(Updated 19 September, 2022) Practice is essential to a stand-up comedy career. Sure, the Hard Knock Knocks stand-up comedy course will allow you to hit the ground running, but even we acknowledge that it’s still no substitute for getting up on stage, trialling your material, and bombing – often. Here’s a regularly updated list of open mic comedy rooms in …
Each week the School of Hard Knock Knocks highlights one of our recent graduates from our Adelaide, Melbourne or Sydney courses. This week, it’s the hilarious Anntonia Vitt. Anntonia attended the January 2020 stand-up comedy course in Sydney, with guest comedian Matt Okine. Graduates of the School of Hard Knock Knocks are invited to perform at Punchlines Comedy Club in …
Each week the School of Hard Knock Knocks highlights one of our recent graduates from our Adelaide, Melbourne or Sydney courses. This week, it’s the hilarious Matt Vella. Matt attended the January 2020 stand-up comedy course in Sydney, with guest comedian Matt Okine, and this video on Facebook has gone viral – hitting well over 3,700 views within its first …
Each week the School of Hard Knock Knocks highlights one of our recent graduates from our Adelaide, Melbourne or Sydney courses. This week, it’s the delightful Carolyn Swindell. Carolyn attended the January 2020 stand-up comedy course in Sydney, with guest comedian Matt Okine – and stole the show just before Matt’s headline performance. Like a lot of students at the …
Listen to the audio of this interview of Australian comedian Matt Okine by clicking here. Morry Morgan: G’day comedian Matt Okine, how are you? Matt Okine: I’m great, mate. How are you? Morry Morgan: Very good. Excellent. Actually, I’m in Melbourne. Where are you today? Matt Okine: Lying on my bed in Sydney. The Ashes is playing downstairs. It’s been …
It should be a joke, but it’s so successful. One Aussie company, the School of Hard Knock Knocks, has turned the traditional business model of suppliers being paid by customers on its head. Instead they pay their customers! So what is their business? They teach stand-up comedy. The business model flip isn’t a marketing fad either. The school was established …
What are the ingredients to become a stand-up comedian? For Australian comedian Cam Knight it was larrikinism, peer group pressure, and The Life of Brian. In this School of Hard Knock Knocks podcast, host Steve Davis talks to comedian and actor Cam Knight about his city-hopping comedy career, butterfly gags, and performing at the Sydney Opera House. Cam also talks …
Sydney based Seizure Kaiser is not afraid to broach edgy topics in his comedy. And performing stand-up is only one of his talents, since he’s also a comedy producer and promoter. In this School of Hard Knock Knocks podcast episode Seizure Kaiser shares the difference between ‘racist jokes’ and ‘jokes about racism’, performing comedy well outside political correctness, and forgetting …
It’s fair to say that Australian comedian Julia Wilson is not afraid of conflict – both verbal and physical. Prior to her 17 year career as a stand-up comedian, Julia was a truckie, a bouncer and bodyguard. More recently, she’s also got into NFL, American Football, and in a big way too! She’s quite possibly the toughest woman in comedy. …
