RHYS NICHOLSON + The Riverina Comedy Club

The Riverina Comedy club presents RHYS NICHOLSON at Tumut River Brewing Co.

Friday 11 December 8.30pm

Tickets $20 online, $25 at the door

Alongside Rhys, wonder at the hilarity of the Riverina's very own RIVERINA COMEDY CLUB comedians! This night will set you up right for the silly season. It's all happening in the Brewery Shed.

Rhys Nicholson is a multi-award-winning comedian, writer, actor and author who has been doing stand-up since 2009 and shows no sign of getting a proper job. 

Their live shows have toured every major Australian city, New Zealand, the UK, the USA and Canada, including the invite-only Just For Laughs Montreal, Just For Laughs Toronto, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, London's Leicester Square Theatre and SoHo Playhouse New York. Along the way they've collected Most Outstanding Show at Melbourne Comedy Festival, Best of the Fest at the Sydney Comedy Festival and Best International Show at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival. They've performed on the televised Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala many times, and hosted it in 2022.  

In 2019 Conan O'Brien picked Rhys to open his Australian tour, which led to their US television debut as the stand-up guest on CONAN (TBS). Their special Live at the Athenaeum followed on Netflix worldwide and earned an AACTA nomination for Best Stand-Up Comedy Special. A second nomination in that category came in 2024 for Big Queer Comedy Concert (Prime Video). 

Rhys has been a judge on RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (Stan) since its first season, earning a 2024 AACTA nomination for Best Comedy Performer, and now judges Drag Race Down Under vs The World. They were a series regular in Netflix's sci-fi comedy The Imperfects, played a recurring role in Fisk (ABC), and have competed on The Traitors Australia, Taskmaster Australia and two seasons of Thank God You're Here (Network 10). It’s important to know Rhys has also quietly declined several other competition reality shows.  

They've spent years as a writer and segment guest on The Weekly with Charlie Pickering and The Yearly (ABC), and have hosted the ARIA Awards (2023 and 2024), the ABC's New Year's Eve broadcast and the Mardi Gras World Pride opening night. You'll also find them on Spicks and Specks, Have You Been Paying Attention?, Would I Lie To You?, Guy Montgomery's Spelling Bee and most other panel shows that have asked nicely. 

In 2023 Penguin Random House published their first book, Dish: Spiels, Scoops, Emotional Outbursts and the Occasional Recipe. 

NICE THINGS PEOPLE HAVE SAID

​"This is a genuinely great stand-up comedian at work – in total command of his material and audience – and it’s awe-inspiring to watch"- ✭✭✭✭✭ - TIMEOUT 

​“Nicholson is an astute satirist of the world around him. Clever, a bit below-the-belt... blatantly very funny” - ✭✭✭✭✭ - SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 

“Razor-sharp, corrosive wit” SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

“evolving into an incisive wizard of stinging wit.” SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

“Nicholson is an expert in line-crossing while keeping an audience onside.”✭✭✭✭ CRIKEY

“He belongs on the stage, and isn’t afraid to show it” The Guardian (UK)

“Honest and filthy, yes. Intelligent and hilarious? Without a doubt.” ✭✭✭✭ BEAT MAG