Lawrence Mooney
Lawrence Mooney
Comedian, Broadcaster, Presenter
Lawrence Mooney is a stand-up comedian, radio broadcaster & television host, widely regarded by fans and peers as one of Australia’s funniest.
Lawrence Mooney is a stand-up comedian, radio broadcaster and television host, widely regarded by fans and peers as one of Australia’s funniest.
As a radio broadcaster, Lawrence is considered one of the best in his field. He took Triple M Brisbane’s breakfast radio show to number#1 in the market and the following year won an Australian Commercial Radio Award (ACRA) for Best Entertainment Presenter in a metro market.
No stranger to television, Lawrence is well known as the host of Dirty Laundry Live that ran for 3 seasons on ABC, as well as his work on Agony Uncles, Agony of Life and Modern Manners. Lawrence is a regular on The Back Page, as hand-picked to host a new comedy-driven footy show, Up The Guts, on Fox Sports following on from Friday Night Footy.
Lawrence loves the stage, he regularly tours the country to packed houses wherever he goes. his solo show Surely Not was nominated for The Barry Award at The Melbourne International Comedy Festival and won Best Show at The Sydney Comedy Festival. Previously, his hilarious insights earned him Best National Act at the Perth Comedy Festival and Best Comedy Act at the Melbourne Fringe Festival.
Here’s the critic’s view of Lawrence:
“A fierce and fearless hunter of the funny who deserves his reputation as a master of the form”
★★★★ Sydney Morning Herald
“…funny, insightful, well written, beautifully paced stand up.”
★★★★ Herald Sun
“An extraordinary and stupendously funny comedian, one day I’ll take a stopwatch to a Lawrence Mooney show and time when the audience isn’t laughing, it won’t be for long”
The West Australian