Artists: Sam Simmons

Sam Simmons  

Sam Simmons

Comedy Performer


http://www.samsimmons.com.au

Agency:
PBJ 
Agent:
Cathy & Rachel Mason
Contact:
Jo Williams
E-mail:
jow@pbjmanagement.co.uk
Tel:
+44 20 7287 1112
Type:
Token, Australia Contact
Name:
Kevin Whyte
E-mail:
erin@token.com.au
Tel:
0394174700

Sam Simmons’s networks:

Multi award-winning comedian pegged as one of the most daring and unconventional; completely original and vastly absurd, he has one foot firmly planted into the soils of reality, and the other rooted deep into the psyche of being silly.

Sam Simmons’s credit list

Television

Programme Name Character/Role Channel/Company Year
Problems Writer / Performer ABC TV (Australia) 2013
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala Performer Network Ten (Australia) 2013
The Unbelievable Truth Performer Channel Seven (Australia) 2012
BBC Three Comedy Marathon Writer / Performer BBC Three 2012
Fail, Warehouse Comedy Festival Writer / Performer ABC TV 2011
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala Writer / Performer Network Ten 2011
The Trophy Room Guest ABC TV 2011
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala Writer / Performer Network Ten 2010
Rove Writer / Performer (stand-up) Network Ten 2009
The 7PM Project - Metro Whip Around Guest Network Ten 2009
The Urban Monkey with Murray Foote Creator / Performer ABC TV 2009
JTV Regular host and contributor ABC TV 2008 - 09
Stand Up! Australia Performer (stand-up) Comedy Channel 2008
The Urban Monkey - pilot Creator / Performer ABC TV 2007
The Sideshow Writer / Performer (stand-up) ABC TV 2007
JTV Regular host and contributor ABC TV 2007
Stand Up! Australia Writer / Performer (stand-up) Comedy Channel 2006
Comic Relief Writer / Performer Channel 7 2005
Stand Up Writer / Performer ABC TV 2004
On the Streets Writer / Performer Comedy Channel 2004
RAW Comedy National Finals Writer / Performer ABC TV 2003
On the Streets Writer / Performer Comedy Channel 2003

Writing

Name Role Channel/Company Year
Rove Regular television writer Network Ten 2009
Triple J Regular writer on various radio shows Triple J 2007 - 08
Ronnie Johns' Half Hour Script Writer Writer Network Ten 2006

Theatre and Live Performance

Tour/Event Name Character/Role Venue Year
Shitty Trivia Writer / Performer Adelaide Fringe Festival 2013
Shitty Trivia Writer / Performer Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2013
About the Weather Writer / Performer Soho Theatre, London 2012 - 2013
TEDxTalk Speaker on the necessity of silliness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdWECtyM36s&feature=youtu.be 2012
About the Weather Writer / Performer Adelaide Comedy Festival 2012
About the Weather Writer / Performer Montreal, Just for Laughs Comedy Festival 2012
About the Weather Writer / Performer Sydney Opera House, Just for Laughs Comedy Festival 2012
About the Weather Writer / Performer Brisbane Comedy Festival 2012
About the Weather Writer / Performer Astor Theatre, Perth 2012
About the Weather Writer / Performer Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh Fringe 2012
Meanwhile Writer / Performer Soho Theatre, London 2011 - 2012
Meanwhile Writer / Performer Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011
The Precise History of Things Writer / Performer Melbourne Comedy Festival 2011
The Precise History of Things Writer / Performer Adelaide Fringe Festival 2011
The Precise History of Things Writer / Performer Brisbane Comedy Festival 2011
Fail Writer / Performer Soho Theatre, London 2011
The Precise History of Things Writer / Performer The Astor Theatre, Perth 2011
Fail Writer / Performer Melbourne Comedy Festival 2010
Fail Writer / Performer Adelaide Fringe Festival 2010
Fail Writer / Performer Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2010
Fail Writer / Performer Sydney Fringe Festival 2010
Fail Writer / Performer The Astor Theatre, Perth 2010
The Incident - with David Quirk - Moosehead Recipient Show Writer / Performer Melbourne Comedy Festival 2010
The Incident - with David Quirk - Moosehead Recipient Show Writer / Performer Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2010
Problems Writer / Performer Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2009
Sam Simmons In The Net Starring Sandra Bullock Writer / Performer Melbourne Comedy and Fringe Festivals 2009
The Sam Simmons Experience Writer / Performer Adelaide Fringe Festival 2009
The Sam Simmons Experience Writer / Performer Brisbane Comedy Festival 2009
The Sam Simmons Experience Writer / Performer The Spiegeltent, Sydney Opera House 2008
Where Can I Win a Bear Around Here? Writer / Performer Melbourne Comedy Festival 2008
The Sex & Science of Boredom Writer / Performer Adelaide Fringe Festival 2007
The Sex & Science of Boredom Writer / Performer Melbourne Comedy Festival 2007
Tales from the Erotic Cat Writer / Performer Sydney Cracker Comedy Festival 2006
Tales from the Erotic Cat Writer / Performer Adelaide Fringe Festival 2006
Tales from the Erotic Cat Writer / Performer Melbourne Comedy Festival 2006
The Sunshine Factory - Part 2 Writer / Performer with Dave Callan Melbourne Comedy Festival 2006
Melbourne Comedy Festival Roadshow Writer / Performer Various 2005 - 2010
The Sunshine Factory Writer / Performer with Dave Callan Melbourne Comedy Festival 2005
Dave Callan Writer / Performer, support act Adelaide Comedy Festival 2005
Late Night Spiegel Club Writer / Performer Spiegeltent Summer Series, Melbourne 2004 - 05
Heckle & Hyde: The Murder Mystery Writer / Performer Melbourne Comedy Festival 2004
The Steve Promise Story - Moosehead Recipient Show Writer / Performer Melbourne Comedy Festival 2003

Radio, Music & Voice Recordings

Name Character/Role Station/Album Year
24 Hour Radio Marathon Host Triple J 2011
Various Regular contributor and host Triple J 2009 - 2011
Weekend Breakfast Host Triple J 2008
Breakfast Show Regular guest and contributor Triple J 2008
Drive Show Regular guest and contributor Triple J 2008
The Tuck Shop Host Triple J 2007
Stranger Danger Weekly Drive Show with Robbie Buck segment Triple J 2006 - 07
Better than Church Regular guest as The Animal Guy Fox FM 2005
The Pinch breakfast show Regular guest Triple R 2003 - 04

Video, DVD and CD

Name Character/Role Company Year
Fail Writer / Performer Madman Entertainment 2011
Anyone's Video Shock Records 2004
Something for Kate BMG Records 2002

Awards

Award Won Awards Name Year
Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show (formerly Perrier) 2011
Best Comedy Show Adelaide Fringe Festival 2011
Barry Award nominee Melbourne Comedy Festival 2011
Piece of Wood award Melbourne Comedy Festival 2010
Golden Gibbo for The Incident with David Quirk Melbourne Comedy Festival 2010
Festival Director's Choice Award Melbourne Comedy Festival 2008
Barry Award nominee Melbourne Comedy Festival 2006
Best Comedy Adelaide Fringe Festival Emerging Artist Award 2006
Best Comedy Squirrelm Grip Award, Melbourne Comedy Festival 2006
Golden Gibbo nominee Melbourne Comedy Festival 2005
Moosehead Melbourne Comedy Festival 2003

Competition

Name Position Year
Triple J RAW Comedy Competition National Finalist 2005

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