Sam Bowring

  1st Gig: Harold Park Hotel, 1996
  Comp Entries/Achievements:
  - 2nd Place, RAW Comedy Final, 2004
  - Participant, Green Faces, 2004
  - NSW State Finalist, RAW Comedy, 2003
  Email Address: sam@micinhand.com
  Personal Webpage: this is it
  Pet Hate: Waking up in gaol
  Fav Comedian: Anthony Morgan

Sam began performing standup comedy at the famous Harold Park Hotel in 1996 when he was but sweet 16. A finalist in the 1997 Comic of the Year Awards, he cashed in on his success by running away to Bathurst, where he ran ‘Comics Out West’, a comedy club playing at Charles Sturt University and throughout the central west of NSW.

Upon returning to Sydney he became a state Raw Comedy finalist in 2003, and was runner up in the national finals in 2004.

He has written for The Big Bite and an upcoming Channel 7 show, appeared on TGI Fridays with Richard Glover (Radio National) and has a regular spot on the triple J breakfast show with Wil Anderson and Adam Spencer.

Also a published author and playwright, Sam has written, acted and directed for theatre and screen. Currently he works as a freelance writer and partner in ‘Mic in Hand’, a comedy company which runs two popular comedy nights in Sydney ­ notably ‘A Mic in Hand @ the Friend in Hand Hotel’, which has built a reputation for being one of the best open mic rooms around.

He has MCed/supported the likes of:
Wil Anderson
Jimeon
Austen Tayshus
Gary Eck
Akmahl Saleh
Sarah Kendall
Dave Callan
Charlie Pickering
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