Anthony Ackroyd's stellar comedy career spans three decades and he continues to be one of Australia’s most successful stand up comics and comedy writers. He is currently one of the stars of ABC’s Thank God It’s Friday! which is the top rating radio comedy show in Australia. And audiences in Australia and overseas find his stand up comedy performances and his famous impersonation of ex-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd more entertaining than ever!
As a stand up comic he has produced laughter live in front of audiences ranging in number from a private party of 10 to 110,000 at Stadium Australia. He is also an expert speaker on the power of laughter and humour and is recognised as a leading authority on the social impacts of comedy. His articles are frequently printed in leading publications such as The Sydney Morning Herald.
Anthony rose to prominence as a star of the ABC’s legendary comedy series The Big Gig and has performed and written for over one hundred Australian and international TV shows, radio programmes, and feature films (he’s even been a question on Wheel Of Fortune!). He was a writer-performer on Australia’s most successful comedy TV series, The Comedy Company.
Anthony has worked extensively throughout Australia, USA, UK, New Zealand, and Asia. He has workshopped material with writer- performers such as Billy Crystal and Rowan Atkinson, and co-starred in the movie Reckless Kelly with Alexei Sayle. He has also written material for Jim Carrey’s Ace Ventura character.
As a clown-doctor Anthony spent years cheering up sick children in the Sydney Children’s Hospital. He is a certified Laughter Group Leader with Laughter Club International.
Anthony was the creator and Director of the Bowral Of Laughs Comedy Festival, a three year project which showcased the cream of Australian comedy including the staging of the official Graham Kennedy Celebration which honoured Australia’s greatest comedian.
Anthony also applies his unique talents to entertaining and inspiring the business and corporate world. with his keynote delivery Success is a Joke! he teaches people how to consciously create and enjoy the benefits of more humour, laughter, play, and positive energy in business and life.
He was chosen to be part of a group of prominent Australians whose opinions on the nature of democracy were recorded for a permanent multi-media installation at the Museum Of Australian Democracy in Canberra.
Anthony wrote and presented the political satire web show Political Bent which was featured on the websites of The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, WA Today, and The Brisbane Times.
Anthony also applies his unique talents to entertaining and inspiring the business and corporate world. Through his keynote delivery Success is a Joke! and seminar Laugh for Life! he teaches people how to consciously create and enjoy the benefits of more humour, laughter, play, and positive energy in business and life.
Anthony rose to prominence as a star of the ABC’s legendary comedy series The Big Gig and has performed and written for over one hundred Australian and international TV shows, radio programmes, and feature films (he’s even been a question on Wheel Of Fortune!). He was a writer-performer on Australia’s most successful comedy TV series, The Comedy Company.
Anthony has worked extensively throughout Australia, USA, UK, New Zealand, and Asia. He has workshopped material with writer- performers such as Billy Crystal and Rowan Atkinson, and co-starred in the movie Reckless Kelly with Alexei Sayle. He has also written material for Jim Carrey’s Ace Ventura character.
As a clown-doctor Anthony spent years cheering up sick children in the Sydney Children’s Hospital. He is a certified Laughter Group Leader with Laughter Club International.
Anthony was the creator and Director of the Bowral Of Laughs Comedy Festival, a three year project which showcased the cream of Australian comedy including the staging of the official Graham Kennedy Celebration which honoured Australia’s greatest comedian.
Anthony also applies his unique talents to entertaining and inspiring the business and corporate world. with his keynote delivery Success is a Joke! he teaches people how to consciously create and enjoy the benefits of more humour, laughter, play, and positive energy in business and life.
He was chosen to be part of a group of prominent Australians whose opinions on the nature of democracy were recorded for a permanent multi-media installation at the Museum Of Australian Democracy in Canberra.
Anthony wrote and presented the political satire web show Political Bent which was featured on the websites of The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, WA Today, and The Brisbane Times.
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"Imaginative, witty, delightful...Ackroyd does everything except walk on water"
THE AGE
"Ackroyd is witty, intelligent, and best of all, hysterically funny."
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
"Anthony Ackroyd is the man of the moment! A state-of-the-art comedian and social commentator. Catch him!"
