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Ballina RSL Club and Mandy Nolan Presents THE BIG GIG
2010 Season Kicks off Thursday, March 25
stand up comedy at its best...
FEATURING TOMMY DEAN PLUS SUPPORT PAUL MCMAHON AND MC MANDY NOLAN.
TOMMY DEAN
Tommy Dean is an American comedian with a unique understanding of Australia, its audiences and above all, what makes us laugh. Indeed, the cultural divide between Americans and Australians provides much of his intelligent observational humour.
With his rich voice, Tommy’s performance style is laid back to say the least, even when presenting as ‘angry.’
Tommy Dean has proved to be a huge hit with audiences across the nation and is firmly established as one of Australia's most sought after comic performers and writers.
In constant demand on the live circuit, Tommy is a regular headline act in comedy venues around Australia. He has also performed in many of the leading comedy clubs in the USA as well as New Zealand, North America, Europe and South East Asia.
Some of Tommy Deans’ TV credits include: The Sideshow, Sunrise,The Glasshouse, O'Loghlin, (regular guest and writer), BackBerner (writer), The Fat (guest and writer), Good News Week, Thank God it's Friday, The Today Show, and the Take No Prisoners Amnesty International Comedy Festival for Foxtel.
SOMETHING ABOUT MANDY NOLAN
Mandy Nolan has performed as a stand-up comedian for 18 years. During that time, she has worked alongside celebrities such as Whoopi Goldberg, Ertha Kit, and Bob Downe.
Mandy's stand-up is known and loved for its rapid fire philosophical philandering and for the obtuse observations and esoteric back scratches that emerge from the musings of what she describes as "a modern madam whose dilemma is to navigate the new frontiers in the suburban badlands of human relationships."
Audiences adore Mandy on stage, and around Byron Bay where she lives, Mandy-jokes are as much a part of the vernacular as any surf speak. Her humour is sharp, honest, sometimes self-depreciating, somewhat outrageous, but never cruel or pretentious. Frequently irreverent, it speaks to a diverse audience with no set demographic, no gender, race or religion, occupation or tribe. It even crosses state borders and mediums (Mandy also writes and paints).
BIG GIG LINE UP 2010
| DATE | COMEDIAN |
|---|---|
| Thursday, April 22 | Feature Fred Lang & Support Ellen Briggs plus MC Mandy Nolan |
| Thursday, May 27 | Feature Subby Valentine & Support John Zeez plus MC Mandy Nolan. |
| Thursday, June 24 | TBA |
| Thursday, July 29 | TBA |
| Thursday, August 26 | TBA |
| Thursday, September 30 | TBA |
| Thursday, October 28 | TBA |
| Thursday, November 25 | TBA |
| Friday, December 31 | TBA |