Justin Hamilton Travels from Melbourne, VIC

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Justin Hamilton has carved out a successful career as a stand up comedian, writer and producer while maintaining his unique voice within the Australian Comedy scene.

2024 has started with a bang as he appeared on The Weekly with Charlie Pickering, was again the head writer on Dancing with the Stars and set off on the Melbourne International Comedy Festival tour of North Queensland.

In 2023 Hammo’s new solo stand-up comedy show Little Victories receiving the Adelaide Fringe Weekly Comedy Award , and he joined fellow comic Nikki Britton to perform at the 11th Busan International Comedy Festival in South Korea. Nikki and Hammo were the first two English speaking stand-up comedians to be booked for the BICF.

He started his career in 1994 as one half of the musical comedy duo The Bunta Boys. They toured Australia and supported acts as diverse as Alexei Sayle, The Doug Anthony All-Stars, Judith Lucy and Powderfinger. 1999 he launched his solo act and win numerous awards for his unique one-man shows.

He was the producer and host of the legendary Melbourne comedy variety show The Shelf. Alongside the fabulous Adam Richard, they presented some of the best comedians from Australia and abroad including Wil Anderson, Hannah Gadsby, Rove McManus, Rich Hall, Celia Pacquola, Auntie Donna, Puddles Pity Party and Andy Zaltzman.

His first podcast, Can You Take This Photo Please? ran from 2010 - 2017 with guests that included Steve Carrell, Simon Pegg and Marc Maron.

His latest podcast Big Squid with Justin Hamilton spotlights new and emerging talent alongside high-profiled guests including Tom Gleeson, US comedian Dave Anthony and authors Rian Hughes and AW Hammond. He made a cameo in the Adam Goodes documentary The Australian Dream.

He was a creative consultant and appeared in the film Standing Up for Sunny alongside Breaking Bad’s RJ Mitte, and worked with Sacha Baron Cohen on his Uber Eats adverts and other projects.

He returned to the top rating The Chase and Question Everything in 2022 while his podcast Big Squid was voted number 1 on Feedspot’s 20 Best Australian Pop Culture Podcasts. Guests included Award Winning documentary director Brett Morgen, New York Times bestselling author Chris Herring and movie director Nicholas Stoller.

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Testimonials

An unforgettable performance… his jokes are intelligent, witty andnvery entertaining. You should not miss this. Absolute stand out.

Adelaide Advertiser

It's an intelligent, crafted work from a man whose deft use of stage andnmicrophone create a multi-layered experience with an array of colourfulncharacters.

The Herald Sun

A fluent and unique delivery coupled with delicate material makes this a specialnhour.

The Age