MEDIA RELEASE Level 5, 10 Hickson Road The Rocks Sydney NSW 2000 Australia Phone 61 2 8248 6500 Fax 61 2 8248 6599 sydneyfestival.org.au The Invisible Dot Cabaret AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE “You should certainly check out anything The Invisible Dot is putting on… everything it does has integrity and style” The Guardian “one of the most exciting comedy powerhouses in the country” The Independent Hosted by Josie Long, UK Comedy lovers are in for a treat when industrious innovators The Invisible Dot Ltd hit Sydney Festival with The Invisible Dot Cabaret. Five comedians will take up residency in The Famous Spiegeltent for an incredible late-night comedy variety performance that favours the bold, innovative, eccentric and clever. British cult optimist Josie Long, will host and the night will feature straight-faced whimsical joker James Acaster. They’ll be joined onstage by some local favourites including the one-man sketch comedy master Steen Raskopoulos, with more locals to be announced. The Invisible Dot Cabaret is a unique chance to see the cutting edge of international comedy in an original and exuberant show! Josie Long is a writer and stand-up comedian, she has been nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award three times. For radio, she had created ‘Josie Long: All of the Planets Wonders was broadcast’ and a regular podcast ‘Short Cuts’ both for BBC Radio 4. Josie has been nominated for a BAFTA, regularly appears on television, is a zine-maker and DJ. James Acaster has been twice nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award. He has his own Radio Four series, ‘James Acaster’s Findings’ and regularly appears on ‘The Josh Widdecombe Show’ on XFM Radio. James regularly makes television appearances on shows including ‘Nevermind the Buzzcocks’, ‘Russell Howard’s Good News’ (BBC Three), ‘8 our of 10 Cats’, ‘Dave's One Night Stand’ (Dave), ‘Live at the Comedy Store’ (Paramount) and ‘Chris Addison's Show and Tell’ (E4). Steen Raskopoulos is an actor, writer & improviser. Most recently, Steen starred in the six-part BBC comedy series ‘Top Coppers’ with John Kearns. Other television credits include ‘Utopia’ (Working Dog), ‘It’s A Date Series 2’ (Princess Pictures/ABC), ‘Legally Brown’ (Endemol/SBS), the sketch comedy series ‘This Is Littleton’ (Highwire/ABC2), the television drama ‘The Code’ (Playmaker/ABC) and ‘Slideshow’ (Seven Network). Steen’s stage credits include ‘I’m Wearing Two Suits Because I Mean Business’, which sold out shows at the 2014 Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF), 2014 Sydney Comedy Festival, Sydney Fringe Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, for which he received an Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination. His latest show ‘Character Assassin’ was nominated for a Barry Award (Best Show) at MICF and boasted sell out shows at the Sydney Comedy Festival. Steen has appeared in the short films ‘The Page | 1 MEDIA RELEASE Level 5, 10 Hickson Road The Rocks Sydney NSW 2000 Australia Phone 61 2 8248 6500 Fax 61 2 8248 6599 sydneyfestival.org.au Roomate’, ‘Model Brother’, ‘The Polygamist’ and ‘Twisted’ which was a 2014 Tropfest film finalist as well as two film clips for ‘Axis of Awesome’. The Invisible Dot works primarily with comedians creating work that is bold, inventive and funny. The Company is interested in form and in addition to its stage work has created large site-specific installations, mock sporting events and published several books and a vinyl album. The Invisible Dot has always worked with comedians at the vanguard of the genre: over the years they have collaborated with Noel Fielding, Russell Brand, Tim Key, Daniel Kitson, Claudia O'Doherty, Tom Basden, Adam Buxton, Simon Amstell and Sara Pascoe. Where The Famous Spiegeltent, Meriton Festival Village When 7-17 January at 10.30pm Duration 75 minutes Price $55 Priority Entry $45 / $41 General Admission Bookings Sydney Festival on 1300 856 876 sydneyfestival.org/au/invisible Multipacks are available for all Sydney Festival events. Book 3 or more events and save 10 – 15%. Discounts apply to full price A Reserve or General Admission tickets. For interviews and further information contact: Jessica Keirle, Publicity Manager, 02 8248 6525 / 0438 805 109 [email protected] Cath Hayes, Publicist, 02 8248 6546 / 0431417112 [email protected] Julia Barnes, Publicist, 02 8248 6538 / 0402 678 589 [email protected] Page | 2 .