MICK'S BIG NIGHT OUT 2013 - TAFE Directors Australia

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ROB CARLTON A recognised face in Australia for both comedy and drama,
his credits span TV, film and theatre. Recently Rob was seen on Paper Giants -
The Birth of Cleo as Kerry Packer. He was nominated for an Australian Academy
Award and a Silver Logie for his performance. 2012 will see Rob as a support lead
in the ABC drama Mabo, in PJ Hogan’s new film Mental starring Toni Collette and
the lead bad guy in the family action Conspiracy 365.
BRYAN DAWE is one of Australia’s finest political satirists. He has enjoyed
a long career on radio; television, film and the speakers’ circuit, with his much
loved characters Sir Murray Rivers QC and Roly Parks. On television he is best
known for his work with fellow satirist, John Clarke, on the ABC 7.30 program
and for his role in the much acclaimed ABC Television series ‘The Games’.
Bryan has also appeared in various films including the hit Australian film
‘The Castle’. He is a long-term advocate of reconciliation between white
and black Australians. Bryan is the inaugural Chair of ‘Common Fate’ which
supports the aims of indigenous elder and the group’s patron, Pat Dodson.
TIM FREEDMAN is the singer and songwriter in The Whitlams. Last century
he won a couple of ARIAs and he continues to tread the boards whenever possible.
PERRY KEYES is a gifted songwriter who, over three albums, has recorded
songs about Sydney’s most marginalised people. Focusing on the inner-city areas
where he grew up, and still lives, his richly detailed songs are both celebrations and
cautionary tales of life on the fringe. Tim Freedman called his 2005 debut album
‘Meter’ “the best Australian album in the last ten years’. Perry’s second album
‘The Last Ghost Train Home’ was ABC Radio National’s ‘Album of the Year’.
His third album, ‘Jonny Ray’s Downtown’ was nominated for an ARIA.
When Alice Springs mother of five FIONA O’LOUGHLIN started doing
her stand-up her hilarious stories of housewifery and motherhood were an
immediate hit. Her first festival show, Fiona And Her Sister (And Some Wierd Guy)
earned her the Best Newcomer Award at Melbourne International Comedy Festival
(MICF). She’s been enjoying sell-out seasons on the festival circuit ever since. In
2006 she took home the Piece of Wood, and MICF award for the funniest show as
voted for by other comics. In 2007 and 2008 she was nominated the MICF’s Barry
Award for Best Show. In more recent years Fiona has overcome a well-documented
‘battle with the bottle’. This, like other aspects of her life, has become ‘material’ for
her stand-up. And Fiona is even funnier sober.