Dom Irrera
Comedy
8.45pm, 21 April - 1 May, 2010
Information
SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL PRESENTS
DOM IRRERA (US)
Making his Australian debut at the Sydney Comedy Festival, Dom Irrera has
one of the most natural styles in all of stand-up comedy. He has the ability
to make almost any crowd laugh until it hurts, with an intricate mix of
stories and characters weaved together seamlessly.
Dom has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The View, Late Show with David
Letterman, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and The Tonight Show with
Jay Leno, and made numerous cameo appearances on hit TV shows. Irrera was a
series regular on the '98 Fox comedy Damon starring Damon Wayans and his
guest-star credits include Seinfeld, Becker, Everybody Loves Raymond and
King of Queens. In addition, Dom voices the character Ernie, the demolitions
expert, on Nickelodeon's Hey Arnold.
Nominated, six times for an American Comedy Award, Dom Irrera's stand-up
material was honed in a multi-generational Italian household in South
Philadelphia with his mother, sister, grandmother, uncles and cousins all
under one very big roof. A great-grandmother even lived across the street.
Together there were three floors and four generations of family.
His first big break was his performance on Rodney Dangerfield's Nothing Goes
Right comedy specials for HBO. In 1989 Irrera's own HBO One Night Stand
earned him his first CableACE award for Best Stand-Up Comedy Special. In '95
he won a second CableACE for the Showtime stand-up series he hosted, Full
Frontal Comedy. That same year he received a second CableACE nomination in
the writing category for his work on Comedy Central's animated series, Dr.
Katz: Professional Therapist.
Dom presently resides as the Judge in DirecTV's Supreme Court of Comedy. He
has performed at Montreal's prestigious "Just For Laughs Festival" and the
"Cat Laughs Festival" in Kilkenny, Ireland, in fact he has made more
appearances at both festivals than any other American comic. He also has
performed at the Edinburgh Festival's Assembly Hall where he received the
"Herald Award" for artistic excellence.
--LISTING INFORMATION
Venue: The Comedy Store
Dates: 21 April - 1 May
Time: 8.45pm
Tickets: Preview $25, Tue-Thu $27 adult/$21.50 concession, Fri-Sat $32.50
adult /$27 concession
Bookings: 02 9020 6966
Venue
The Comedy Store @ The Entertainment Quarter, 207/122 Land Road, Moore Park
Price
$21.50 - $25
Bookings
02 9020 6966