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The Friend in Hand - High Five Comedy
Sunday 25th October - Chris Radburn, Dan Rath, Steve Philp, Alan Fang, Akilia Amaratunga
- Time Out People’s Choice Award. International Finalist – NBC’s Last Comic Standing. Former lawyer Chris Radburn is an Aussie comedian who has earned a reputation for clever and cheeky observations that are relatable original and hilarious. Chris has appeared as a comedian on over 15 TV shows including The NRL Footy Show, NBC’s Last Comic Standing, CNN International, Stand up Australia, Thursday Night Live, Getaway and the Sydney Comedy Festival Gala and performed overseas in America, Malaysia, Solomon Islands, Egypt, Dubai and New Zealand. Chris also Performed for the Australian Troops in Afghanistan
★★★★ “Clever –witted observational gags…Likely to strike a chord with anyone willing to not take themselves too seriously.” – The Advertiser
”Overflowing with laughter for his set …… Radburn combines the Aussie yarn with classical comedic storytelling, culminating in a hysterical show.” – Kryztoff Raw
“…reveals himself for the true professional observer he is.” – Rip it Up
“Great delivery …you murdered’ – Rob Schneider
‘With deft wit, his observational style hits’ – The Age
‘Very funny …the audience loved it’ – Sun Herald
‘Laid back Seinfeld like ‘real life’ comedy’ – Arts Hub
Handpicked to support US comedy superstars Chelsea Handler, Weird Al Yankovic and Rob Schneider on their Australian tours.
WINNER 2025 - Melbourne Comedy Festival – Directors Choice Award.
Winner Best show 2025 – Sydney Comedy Festival
Winner 2024 Piece of Wood Award (the comedians comedian award) Melbourne Comedy Festival
Once in a generation and one of our favourite comedians in the country, Dan Rath is a comedian for anyone has ever had problems genuinely showing affection for a dog. His target demographic is burnouts who don't have a driver's license. His influences include self-doubt, algebra and crippling debt. He is a cult comedian. He dabbled in Scientology before being kicked out for trying to send an e-mail on an e-meter. He was audited and his company RATHEMATICS Pty Ltd went into liquidation (alcoholism).
“Meta-funny’ - Herald Sun
‘Jokes and tags flowed in thick and fast - equal parts ironic and absurd’ Comedy Beast Magazine
“Meticulously constructed comedic sucker punches” – The Music
Akila Amaratunga better known mononymously as Akila, is a stand-up comedian and social media personality. Like the rest of the OG Crew, he is former cast member of Yeah Mad, a YouTube commedy channel.
Steve Philp Finalist for Time Out comedian the year. Actor, comedian and radio host Steve Philp has been touring the world with the best in the biz for over 20 years.
Steve’s big break came in 2008 when he was selected as one of 14 Australian comedians to travel to Miami and compete in NBC’s top rating show “Last comic Standing” in which he made the Quarter finals and got to perform to a sold out Miami improv and an American TV audience of well over 20 million.
Getting a start with Merrick and Rosso on Nova 969 Steve then went on to tour the country with the likes of The Umbilical Brothers, Arj Barker and just last year supported Carl Barron at the Newcastle Ent Cent in front of 7000 people. Steve revved up the crowd at the NRL Footy Show for 15 years and appeared on The Best of The Footy Show comedians DVD. Steve also appeared on Kinne Tv on Ch 7 where his hidden camera sketch “Can you get in anywhere with a Ladder” has now had over 40 million views.
More recently Steve appeared on The Matty Johns show as an annoying Uber driver picking up unsuspecting NRL players and driving them crazy. Steve is a regular on SEN radio and went viral last year for placing a plaque in the same Newcastle cubicle that Kalyn Ponga and Kurt Mann visited.
Steve is quickly is one of most in demand comedians in Australia with his all round appeal and style.
‘A Natural…one of the funniest acts of the night’ - Sun Herald
Alan Fang is a 5-year Stand up who’s performed at the Comedy Store and Enmore Theatre. He is member of the OG Crew with over 1.3M subscribers on YouTube and has had been a performer in videos that have reached 27M+ Views (TikTok) and 11M+ views (Youtube). He was part of the Breakout program at Sydney Comedy Festival 2025. He has produced sketches with 130 thousand+ views.
Event venue
Friend in Hand Hotel, 58 Cowper Street, Glebe, Australia
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