COSMOPOLITAN
"Pure genius!"
ADELAIDE SUNDAY MAIL
"Ackroyd is undoubtedly one of our finest comic talents."
VOGUE
"Sheer wit and subtlety...loads of invention and unadulterated FUN...I just gaped in awestruck amazement."
MELBOURNE TIMES
"Comedy at its best. Laughable, lovable, a performer whose gestures are as articulate as his words, Ackroyd is a fine comic actor and writer. Don't miss this show."
CANBERRA TIMES
"Certainly the funniest show in town...madcap humour at a merry pace."
THE TELEGRAPH
"Unstoppable talent and wonderful cultural comment."
ROLLING STONE
"Very funny...delightful...genuine wit and powers of observation plus real performance skills...highly entertaining...Ackroyd's invention does not flag...Comes strongly recommended."
DAILY MIRROR
"Always intelligent and always funny...quality comedy with wit, versatility and polish"
ADELAIDE NEWS
"The hope of contemporary cabaret...one of the most cleverly talented comedy writers in this country. If you haven't been living on the outer reaches of the galaxy for the past few years you know Anthony Ackroyd. His show is a delightful masterpiece which roused the audience into a frenzy of applause that even U2 couldn't inspire."
ON THE STREET
One of Australia's premier talents...Ackroyd is a sure-fire tickle your sides laugh generator!
NORTHERN TERRITORY NEWS
WHAT THE CRITICS SAY ABOUT ANTHONY ACKROYD
"Imaginative, witty, delightful...Ackroyd does everything except walk on water"
THE AGE
"Ackroyd is witty, intelligent, and best of all, hysterically funny."
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
"Anthony Ackroyd is the man of the moment! A state-of-the-art comedian and social commentator. Catch him!"
COSMOPOLITAN
"Pure genius!"
ADELAIDE SUNDAY MAIL
"Ackroyd is undoubtedly one of our finest comic talents."
VOGUE
"Sheer wit and subtlety...loads of invention and unadulterated FUN...I just gaped in awestruck amazement."
MELBOURNE TIMES
"Comedy at its best. Laughable, lovable, a performer whose gestures are as articulate as his words, Ackroyd is a fine comic actor and writer. Don't miss this show."
CANBERRA TIMES
"Certainly the funniest show in town...madcap humour at a merry pace."
THE TELEGRAPH
"Unstoppable talent and wonderful cultural comment."ROLLING STONE
"Very funny...delightful...genuine wit and powers of observation plus real performance skills...highly entertaining...Ackroyd's invention does not flag...Comes strongly recommended."
DAILY MIRROR
"Always intelligent and always funny...quality comedy with wit, versatility and polish"
ADELAIDE NEWS
"The hope of contemporary cabaret...one of the most cleverly talented comedy writers in this country. If you haven't been living on the outer reaches of the galaxy for the past few years you know Anthony Ackroyd. His show is a delightful masterpiece which roused the audience into a frenzy of applause that even U2 couldn't inspire."
ON THE STREET
Anthony Ackroyd has been embraced by Australians as a comedian whose comic diversity has made him a legend on the comedy circuit and well known outside it. His comedy is witty, intelligent, and often centres around issues of everyday human behaviour. It's the sort of comedy everyone can relate to.
But that's not all. Anthony is an accomplished singer and songwriter. One of his most enjoyable attributes which comes to light on stage, is his element of surprise and timing. What is so amazing about Anthony's shows is that after the laughter has died down there often remains a crafty insight into our culture, our relationships and the truth of our inner nature. There is an unavoidable element of truth in his shows which may be one of the reasons this man is soooo popular.
BEAT MAGAZINE
But that's not all. Anthony is an accomplished singer and songwriter. One of his most enjoyable attributes which comes to light on stage, is his element of surprise and timing. What is so amazing about Anthony's shows is that after the laughter has died down there often remains a crafty insight into our culture, our relationships and the truth of our inner nature. There is an unavoidable element of truth in his shows which may be one of the reasons this man is soooo popular.
BEAT MAGAZINE
One of Australia's premier talents...Ackroyd is a sure-fire tickle your sides laugh generator!
NORTHERN TERRITORY NEWS