EXCLUSIVE MANAGEMENT FOR: DAVE THORNTON Stand Up Comedian/Presenter

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With his accessible humour and free flowing style, Dave’s success as a comic has quickly broadened into a range of performance credits on TV, radio and stage.
Dave has been a guest on Network Ten’s Talkin’ ‘bout Your Generation a regular guest on Good News Week and he was seen on your screens in 2010 as a weekly panel member in the first season of Channel 7’s The White Room.  His stand-up has been televised on Good Morning Australia (Network Ten), the Melbourne Cup special of Stand-up Australia (The Comedy Channel), and Rove (Network Ten).

He hosted the first 3 seasons of Channel 31’s Studio A in Victoria seeing the show through to win ‘Best Live Show’ and ‘Most Outstanding Program of The Year’ at the 2009 Channel 31 Antenna Awards.  More recently, you would have seen him covering various stories and as a regular panel member on The Project, which has seen him interview the likes of Anne Hathaway, Owen Wilson, Jake Gyllenhall and Andy Murray.

His solo debut performance in at the 2007 Melbourne International Comedy Festival garnered a nomination for ‘Best Newcomer’ for his show Euromission and he has returned to the Comedy Festival each year since, with Info, Never Sweat, A Different Type of Normal and in 2011 with I Wanna Be Bruce Lee.

Following the success of these seasons, 2009 also saw his debut performance at the Edinburgh Fringe with Allow Me To Introduce Myself..Dave’s success and sell-out shows also saw him invited to the prestigious Just For Laughs festival in Montreal in 2010, before heading over for his second season at the Edinburgh Fringe with A Different Type of Normal and wrapping up his international touring for the year at the Nando’s Cape Town Comedy Festival in South Africa where he again performed in 2011.

If he hasn’t been busy enough, his 2010 solo show, A Different Type of Normal has also been released on DVD through Madman Entertainment.

Dave is a Sagittarian who enjoys long walks in the park and getting caught in the rain.
“He’s razor sharp and very funny”. Inpress

“A quick and self deprecating wit…an engaging comic with a truly Australian take on life” The Age


Live Shows

2012 “The Some Of All The Parts”
Adelaide Fringe Festival, Brisbane Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival
2011 “I Wanna be Bruce Lee”
Adelaide Fringe Festival, Brisbane Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2010 “A Different Type Of Normal”
Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival,  Sydney Comedy Festival
2009 “Allow Me To Introduce Myself”
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
2009 “Never Sweat”
Solo Show
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2008 “Info”
Solo Show
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2007 “Euromission”
Solo Show                              
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2006 “What… Me Worry?”
Solo Show
Melbourne Fringe Festival
2006 “Eyecandy”
Four-man show
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2005 “The No Underpants Show”
Two-Man Show
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Television

2012 Network TEN OXFAM Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala
2011-12 Network TEN The Project (Regular Guest and Guest Co-Host)
2010-11 Network TEN

The 7PM Project (Regular Guest and Guest Co-Host)

2010-11  Network TEN

Good News Week (Guest)

2011-12 Network TEN

The Circle (Guest Co- Host)

2011 ABC TV 

Spicks and Specks(Guest)

2011 The Comedy Channel

You Have Been Watching (Guest)

2011 ABC TV Agony Uncles (Guest)
2011 ABC TV The Trophy Room  (Guest)
2010  Channel Seven The White Room (Regular Panelist)
2010 Network TEN The Circle (Guest)
2009 Network TEN    Talkin’ ‘bout Your Generation
(Guest)
2008 - 09 Channel 31 Studio A
(Host)
2009 SBS ADbc (Guest)
2008 Network TEN Rove
(Stand Up Spot)   
2008 Network TEN Good News Week
(Guest)
2007 Comedy Channel Stand Up Australia
(Stand Up Spot)
2006 Network TEN Good Morning Australia

Radio


2011 Fox FM Melbourne

Breakfast Show (Regular fill in  co-host)

2009 - 10 NOVA 96.9 Brisbane Breakfast Show (Fill in co-host)
2010 NOVA - National Saturday Morning Show (Solo Host)
2009 NOVA – National Summer Breakfast Show (Co-Host with Dylan Lewis and Sophie Monk)
2009  NOVA 100 Melbourne Sunday Night Show (Host)
2008 NOVA 100 Breakfast Show (Guest)
2007-08 RRR The Pinch
(Declan Fay & Chris Kennett)

Recordings

2011 A Different Type of Normal
Madman Entertainment
(stand-up DVD)

Television (Acting)

2008 ABC Bed of Roses- Ep 1&3
Shannon Atherton
2007 Crackerjack Prod’s
/Channel 9
Comedy Inc - Series V

Awards

2009 Studio A, “Program Of The Year”, Host - Winner
2007

“Best New Comer” MICF - Nominee

2006 “Campus Comedian of the Year” - Winner
(TREV Awards)
2005 “Angling For a Laugh” - Winner
2005 “Search For Funny Bone” - Winner
2005 “Green Faces” - Second Place

Voice Over

Dave is a sought after voice over talent having voiced commercials for organisations such as Holden, The Defence Force, Delfin, Nandos, Hungry Jacks, Noodle Box, AMP and many more, including live show advertisements for Danny Bhoy, Josh Thomas and Wil Anderson.


Corporate

Australia Post, Cancer  Council Australia, Hawthorn Football Club,  Mazda Australia, Melbourne University, Telstra Communications, WAFM & Spirit FM Western Australia, Win TV, VCFL, Vesta Wind Systems and many more.


Other Notable Work

Just For Laughs Festival, Montreal
Cape Town Comedy Festival, South Africa, 2010 & 2011
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala, Comedy Spot, 2010 & 2011
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow, 2009, 2010 & 2011
Audience Warm Up - Various television shows for Channel 7 and Network Ten.

 

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Contact Erin Zamagni on 03 9417 4700 for further details.
Last updated: January 2012




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