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Des Dowling
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Based in:
Melbourne VIC
Line up(s) available: solo If variety is indeed the spice of life, then Des Dowling’s career is a vindaloo of life threatening intensity. He spent the early years of his career as a news and current affairs reporter for the ABC, Channel 7 and Channel 9. Des decided making people laugh, rather than making them cry, was a far more noble way to earn a living. In the twelve years since, he’s carved out a career as a top line comedian and corporate entertainer travelling the length and breadth of Australia. He’s headlined at Australia’s premier comedy clubs and performed his own sold out comedy/sketch show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
His major project for 2008 was writing and directing Ch 10’s Logie nominated comedy mockumentary series “Mark Loves Sharon”. When he’s not behind the camera, Des is in front of it, working as a presenter on Ch 7’s “Coxy’s Big Break” and Ch 9’s “Talk To The Animals”. Des is meticulous, intelligent and very funny, and an asset to any event as both a host and a stand up comedian.
Testimonials Des Dowling was a fantastic host for the REIA National Awards 2009. He understood my clients requirements and my needs as an event manager. He had the audience right there with him the entire night and his improvisation through a technical glitch made it feel like it was all done on purpose. He was funny, professional, flexible in dealing with last minute changes and a pleasure to work with. We will certainly recommend him to our future clients. I've been to a lot of functions throughout my time as President of the Banyule Amateur Football Club and quite frankly Des Dowling was absolutely magnificent last Saturday at the Bear Cave. The audience, from our u19 boys to some of our senior life members, were thoroughly entertained as Des let them rip in a very professional and polished performance. Get on the Des Dowling bandwagon! Excellent! Our Sportsman's night was chocker's full of players, members & supporters. After a few solid hours of listening to Brendon Fevola & Brodie Holland entertain the crowd comedian Des Dowling waltz the stage and began. Probably the funniest 25 minutes I have ever heard or been apart of. I havenever ever seen such a large group in fits of laughter. His modern jokes, along with quick responses to audiences actually had a few of us crying we were laughing so hard. Even the female guests thought he was great and I could not recommend higher to any sort of function. Des Dowling MC’d the Australian Workers' Union Annual Gala Ball. This is a huge event for around 1300 guests at Crown Casino's prestigious Palladium Room. Guest speakers included former Prime Minister Bob Hawke and Opposition Leader Kim Beazley. Des did a fantastic job and had the crowd in stitches from the start of the night. He even prepared a special comic slide presentation which set the tone for the evening. I would recommend Des for this or any other kind of event in the future. Sacred Heart Mission is based in St Kilda, Melbourne and works with the homeless. For the past three years Des Dowling has been involved as an MC or entertainer at many of our major fundraising events. These include a crowd of 20,000 people at our annual community football game, a fashion parade involving Australia’s top designers, a sports dinner with 500 guests and 20 sports stars and a Women’s Dinner. In all cases we received great feedback on Des’s performances. He was required to entertain people with his stand up routines, interview a cross range of people on stage and think on his feet when events don’t go quite to plan. Given the work that we do, Des is also required to tell our story in a way that captures peoples attention and encourages them to become involved. In all respects Des does a superb job – he makes people laugh, is spontaneous & witty and can be serious when required. In summary, the perfect MC / Entertainer.
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