Rainbow Fest. Comedy Night - Rhys Nicholson & Kirsty Webeck

WE ARE ESPECIALLY PROUD TO BE PART OF THE 2025 ORANGE RAINBOW FESTIVAL CELEBRATIONS TO BRING YOU TWO OF THE COUNTRIES BIGGEST COMEDIANS
Rhys Nicholson is a multi-award-winning Australian stand-up, writer, actor and collager.
With an enormous passion for live performing, their work continues to receive awards and accolades around the world. As well as numerous televised stand up performances in Australia, the UK and Canada, in early 2019 Rhys was hand picked to open for comedy legend Conan O’Brien on his Australian tour. A few months later this lead to Nicholson’s USA television debut as the stand up guest on CONAN (TBS). 2019 proved to be quite a big year for Rhys (which is lucky because 2020 and 2021 have been a bit of a nightmare) when in November they recorded their third stand up special. This time for Netflix worldwide, making Rhys one of only three Australians with a solo show on the streaming giant and earning them a nomination for Best Stand Up Comedy Special at the AACTA Awards in 2021.
Alongside a booming stand-up career, Rhys has become a favourite across our small screens. Scripted appearances include being cast as a series regular in the Sci-Fi comedy The Imperfects (NETFLIX), and a recurring role in FISK (NETFLIX). On top of this, Rhys appeared on all four seasons of Drag Race Down Under (STAN), featured as a contestant on Network 10’s Taskmaster Australia, and was invited to appear twice on the re-boot of Thank God You’re Here in 2023 & 2024. Rhys is also a regular guest on The Weekly with Charlie Pickering (ABC), along with featuring on many of Australia's entertainment shows, including Guy Montgomery Spelling Bee (ABC), Spicks and Specks (ABC), Question Everything (ABC), and Would I Lie To You (ABC). Additionally, viewers may have caught them hosting the 2023 & 2024 ARIA Awards (STAN), New Years Eve Broadcast (ABC), and World Pride Broadcast (ABC).
“The Comedy Festival Show with the highest number of laughs per minute…Nicholson is an absolute master of the form”
★★★★★ TimeOut
“Rhys Nicholson is at the top of his game. His economy of words is at a Jerry Seinfeld-level, with more edge and less zeroes in his bank account.”
★★★★½ – Herald Sun
“The expertly delivered rat-a-tat joke rate never flags...how remarkable it is to see someone so entirely in command of their work and style ”
★★★★½ – The Age
Kirsty Webeck is well known for her upbeat and relatable comedy that is often described as playful, light-hearted and fun. A gifted storyteller, she has a natural ability for turning the mundane into the hilarious and has quickly become one of the most popular Australian comedians in the industry.
She's now a regular fixture on the Australian comedy circuit and TV screens across Australia and New Zealand. Her TV appearances include Tonightly with Tom Ballard, Metrosexual, How To Stay Married, SBS' Celebrity Letters and Numbers, The Weekly with Charlie Pickering, Channel 10's Just For Laughs, The Project, Today Extra and New Zealand's 7 Days. She’s best known as a regular panellist on The ABC’s Question Everything.
In addition to this, she's a regular guest on ABC radio and comedy podcasts, including guest appearances on Do Go On, Confessions, Dear Nelly, Who Knew It With Matt Stewart, Book Cheat, Wilosophy, TOFOP and The Dollop's ‘Past Times.’
Her first stand up comedy special 'Silver Linings' was released on Paramount Plus in November 2022 and is now available on ABC iview as episode six in “Live At The Malthouse.”
Her 2024 show “I’ll Be The Judge Of That” was released as a special on YouTube.
Friday 21 March 2025 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM (UTC+11)
Location
Orange Function Centre
Eyles Street, Orange NSW 2800
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