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Sully O'Sullivan
Improviser and multi award winning exponent of interactive standup Sully O'Sullivan's performed professionally in New Zealand, Canada, the USA and the UK.
A four season veteran of New Zealand's award winning TV standup showcase 'Pulp Comedy', in his last New Zealand International Comedy Festival 'The NZ Herald' labeled O'Sullivan one of the highlights of the televised international gala. First stepping onto a standup stage in June of 1998, his talent gained instant recognition as he won his first national standup award less than 12 months later. 7 years on he's been nominated for the NZ Comedy Industry's supreme award by the NZ Comedy Trust, and by his fellow performers for the title of NZ's Best MC.
A member of NZ's 2003 champion international improv team, Sully O'Sullivan is also the creator of 'XPROV: extreme improvised comedy', the only improv show ever to take home a 'NZ Comedy Guild' award (4 stars, Fest Magazine, UK), and the critically acclaimed 'Scriptless', the first solo improv show to be performed in NZ..
Comedy for Television: New Zealand
Year - Show - Producers - Role
2003 - TV2 Gala– Phoenix Television / NZ Comedy Trust - Writer / Performer
2003 - Pulp Comedy - Phoenix Television - Writer / Performer
2003 - Billy T James Awards - Phoenix Television / NZ Comedy Trust - Writer / Performer
2002 - Pulp Comedy - Phoenix Television - Writer / Performer
2001 - Pulp Comedy - Phoenix Television - Writer / Performer
2000 - Pulp Comedy - Phoenix Television - Writer / Performer
Comedy for Television: Australian
Year - Show - Producers - Role
2000 - Pulp Comedy - Phoenix Television - Writer / Performer
Comedy Awards
Year - Result - Award - Sanctioning Body
2003 - Winner - Improv Masters of the Universe - Rapidfire Theatre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2003 - Nominee - Best MC - NZ Comedy Guild
2002 - Winner - Best Show Concept - NZ Comedy Guild
2003 - Nominee - TV2 Billy T Award - New Zealand International Comedy Festival
1999 - Winner - RAW Comedy Quest – Comedyfest Ltd
REVIEWS - GENERAL
"A comedian, professional theatresports player, comedy tutor and exponent of interactive stand-up, Sully O'Sullivan slickly combines quintessentially Kiwi comedy with vocal and physical audience participation." The Dominion Post (NZ)
"Brilliant improvisational comedian from New Zealand. A headline act for a long time down under, he's now starting to make his hilarious presence felt on these shores too." www.ents24.com (UK)
REVIEWS - STANDUP
"a whirlwind of interactive humour.... definitely the undisputed highlight of the evening!" Orkney Today (UK)
"Sully's booming self confidence and no-nonsense delivery refreshed the whole genre." The Huddersfield Daily Examiner (UK)
"The beauty of the 'Laughing Horse' is that it delves deep into, what is commonly known as, the "heart" of the Fringe. In compère Sully O'Sullivan, the first beats of this heart pulsate vigorously with sparkling inter-continental observations." 3 Weeks (UK)
"highlights of the younger part of local contingent were Flight of the Conchords….and the punk-ish Sully O'Sullivan with his Q&A routine." The New Zealand Herald (NZ)
"Sully O'Sullivan's blokey joker material….a breath of fresh air" National Business Review (NZ)
"Bloody Marvellous" The Evening Post (NZ)
"A cross between a cow cocky and a crack addict" TV2's Pulp Comedy (NZ)
"MC Sully O'Sullivan proved brilliant" Petone Herald (NZ)
REVIEWS - SOLO IMPROV
"Sully O'Sullivan's one-man comedy show during the TV2 Laugh Festival was an hour of energetic sweaty improvisation hung around audience cues and a small array of props. O'Sullivan's quick thinking and linking of totally implausible characters into a loose narrative were the making of the show." Express (NZ)
"I really doubt that it is possible to have a more interactive show……. 'ONE MAN - FOUR CHARACTERS'. I counted at least eight and they ranged from the absurd to the ridiculous….....Scriptless is the first solo improvisation show ever produced.….It is an intense, zany and extremely manic piece of comedy" Salient (NZ)
REVIEWS - XPROV EXTREME IMPROVISED COMEDY (CREATED BY SULLY O'SULLIVAN)
"Lettuces on strings, nipple clamps…..peaks of true improvisation." Fest Magazine (UK)
"there's always something funny about seeing people inflicting suffering on each other." Three Weeks (UK)
"Manic inspiration " www.chortle.co.uk (UK)
"Whose Line Is It Anyway? meets Jim Rose behind the bike sheds" The Scotsman (UK)
"You can die playing Xprov…..You can sustain blunt force trauma to the head, you can drown, or you can die laughing on or off stage" The Package (NZ)
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