Andrew Barnett Travels from Sydney, NSW

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Andrew “Barney” Barnett is an award winning comedian who has worked in television, radio and live stand up. He is best known to the television and radio audiences by his on-air nickname of Barney.

Andrew’s comedy career began with a bang in 2010 when he made the NSW State Final of Raw Comedy. Since then he has become a fixture of the Sydney comedy scene, and has established himself as a crowd favourite across the Sydney Comedy Scene and beyond. He has performed in cities and towns around Australia and New Zealand.

He was invited by Australian Rock icons the Hoodoo Gurus to host the Comedy Stage at the Sydney leg of their invitational music festival 'Rip it Up'. He has performed at numerous festivals across Australia, including Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival, Perth Comedy Festival and Sydney Fringe Festival and Sydney Comedy Festival.

Andrew’s first television experience was as an audience warm up comedian for numerous television shows on Fox Sports Australia shows, and he also performed audience warm up for the National Rugby League’s annual player awards The Dally M Awards.

He became a contributing writer for The Professor’s Second Year Syndrome on Fox League, and appeared in numerous sketches, before becoming a regular on-air presence in the show’s second season and eventually co-host in its third season. During this time he got his on-air moniker of ‘Barney’.

He helped create Fox Cricket’s late night comedy show ‘The Night Watchmen’, with James “The Professor” Rochford. Andrew cohosted the show with The Professor for two seasons, and was also the co-host of Narrow World of Sports, on Fox League and Fox Footy.

Like all comedians Andrew has also tried his hand at podcasting. He is the cohost of the Professor and Barney Podcast, which gained popularity not only online, but also on the Kayo Sports streaming platform, whilst the boys were working at Fox Sports. Andrew is also the host of his own interview podcast Crowd Work Cast. He can be heard across NSW and QLD on SEN radio, where he is a regular presenter.

Andrew has a relaxed, affable style which belies a razor sharp wit. His comedy is filled with insightful observations and witty anecdotes. Andrew is sure to be a crowd favourite wherever he performs.