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John Moloney

John Moloney has been a professional entertainer for the past decade, and has delighted audiences far and wide with his brilliant stand-up routines. He is a highly sought-after comic and musician, and in the last two years has worked in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, the USA, Germany, Hong Kong, Dubai, Amsterdam, and China. Following the success of a previous trip to the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, John enjoyed a triumphant return in 2002, where The Gazette newspaper said of him:
" Seriously smokin' jokes . . . one of the funniest from this
year's comedy festival"
Following this he was invited to attend the Just For Laughs Roadshow in Singapore. In 2003, John was the UK Representative on the Just For laughs National Tour of Canada, playing to 75,000 people in 25 nights.

Winner of the Best Live Performer award for two years running at the London Comedy Festival, voted by the membership of Jongleurs, the largest chain of comedy clubs in Europe, John has become one of Britain's most in-demand comedy acts, a true comic and musical talent.

John appears regularly at The Comedy Store and Jongleurs, and has performed many times at the Edinburgh Festival, playing to sell-out audiences. John received critical acclaim for his show Moloney Live at the Edinburgh Festival 2001. This was followed by the sell-out FHM Edinburgh & Beyond Tour.

John is also in demand on the Corporate Circuit as an after-dinner speaker, and has enjoyed repeat bookings from his cherished clients. He is fluent in German and French and has a working knowledge of Italian, and has delighted clients in Berlin, and Paris, as well as other European Cities.

John was voted Best Of The Festival at the 1999 Sydney International Comedy Festival in a people's poll.

John co-wrote on the Olivier Award winning Jack Dee Show in London's West End and over the past couple of years, has appeared as a regular Presenter on Richard and Judy (Channel 4), guested on Des and Mel (ITV), The Wright Stuff (channel 5), World Of Comedy (paramount), Lorraine Live (Sky One), Live at Jongleurs (ITV), The Comedy Store (Channel 5), They Think It's All Over (BBC1), Have I Got News For You (BBC2), Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC2) and The Des O'Connor Show (ITV). He was nominated by the Comedy Store in the category Best Live Stand-Up at the British Comedy Awards.

John also lends his creative skills to other performers. He has recently written for Lily Savage on Lily Live (ITV), Harry Hill on Harry Hill's TV Burp (ITV) and The Sketch Show (ITV).

WHAT THE PRESS HAS SAID…

"He shows a depth of experience and a quiet professionalism that other comedians could well learn from." - THE INDEPENDENT

"An excellently-paced hour of stand-up and musical whimsy - go and see this hilarious and quite unique exponent of comedy."
THE SCOTSMAN

"A wondrous array of classy gags. Comedy scholars, plus folk needing a right good laugh, can choose from a wide range of quality Moloney originals. Take your pick from droll one-liners; coruscating bits of political satire, absurdist observations; gleeful schoolboy puns and observant re-interpretations of everyday phenomena. In addition, they're all delivered with a measured dryness and quiet understatement, too. Masterly."
THE HERALD

"Moloney's comedy is in defiance of the trend towards sophistication. His technology consists of a microphone and….that's it. His gags are stripped down and rapid, his delivery is suitably clipped. No fat on this show." - THE SUNDAY TIMES

"He has the down to earth stage manner of a performer from the pre-alternative era and has perfected the art of delivering punchy routines with barely an ounce of fat. It is good to know that there is still room for a stand-up comedian as gifted and unpretentious as John Moloney." - THE TIMES

"He looks every bit the professional. He is. He treats the audience with compassion, tact and intelligence in a show that has strolling one-liners and relative stories. A natural rapport." - THE STAGE

"Good old fashioned stand up. He is acutely funny at his deadpan and beautifully bitchy best." - THE LIST

"A blistering sixty minutes on life, love, celebrity, royalty and religion." - METRO

"A powerfully funny act." - TIME OUT

"Has stacks of material...what used to be known as rapier wit." - EVENING NEWS

"The Master of Delicious One Liners." - NZ HERALD

"A triumph of Quality over Hype." - THE SYDNEY HERALD