Adam Richard

A stand-up comedian since 1997, Adam has performed all over Australia, Britain and the USA. He began his gossip queen career as Triple J’s Mister Bitch and spent eight years as The Fabulous Adam Richard, part of Melbourne’s FM breakfast team The Matt and Jo Show on 101.9 Fox FM.

Adam has appeared as a guest on such embarrassing television ventures as Celebrity Dog School, Celebrity Splash, Hole in the Wall (what is it with all the swimming pools?) and The Footy Show. He has also appeared in more classy fare, like Celebrity Letters and Numbers, Can of Worms, Chelsea Lately, Rove and Tractor Monkeys. He is the co-writer and co-star of the 2012 ABC TV comedy series Outland, about a group of gay science fiction fans. Adam was one of the team captains along with Ella Hooper on the rebooted Spicks and Specks hosted by Josh Earl, and a panellist on ABC series Whovians, a show dedicated to the Doctor Who fandom.

Adam was a national finalist in the 1997 Raw Comedy competition. He was the recipient of a Moosehead Award grant in 1998 for his first-ever full-length stand-up comedy show Tragedy. In ‘98 he also played Sydney and Edinburgh in the live show oz.dot.comedy with Carl Barron, the subject of a Comedy Channel documentary directed by Kevin Carlin. In ‘99 Adam made his commercial television debut performing stand-up comedy on Hey Hey It’s Saturday. He has self-produced several shows for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival since 1999’s Adam Richard in Disgrace. In 2014 Adam performed Gaypocalypse – his first solo festival show in seven years at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. In 2015, he returned to MICF with his show #FGT.

Adam was a co-producer and presenter of the live comedy night and podcast The Shelf with Justin Hamilton and producer and presenter of The Poofcast (with Scott Brennan and Toby Sullivan, aka Talking Poofy). He is currently a senior writer on ABC comedy quiz series Hard Quiz.