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The shows segments varied from night depending what was thrown up by own surveys, interactions and personalities. Photoshop also allowed speculations beyond the actual and added greatly to the strong opening.

Having harboured a desire to learn how to Swing Dance in actual life, he realised that after 2 years of staring at a swing dance pamphlet on his fridge, that the easiest way to fit dance lessons into his busy schedule was to create a show about the process.

For every book published there are 100’s that hibernate in hard drives, stagnate in second draws and fester in the frontal lobes. Determined to unleash this tsunami of literary potential are multi-award winning comedian/actor Damian Callinan and actor Tim Overton.

Damian Callinan in action at the ‘Adelaide Fringe Tonite Gala’ at The Adelaide Masonic Hall 2014. The Gala appeared on Channel 9 ‘Go’.

Comedians Damian Callinan & Mickey D have packed the Tarago and are en route to your town to put on their show. Only problem is they don’t have a show … Yet!!

Premiering at the 2012 Adelaide Fringe Festival before going onto to packed houses at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Robinson Crusoe saw Damian return to the autobiographical realm of comedy that brought him such success with ‘Spaznuts’.

In the wake of the tragedy of Black Saturday in February 2009, Damian performed shows for the Marysville & Alexandra communities.

A conversation about long term ‘try out’ comedians over Spanish Tapas in Edinburgh in 2008 with fellow ex ‘try out’ comics Adam Hills and Heath Franklin was the catalyst for ‘Is This Thing On’.

What happens when the underworld start drinking at your local? You join the drinkers relocation program!

Despite the personal nature of the show, Spaznuts features all of the hallmarks of his previous work with real and imagined characters featuring alongside the real Damian.

In 2005, the Hothouse Theatre in Albury commissioned Damian to write a show specifically for kids and families to go alongside his adult show ‘Eureka Stocktake’ he was already performing at the biannual Hothouse Comedy Festival.

Eureka Stocktake, Damian’s 4th solo show was originally written for the ‘Eureka 150 Festival’ in 2004. The show displayed his diversity as a performer combining a rich vein of storytelling; stand up and characterisation with nuggets of history and pathos.

Based at his current rate, if Damian lives to the average age of the Australian male he will have performed in 21 productions of The Complete Works – Abridged.

Using the dusty pages of a ‘Boys Own Annual’ style family heirloom, a father reads to his son some of his favourite stories from a book we soon discover isn’t as it seems.

For ‘How Goods This’ Callinan & Mooney joined forces with Greg Fleet, Mar ty Sheargold and Des Dowling to create a live sketch show, which also showcased pre recorded sketches.

The Melbourne Comedy Festival Roadshow is a showcase of the best of the festival that sees two casts of comedians cavorting around the country in cramped campers in the months following the festival.

First performed at the 2000 Melbourne Fringe Festival, Sportsman’s Night continues to resonate with audiences over a decade later.

Rewarded for their unique collaborations; innovative comedy and persistence at working together without a duo
name, Damian & Lawrence received a Moosehead award in 2000 to develop their new show Out & About.

Originally performed at the 1999 Melbourne Fringe, Speech Night was Damian’s first solo show and set the course for the character driven comedy for which he has become renowned.

Following in the tradition of their previous show, the duo again deconstructed the world of comedy this time adding the ingredient of science fiction.

Lawrence Mooney & Damian Callinan decided to end the backstage flirting and cement their comedy love by collaborating for MICF 1998.