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19 July 2009 A fantastic night with the final of the Coopers Comedy Competition being held! Well done to all our finalists, and congratulations to young Newcastle comic Rob Bukey who won the night! It’s great to see, Rob has been around the Newcastle scene for a while and you will surely see more of him after this! Don’t forget even though the competition is over if you want to get up and give stand up a go you can email us at newcastlecomedy@gmail.com you won’t feel a rush like it anywhere else! This Saturday we’ve got local comic Nick Haynes MC and our headliner is Simon Kennedy. See you there for another great night of comedy! 5 July 2009 Sorry for the lack of blog entries over the last few weeks! As most comedian-run organisations tend to go, we go AWOL for a bit... We've had some great nights of comedy over the last few weeks, with headliners The Dickster, Peter Egner and Jason Starrett, and some first time MCs in Nick Haynes and Daz Thorne - plenty of Newcastle comics in there and great to see home grown comics up on stage too! The next couple of weeks will be great, 2 of the funniest bald men of comedy Dave Jory and Simon Kennedy are on the way before July is out, and the Coopers Comedy Competition grand final is in 2 weeks, Newcastle's best up and comers competing for your votes and $500! So if you want a great night of comedy for FREE, drop in to the Ori! 8:30pm starts. 14 June 2009 What a great crowd for last night's comedy! One of the best we've had this year, not only in size but in keen-ness to hear some fantastic comedy! And a treat for fans of great stand up last night, with some brilliant new acts performing at the Ori. MC was the talented actor / comic Tom Oakley, carving out a name for himself around Sydney and clearly working his charms on the Newcastle crowd! We also had a new open micer from Sydney Danny Morgan who did a great 10 min set, including his story about being beat up by Danny Green (needless to say, he wasn't heckled!) Also local comic Jeremy Ryan did a tight five. The headliner was Matt Okine, who's performed on Rove and has moved from Brisbane to Sydney to pursue his stand up career, and a great set from a guy you're certainly going to see more of not just at the Ori, but around the traps as his career shoots onwards and upwards. Next week the Dickster is back to headline! We got a taste of his wares again when he was MC a few weeks back, now as headliner he's set to rock the Ori as the star of the show! See you there! 6 June 2009 Another solid crowd at the Ori tonight, and why not, with a treat - Newcastle lad the Dickster back to MC the evening! Back from his time in Western Australia and touring around, the Dickster had the crowd laughing and hecklers cowering! He'll be headlining in a few weeks time too so you'll get a double dose of Dickster at the Ori! Our open micers tonight were Sydney comic Nick Capper making the trip up to do a tight five, and local comic Jeremy Ryan jumping up with some new gear. And of course the headliner was the sax-wielding Gary Bradbury, always a pro and a crowd favourite. Gary was seen chatting to punters long after the mics were off - looks like another big night at the Ori hey? Next week we have another great show, the headliner is Matt Okine who has been on Rove and is the 'Chickkkennnnn' guy from the Maccas ads! Look forward to seeing him. Plus for open micers, it's one of your last chances to make the final of the Coopers Comedy Competition - the final is only a few weeks away! A little behind? Check out the Blog Archive. |
