as ‘The Cracker Comedy Festival’ and ‘The Melbourne International Comedy Festival’. Dave can also be seen headlining at comedy clubs all over Australia when he’s not appearing on TV or radio.
He was voted one of Zoo Magazine’s ‘10 Funniest Australian Comedians’, is also an accomplished actor and writer, and somehow finds time to take part in Sydney cult acapella group Manchoir as well.
Dave’s stand-up act is relatable, light on profanity, and most of all, hilarious!
Jacques Barrett
I’ve punched out sets around Sydney, Wollongong, Brisbane, Woy Woy,and I’ve run 3 comedy rooms: one at the Paddington Bowling Club in 2004, one at the Bondi Bowling club in 2005 and currently Comedy@BB’s at Bar Bondi. I’ve hosted heaps of trivia nights and charity events and I was a lawn bowls instructor for a few years too, but I retired because of my hip, which I shattered when I was drunk in my shower.
Sam McCool
He’s a conceptual comic with a corporate edge! No heckle too great, no audience too audacious, and no stone left unturned to squeeze the comic marrow from each morsel of material at his disposal. Fresh, harmless and original comedy is his forte.
Besides a career which has seen him manage 3 boutique resorts by the age of 26, set up his own holistic tourism business, and take on the corporate world of international banking… Sam also brings with him over 10 years of stand up comedy, improvisation, freelance writing, and hosting major events as an MC/entertainer.
