Best Emerging Comedy Award Nominee – Adelaide Fringe Festival
With an infectious mix of irreverence and enthusiastic optimism, Kent Valentine is one of the most dynamic comedians on the Australian comedy landscape – and now he’s arrived on the British comedy scene. His unique style combines the unbridled passion of Brendan Burns and the easy, affable charm of Adam Hills.
His last three solo shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival – ‘Be My (Kent) Valentine’, ‘What Would Batman Do?’ and ‘A Fistful of Rainbows’ – consistently earned him a place as one of The Age’s top picks of the Festival, and his 2006 Adelaide Fringe show with fellow comedian Sam Bowring garnered him a nomination for Best Emerging Comedy.
He’s supported the likes of Arj Barker, Pauly Shore and Tom Gleeson on tour, as well as hosting his own open mic night since 2003 and making appearances all over Australia.
In 2005, he was one of 4 new Australian comics selected to perform in The Comedy Zone, a festival run show that showcases Australia's best new talent, and he’s had a regular guest spot on the Triple J radio breakfast show with Adam Spencer and Wil Anderson – as well as hosting his own late night shifts. He now files regular opinion pieces and reviews for RoveDaily.com.au.
“a hugely endearing presence, a natural raconteur with winning stories full of mischief, optimism and warmth. He is so effortlessly charming and likeable, that he could be the next Adam Hills” Chortle
"rapid-fire, quick-witted ... an undeniably funny hour" **** The Adelaide Advertiser
"Momentum and intensity … Kent Valentine is a comedy locomotive with a captivating storytelling style mixed with brutally hilarious honesty. Kent is going to be a marquee exponent of purist standup when Australian audiences catch up" Triple M
“Valentine is in equal parts prepossessing, cavalier, clever and hilarious enough to make it both sincere and original” State Of The Arts
Live Work
How To Love Everyone (Even The Arseholes)
August 2009 / Edinburgh Fringe Festival
How To Love Everyone (Even The Arseholes)
April 2009 / Melbourne International Comedy Festival
A Fistful Of Rainbows
April 2008 / Melbourne International Comedy Festival
What Would Batman Do?
April 2007 / Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Splitting The Bill 2: Receipts Ahoy with Sam Bowring
April 2007 / Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Be My (Kent) Valentine
April 2006 / Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Splitting The Bill with Sam Bowring
April 2006 / Melbourne International Comedy Festival
The Comedy Zone
April 2005 / Melbourne International Comedy Festival
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