In Rangas for Rangas, the third annual comedy event to raise money for Orangutans (Profits go towards Borneo Orangutan Survival) Mandy Nolan welcomes red headed wise crackers Bev Killick and Steven J Whitely to the stage at Currumbin RSL.
Bev’s life has become all about boobs when she was asked to perform as a Bosum Buddy in Busting Out! Of course she accepted the Busting Out! offer and has now toured for the last 4 years in Australia, New Zealand and the UK and Edinburgh Festival. Bev is also touring with Wild Women of Comedy and doing solo stand up shows around the nation.
She started making people laugh from the age of ten, at family gatherings. Invariably these gatherings would end up with Bev putting on a show. Always the class clown and lunch time entertainer, Bev’s ability to remember a joke (handed down from her Dad at the meatworks) and tell it well , saw her doing stand up comedy in the school quadrangle long before she knew that it would be her calling.
Bev’s move south to Melbourne was where her innate comedic abilities came to the fore. Participating in numerous performance workshops from clowning to improvisation, she perfected her stand up routine touring it around Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane comedy circuits performing in top comedy spots such as The Espy, The Comedy Club, The Comic’s Lounge, The Comedy Store and the Sit Down Comedy Club.
Bev has worked with Weird Al Yankovic, Wayne Brady, Gina Riley and Jane Turner as a guest cameo on Kath and Kim.
“Bev Killick was a particular standout. The singing, rapping, rough-talking soul mama had every girl in the room shedding tears of laughter with her irreverent ranting and granny undie flashing” – Herald Sun.
She is joined by Gold Coast lad and rising comedy star Steven J Whitely, also a red head, well at least now he’s lost his hair he has a red beard. Nolan is MC and while not a red head herself she promises to don a wig in honour of Rangas at risk.
“BOS is an incredible organisation” says Nolan “the money that we raise and the money that they raise throughout the year goes into rehabilitating orangutans and their habitat so they can be released into the wild. It’s about supporting locals to protect them and providing the income so they can. There is something so soulful about looking into the eyes of an orang-utan, you just can’t look away.”
Rangas, Orangutan lovers and lovers of comedy can get together for a huge night of laughs, raffles, prizes and fun knowing that our mirth will save a few of our furry orange friends.
What: Rangas for Rangas
Where: Currumbin RSL
When: Thursday September 13
Interested?: Tix are $25 each on line or at reception.
