25-Year-old Australian, Sarah Kendall, has everything
to look forward to.
Having already established herself as one of
Australia's most exciting and popular new comedy talents she has
recently relocated to London and is now set to take the UK
comedy industry by storm.
Sarah has been widely tipped for big things following
the critical success of her solo show Earthling which she
performed at the Adelaide and Melbourne Comedy Festivals in
2000.
"This young and talented 24 year old from Sydney
takes her audience on a brief and hilarious history of
evolution." The Age, Melbourne
TV and radio were quick to recognise Sarah's talents
and she regularly wrote for and presented on, Triple J's
'Departure Lounge' and several other prime-time shows on
Australian terrestrial stations '9' Network and 'ABCTV'.
In 2001 Sarah produced another fantastic hour of
thought provoking comedy in the form of War. After a hugely
successful sell-out season at the Melbourne international Comedy
Festival, Sarah brought the show to the UK, performing a
three-week run at the Edinburgh Festival.
"Thoughtful, intelligent, subtle, enlightening and…
really funny. Kendall has a dry, subtle British-style sense of
humour." The Observer
"An intelligent, thoughtful and wryly amusing
exploration of ideas, passionately presented by a young comic
willing to set her aim high rather than follow a lazy route to
easy laughs." chortle.com
In addition to her solo show at this years Edinburgh,
Sarah also starred alongside Phil Nichol and Trevor Lock in Lock
and Devillart's hit play What you Really Want at the Pleasance
Theatre. Such was the success of the play, with its five star
rating, it took to the London stage for an extended run which
again received great notices.
"Aussie stand-up Sarah Kendall is in terrific
form... a comic play with a great script, top cast, witty
dialogue and near perfect staging." Edinburgh Evening News
Sarah certainly has come a long way in a short time
since she first began her career in comedy in 1996 at the Sydney
Universities annual 'Review' show. As well as her festival
shows, Sarah has notched up hilarious sets at the prestigious
'Just For Laughs' Festival in Montreal and at L.A.'s 'Hollywood
Improv Club'. A confident and experienced performer for her
years, she has played in Singapore, Amsterdam, Ireland and South
Africa and already has Berlin and Hong Kong to add to the list
during 2002.
Sarah Kendall
