Funny In Failure

Dave Lawson is a TV and radio personality, a writer, comedian and an actor. He's also appeared in the iconic Toyota memorable moments series, and has been the host of a variety of TV shows, in particular a S'Arvo, Camp Orange and various other nickelodeon ones. He is also the host of the web series, "Dave Shed Show" which has featured some of the biggest names in Australia (including Stephen Curry...

Julia Hladkowictz is a comedian, actor, writer and food blogger from Canada. She has appeared on Comedy Network, Much Music's Video on Trial, MTV, YTV, PBS, Conan, Kevin Hart's LOL network and on SiriusXM. Julia has also toured all over North America performing at clubs and at multiple festivals including San Francisco Sketch Fest, Laughing Skull Comedy Competition in Atlanta, NXNE, COCA (Canadian...

Emily Joy is is an actor, recently seen on screen in "Neighbours", "Tonightly With Tom Ballard" and "The Housemate". She has recently performed in the Comedy Festival for the sketch show "Mindful-mess" and can be seen weekly as an improviser at The Improv Conspiracy. She also runs Joy Studio, a boutique acting studio here in Melbourne. Next up you can catch her in the web series "Woah, Alyssa! Sea...

John Safran is an award-winning documentary maker of provocative and hilarious takes on race, the media, religion and other issues. Safran first hit TV screens in 1997 on "Race Around the World". Both John Safran's" Music Jamboree" and "John Safran vs. God" won Australian Film Industry awards for best comedy series and most original concept, and were also nominated for Logie awards. Other shows in...

Alice Fraser is an ex lawyer, ex academic and investment banker turned award winning writer, broadcaster, performer, comedian, keynote speaker and more. Just when you think she couldn't cram in anymore you hear that she has also hosted a "Ted X" talk and that her "Trilogy" podcast series was voted "Apple Editorials" teams #1 best Australian podcast for 2018. She's now living in London, gigging aro...

Damian Callinan is an ex drama teacher, multi award-winning stand-up comic, actor, writer, podcaster, story teller and a producer. You may know him from his roles on "Skithouse", "Before The Game" & "Backyard Ashes" as well as regular guest appearances on shows such as Spicks and Specks & the Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala, where he has been nominated 3 times for the Barry Award for Most Outstandi...

Ben Russell is an award nominated stand up comic, improviser, actor, director, puppeteer, impressionist and writer. You may recognize him him from The Toykyo Hotel" or as the head writer for the bizarre tonight show "Aaron Chen Tonight" or even from ABC shows "Fancy Boy Pilot", "Sideliners" and "The Let Down". He is also the co-creator of the cult hit touring show "Nö Shöw" and has also been invol...

Nina Oyama is a stand-up comedian, writer and actress. She has performed all around Australia and has written for radio, stage and TV. Including writing for Tonightly with Tom Ballard. You can also catch her on Utopia on ABC where she plays the role of Courtney. Nina is also writer/director of a comedy web series titled 'The Angus Project' for ABC's Fresh Blood 2017 initiative, which she created w...

Michael Chamberlin is a veteran of the Australian comedy scene. He is a writer, actor, podcaster and stand-up comedian. Beginning his comedy career in the year 2000, Michael Chamberlin has been the host, writer and producer of "The Mansion", a fictional news show for The Comedy Channel, a cast member and writer for Ten Network's popular sketch comedy series "skitHOUSE". He has also been seen on "R...

Jacqueline Mifsud is comedian, actor, writer and TV and radio host. She developed her comedic style and quick wit over four years while working as a tour guide in Paris. She performed three-hour-long walking tours around the city of light, mainly for backpackers. As she was paid only in tips, Jacqueline quickly learnt how to read an audience and use humour to make enough money to pay rent (and buy...

Neel Kolhatkar is a YouTube star, comedian and actor. Neel has been doing the rounds of comedy clubs and theaters across Australia and around the world since he won the Class Clowns competition at just fifteen years old. His accents, impressions, short films and carefully-crafted jokes have seen him collect more than million followers and  millions of video views. Amongst many things, Neel talks a...

Adam Kangas is a improviser and the founder and artistic director of The Improv Conspiracy, Australia's leading source of Chicago-style improvised comedy. We discuss how a self proclaimed introvert has managed to thrive in the world of improv comedy. If you want to see Adam perform or join classes at his theatre, you can find out more details at https://improvconspiracy.com/ Follow @Funny in Failu...

This podcast series is where I interview funny and interesting people to discuss, their careers and some of the challenges they have faced. I hope to use this platform to normalise and encourage the discussion of failure, particularly through the lens of the comedy industry, to show that it can be a stepping stone towards the road of success. Nothing is better than humour to normalise a situation,...