Mikey Mileos
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Mikey Mileos is a stand up comedian and comedy writer from Sydney
, Australia
.
In April 2009, Mileos was a national finalist in Triple J
radio's Raw Comedy competition, a nationally televised event. Since then he has played at almost every major comedy club in Australia. In 2010 he was selected to perform along-side a slew of international comedy veterans in the Sydney Comedy Festival's Cracker Night gala, a rare feat considering he did not actually have a show in the festival.
His unique comedic style combines observational comedy in an almost one-liner fashion, incorporating political and philosophical ideas and mixing them with his own brand of silliness.
As a comedy writer Mileos worked on the Australian hit television show Good News Week
.
Mileos has also worked as a free lance comedy writer for Australian lads magazine Zoo Weekly, but insists that it was only for the money.
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
In April 2009, Mileos was a national finalist in Triple J
Triple J
triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
radio's Raw Comedy competition, a nationally televised event. Since then he has played at almost every major comedy club in Australia. In 2010 he was selected to perform along-side a slew of international comedy veterans in the Sydney Comedy Festival's Cracker Night gala, a rare feat considering he did not actually have a show in the festival.
His unique comedic style combines observational comedy in an almost one-liner fashion, incorporating political and philosophical ideas and mixing them with his own brand of silliness.
As a comedy writer Mileos worked on the Australian hit television show Good News Week
Good News Week
Good News Week is an Australian satirical panel game show hosted by Paul McDermott that initially aired from 19 April 1996 to 27 May 2000, and resumed on 11 February 2008 to 9 May 2011. The show aired first on ABC TV before it was bought by Network Ten in 1999...
.
Mileos has also worked as a free lance comedy writer for Australian lads magazine Zoo Weekly, but insists that it was only for the money.
Festival Shows
- 2011 Stupid People Will Be Offended - Edinburgh Fringe Festival (as Part of PBH's Free FringeFree FringeThe Free Fringe is an organisation that promotes free shows at the annual Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. Free Fringe venues are commonly independently run bars and nightclubs which create performance spaces in their premises for the duration of the Fringe Festival...
)
- 2011 They're Just Words - Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival
- 2010 These Are My Jokes - Melbourne International Comedy Festival
- 2010 Young Guns of Comedy (Sydney Comedy Showcase) - Adelaide Fringe Festival
- 2009 The Night Cap Featuring Jaymie Wilson, Mikey Mileos & Magesh - Melbourne International Comedy Festival