About Us
Dirty Work Comedy (DWC) is a boutique comedy management and production company based in Melbourne, and operating throughout Australia, New Zealand, UK, UAE, North America and South East Asia.
DWC represents a small list of Australian based performers, and produces widely throughout Australia, with particular specialties in theatrical and kids’ comedy.
In the last eighteen months DWC has produced over sixty seasons in eight countries, including the Sydney and Perth International Arts Festivals, and the Dublin, Edinburgh and Adelaide Fringes, working with its own list of artists and others from the US, Ireland and Malaysia. We are also currently producing 4 major Australian regional tours throughout 2012-2013.
We have an interest in all flavours of comic performing arts, including standup, theatre and variety. We have a very keen interest in anything suitable for audiences with limited or no English, and comedians from middle eastern and asian countries.
Toby Sullivan and Vanessa Rouse are the Directors of DWC. Until May 2009, Toby was Associate Director of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, where he worked intensively on creative and professional development of local Australian artists and seasons. Between 1999 and 2004 he worked for Token Artists, Australia’s largest exclusively comedy producer and management company, and Roving Enterprises, Rove McManus’ TV production company.He has also worked at the Melbourne Fringe Festival and meanwhile been independently producing for over ten years.
Toby met Vanessa Rouse while she was also working at the Comedy Festival as Marketing and Sponsorship Director. Vanessa has a very long standing background in the Arts sector, having worked in policy, marketing, sponsorship and general management roles at the Melbourne International Arts Festival, Arts Victoria, Arena Theatre Company, Out of the Box Festival and City of Melbourne, to name a few.
Media & Publicity
2011 MEDIA
Please contact asha@limelightpr.com.au for all media enquiries relating to Melinda Buttle, The Listies, Josh Earl, Damian Callinan and Mark Watson.
Please contact kathrynross@optusnet.com.au for all media enquiries relating to Cal Wilson.
Please contact toby@dirtywork.net.au for all media enquiries relating to Harley Breen.
PHOTOGRAPHS
All photos published on this site are available as 1meg files. Please contact vanessa@dirtywork.net.au for permissions and files. Photos cannot be reproduced without authority from Dirty Work Comedy.
BROADCAST FOOTAGE
Broadcast and digital footage is available for Harley Breen, Melinda Buttle, The Listies, Die Roten Punkte, Damian Callinan, Josh Earl and Mark Watson. Please contact toby@dirtywork.net.au for license agreements and requests. Sample footage can be seen on each artist’s page.
Special Events
Dirty Work Comedy regularly produces short season or one-off comedy based performances for a range of clients. Please contact toby@dirtywork.net.au for more details.
2009-2010
2009
Character Comedy at Trades Hall (monthly character comedy show featuring Nelly Thomas, Damian Callinan, Wes Snelling, Kate McLennan and many more)
June 2009
Mike Wilmot and Friends (Mike Wilmot, Russell Kane, Dave Thornton, Felicity Ward, and Smart Casual) In Stitches, QPAC
August 2009
5.30pm Comedy Series, Monash University, Clayton
August 2009
Scienceweek, Melbourne Museum
December 2009
Spontaneous Broadway, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
January 2010
Isy Suttie (UK), Sydney International Arts Festival
February 2010
Josh Earl & Die Roten Punkte, Music Box, Perth International Arts Festival
February 2010
Condom Dialogues, Wonthaggi
March 2010
Royal Women’s Hospital Being a Woman Is Good For Your Health (Nelly Thomas, Fiona O’Loughlin, Cal Wilson, Catherine Deveny, Lisa Maza, Kelly Nash, Melinda Buttle, Hannah Gadsby), Melbourne Town Hall
July 2010
Eleanor Tiernan at the Hobart Comedy Festival
Other clients include: VicHealth, Telstra, Foxtel, Imagination.com, Sit Down Comedy Club Brisbane, and Volunteers West