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Comedian showcase coming to SBS 2

Stand up comedians will feature in a new SBS 2 series, each of whom will also chat to Chas Licciardello.

2013-09-30_2110Princess Pictures will film a new series with stand-up comedians in a ten part showcase for SBS 2.

The performers will be filmed at the Trades Hall in Melbourne, and will also appear in behind the scenes interviews where Chas Licciardello hears how they each found their unique comedic voice.

Performers include Nazeem Hussain, Dan Ilic, Matt Okine, Ronny Chieng, Joel Creasy, Geraldine Hickey, Kevin Kropinyeri, and Khaled Khalafalla.

“I can’t wait to learn the deepest secrets of the country’s brightest young comic talents. And I particularly can’t wait to exploit those secrets in order to thwart and destroy those young comic talents before they pose too significant a threat to my own middling career,” said Licciardello.

SBS Director of Television Tony Iffland said: “SBS has an incredibly proud history of launching the careers of talented Australian comedians whose comedy styles are fearless, daring and provocative. Giving a voice to up and coming multicultural performers is key to SBS’s commitment to growing SBS 2’s new identity as the channel for emerging culture.”

“This show is the perfect fit for us and we are thrilled to be working with Princess Pictures on the first comedy commission for SBS 2.”

Comedian Nazeem Hussain of Legally Brown, SBS ONE said: “Stand up comedy for me, is a way to let off some steam without injuring myself. I’m most excited about being interviewed by Chas. I’ve been told numerous times he is my white doppelgänger. I’m pretty sure that’s a compliment.”

Comedian Dan Ilic added: “I’m not a real comedian, I’m a fake, a phoney, a charlatan, real comedians have problems with their parents, or childhood, and my childhood was pleasant and fulfilling. Which is the source of my neurosis now… Why weren’t my parents drug addicts? Why was I loved so much as a child? Didn’t they realise how hard it would be for me to become a comedian? … thanks for nothing Mum and Dad!”

Filming starts in Melbourne this Saturday.

The series is still untitled at the moment but will air in early 2014.

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