Perennial globetrotter Marcus Ryan is a gifted storyteller with a natural comic bent and has featured at so many festivals and clubs around the world it’s hard to know where home is these days. One thing's for sure, he’s right at home on stage. A laid back yet engaging stage presence, Marcus charms his audiences with tales from the road and a sharp wit. Not bad for a boy from Wonthaggi.
In 2009 alone Marcus has performed in NY, Seattle, Portland and Vancouver on a 3 week North American tour, taken part in a travel writing tour of Morocco and toured his comedy in Amsterdam, Belgium, Belfast, Galway, Dublin and the far reaches of England and Scotland in between taking a SOLD OUT Australia Day showcase to the UK’s Brighton, Leith and Edinburgh Fringe Festival’s. He has also been interviewed and guest hosted on various Irish and UK radio shows and currently writing blog and columns for online and print media.
Marcus has written for and worked in radio and television, stage acting and performed comedy as an MC, support and headliner in Australia, USA, Canada, Belgium, Holland, Spain, Guatemala, Ireland and UK.
Following shows in Perth, Sydney and Adelaide Marcus recently returned for a full run at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
'Effortlessly funny...unpretentious, informal, belly-laughs-a-minute stand-up’ ThreeWeeks ‘06
'He does everything a stand-up’s supposed to do, engaging easily with the audience. After just a few years as a comic, this genial chap absolutely looks and acts the part' Chortle, ‘07
'Faring much better was ironically the quietest comedian of the night, Marcus Ryan, who proved himself a bit of a charmer. With skill and deft timing he hit the mark with fine observations on his global travels and the perils of Facebook.' “ **** ” Skinny.co.uk ‘09
‘Marcus Ryan came with a well-honed act, good, solid, funny stuff delivered with a great deal of personality’ Edinburgh Evening News, April ‘09
