Age Matters Comedy Night

Join us for a night of laughs!

With the support of Wollongong Comedy, Age Matters is holding a comedy night fundraiser on Friday 24 November at 8pm (for an 8.30pm start).

This great night of laughs will see the return of Wollongong Comedy to the The Builders Club in Wollongong after a hiatus. A full lineup of comedians will entertain in the newly renovated ‘Basement’ space – all for charity.

Purchasing a ticket makes a valuable contribution to Age Matters, supporting older people facing homelessness and isolation. Age Matters, an initiative of IRT, relies on the support of the community to help vulnerable older people across the Illawarra and Shoalhaven.

Tickets are just $40 with all profits going to Age Matters. Get a group together and book early to secure a table.

A limited number of Sponsorships are available with guest seating at VIP tables and acknowledgement in all promotional material.

Refreshments will be available for purchase at the venue. Get in early on the night to eat at the popular Bistro as wait times can be up to an hour. The Builders Club Wollongong is located at 61 Church Street Wollongong and has an in-club Bistro, Steakhouse and an awesome Gin & Cocktail Bar. The venue is accessible.

Ages 18+.

About Wollongong Comedy

Wollongong Comedy has been bringing laughs to the Illawarra since 2006. With 18 years of experience running Comedy nights and events, Marty and Stu have learned the art of putting on a great show.

Tommy Dean (headline act)

Tommy Dean is an American comedian with a unique understanding of Australia, its audiences and above all, what makes us laugh. Indeed, the cultural divide between Americans and Australians provides much of his intelligent observational humour.

Tommy’s performance style is laid back to say the least and he’s consistently a stand out winner with audiences across his adopted nation. Firmly established as one of Australia’s most sought-after comic performers and writers, he is a huge hit with theatre audiences, corporate clients and festival producers and on TV and radio shows.

In constant demand on the live circuit, Tommy is a regular headline act in comedy venues around Australia. He has also performed in many of the leading comedy clubs in the USA as well as New Zealand, North America, Europe and South East Asia.

Some of Tommy Deans’ TV credits include: Spicks and Specks, Sunrise, The Glasshouse, O’Loghlin, (regular guest and writer), Backburner (writer), The Fat (guest and writer), Good News Week, Thank God it’s Friday, The Today Show, and the Take No Prisoners Amnesty International Comedy Festival for Foxtel.

David Smiedt 

David Smiedt has been delighting audiences around the country and overseas with his brand of warm inclusive comedy for over 12 years and is now one of Australia's finest comedian MC's and corporate performers. David is a regular on television shows such as Mornings with Kerri-Ann Sunrise, The Today Show, Ready Steady Cook and having appeared on Stand Up Australia he is also the author of six humorous books.

He also is a writer for a wide range of magazines including Elle, Cosmopolitan, Men's Health, Women's Health, Body & Soul and Vogue where he specialises in a humorous take on style health trends and celebrity profiles. Aside from being the current grooming editor for GQ magazine he is the only journalist in Australian publishing history to be in concurrent issues of lads-mag Ralph and Your Garden.

David opened for Joan Rivers during her Sydney theatre run, Mark Watson's Sydney festival season and Martin Short's Melbourne Crown Casino performances.

"Refreshing, sincere and engaging." - Rip It Up

"Think Dorothy Parker meets Graham Kennedy." - TalkFringe

“A comic whom your mother would love.” - Helen Razer, the Melbourne Age

“Disarmingly charming” - the Adelaide Advertiser.

“He captured the entire audience in the first five minutes of the show and had them eating out of his hands.” - Funny Tonne, The Melbourne International Comedy Festival

“Make an appointment to meet David Smiedt. If the post-show buzz is anything to go by, a lot more people are going to want to meet him.” - The Pun.

“Sharp dressed, sharp minded and very affable.” - DB Magazine

“A name to remember.” - Comedy Beast magazine

“The energetic Smiedt as MC does a fine line in disarming self-deprecation, charming the audience with amusing trivia then slipping in neat puns and barbed twists.” - Gaggingforit.com.au

Fiona Cox

Fiona Cox is a Sydney stand-up comedian and advertising copywriter. After a decade in the ad industry, she has the writing chops to show for it and a good amount of cynicism. Fiona has performed all over Australia. She performed her debut solo show at this year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival and is a regular feature on the Sydney comedy scene. Loved by audiences and comedians alike, she'll have you laughing with her dry wit and sharp observations.

'Hilariously deadpan.' Sydney Morning Herald

Thank you to our generous event sponsors:

And our fantastic prize donors: FitTech studio, Bunnings, Harbourfront Restaurant, Chikos Wollongong, St George Dragons & Symbio Wildlife Park