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ADAM HILLS

Adam Hills is one of Australia's most talented and widely respected comedians.  His unique style of thoughtful, uplifting comedy with his playful personality and rampant spontaneity have won him universal acclaim, rave reviews and a swag of awards throughout Australia, Great Britain, Ireland and Europe and a legion of fans worldwide.

Adam's solo shows have seen sell-out houses at the Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne Comedy Festival and the Kilkenny Comedy Festival.  He has appeared at the Just for Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival, Aspen Comedy Festival, as well as festivals in Glasgow, Leicester, Manchester, Hobart, Newcastle, Galway, Dublin and Cape Town.  He has toured the UK and Ireland, and played a solo season in London's West End.   However, it is at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival that Adam has truly made his mark. Totally sold-out for the past seven years, three times nominated for the prestigious Perrier Award, and winner of the inaugural Nokia Orange Best of the Fest Award in 2002 - Adam has become one of the hottest attractions at the Fringe, and throughout the UK.

British Television credits include Never Mind The Buzzcocks, The BBC Stand Up Show and The World Comedy Tour which also screened in Australia, USA and Canada.  Back home Adam has been seen on Rove Live, The Glasshouse and Good News Week and was a team captain on Campaign for thecomedychannel.  Australians will best know Adam as the host of the fun music quiz show Spicks and Specks on ABC TV.  

Radiowise, Adam is the current host of Four at the Store for Radio 4, and co-wrote and co-performed We Say Tomay-to, a six-part topical comedy series for Radio 2.  He has also appeared on Radio 4's Loose Ends, and is a regular guest on BBC Scotland's Fred MacAulay Show. In Australia, Adam has also hosted his own breakfast show on SAFM Adelaide, and has been heard around the country on Triple J and the Austereo Network.

Adam Hills is currently in demand as one of the world's best headline acts in the top clubs of Britain, Australia and Europe.  He has four live CD’s available, and his solo shows continue to tour Australia, Ireland, Europe and the UK.

“Hills delivers stand up so effortlessly brilliant you wonder why some comics get out of bed”  The Guardian

“Comedy so brilliant it could come with a money back guarantee.  If you cannot enjoy Adam Hills you cannot have a pulse”  The Scotsman

“Aw hell, just go see him alright” Metro UK

"Hills's wit is incisively dry and sharp and his observations are bitingly precise." Sunday Herald Sun

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