She watched The Big Gig from far too young an age. Her first stand up spot for a school concert saw her demoralise the tuckshop ladies. She started going to live gigs from the age of 16. Frankly, if Terri Psiakis hadn’t gone on to write and perform comedy as an adult, psychologists probably would have had something to say about her obsessive behaviour.
Terri is a young lady well on her way. She has appeared on Rove [Live], The Glass House, Spicks & Specks and ABC-TV’s Stand Up! She will also be familiar to listeners of national youth broadcaster Triple J, where she has been a regular contributor over the past 5 years with a weekly spot on Wil Anderson & Adam Spencer’s Breakfast Show, co-hosting Summer Lunchtimes with Ross Noble, various shifts as “The T & A Show” with Amy Blackmur and her own weekly segments, “The Psiakis Files” and “Finishing School”, on Robbie Buck’s Drive Show.
Terri’s flair for broadcasting continued and she now hosts her own Weekend Breakfast Show on Triple M, named “Toast”, with Justin Hamilton and Charlie Pickering.
Terri’s natural, conversational style has also come in handy on The Comedy Channel when she hosted backstage interviews for their homegrown show Stand Up! Australia.
Terri’s first full length solo stand up show Terri Psiakis is Available debuted in 2005 as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival to universally rave reviews, and went on to play in the Adelaide Fringe Festival in 2006. She followed this up with another solo show in 2007, aptly titled Terri Psiakis is Unavailable which saw her exploring the ups and downs of shacking up with a bloke in the suburbs, and then finished off the trilogy in 2008 with Terri Psiakis has Pending Nuptials.
Terri has also just had a book commissioned and will be turning Pending Nuptials into the perfect sensible girls’ wedding companion book, for release in 2009, and it promises to have not a meringue fluffy dress in sight!
Yes, we are very proud.
‘…Psiakis genuinely engages with the room….she offers a lucid and spotless hour of wit and lopsided wisdom' Helen Razer, The Age
‘…one of the best going around….a truly class act.' Shaun Topp, Beat Magazine
‘…a fun and candid show…warm and relaxed…' Mary Papadakis, Sunday Herald Sun |
Live Shows
|
| 2008 |
Terri Psiakis has Pending Nuptials – Solo Show
Melbourne International Comedy Festival |
2007 |
Terri Psiakis is Unavailable - Solo Show
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
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| 2006 |
Terri Psiakis is Available – Solo Show
Adelaide Fringe Festival |
| 2005 |
Terri Psiakis is Available – Solo Show
Melbourne International Comedy Festival |
| 2005 |
Terri Psiakis – Solo Show
Adelaide Comedy Festival |
| 2003 |
Equal Third - With Charlie Pickering & Michael Chamberlin.
Melbourne Comedy Festival. |
| 2002 |
Bang Up For It - Solo show
Melbourne Comedy Festival. |
| 2001/06 |
Upfront - Stand up show
Showcasing the best female comedians, Melbourne Comedy Festival. |
2001
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The Comedy Zone - Stand up showShowcasing up-and-coming young comedians, Melbourne Comedy Festival. |
| 2000/01 |
Elbow Grease - Stand up showShowcasing emerging comedy talent, Melbourne Comedy Festival. |
Television
|
| 2007 |
Stand Up! Australia
Backstage Interviews (Host)
|
Comedy Channel |
| 2007 |
Stand Up! Australia
(Stand Up Appearance) |
Comedy Channel |
| 2007 |
Spicks & Specks (Guest Panellist) |
ABC-TV |
| 2006 |
Stand Up! Australia
(Stand Up Appearance) |
Comedy Channel |
2006 |
Insight (Guest Appearance)
|
SBS |
2002/06 |
The Glass House
(Guest Panellist x 5) |
ABC-TV |
2001-05 |
Rove Live
(Stand Up Appearances x 4) |
Network TEN |
| 2005 |
Rove Live (Guest – My Charader) |
Network TEN |
2002-05 |
The Glass House
(Guest Panellist x 3) |
ABC-TV |
2005 |
Spicks & Specks
(Guest Panellist x 3) |
ABC-TV |
2004 |
Stand Up!
(Stand Up Appearance) |
ABC-TV |
2004 |
Comedy Kitchen
(Guest Presenter/Writer) |
ABC Broadband |
2001/02 |
Upfront
(Stand up comedy
appearances x 2) |
ABC-TV |
2001 |
Headliners
(Stand up comedy appearance) |
Comedy Channel |
2001 |
Raucous
(Stand up comedy appearance) |
Channel 31 (Melb) |
2001 |
Aussie Jokers
(Feature story) |
SBS |
2000/01 |
Champagne Comedy
(Numerous stand up
comedy appearances) |
Channel 31 (Melb) |
| 1999 |
Standing Up
(Stand up comedy
appearance) |
ABC-TV |
Radio
|
|
| 2008 |
2 weeks Drive Show fill in, Toast
(with Justin Hamilton & Charlie Pickering)
|
Triple M |
| 2008 |
Weekend Breakfast Show Toast
(with Justin Hamilton & Charlie Pickering) |
Triple M |
| 2007 |
Saturday Morning Show Toast (co-host with Charlie Pickering & Justin Hamilton) |
Triple M |
| 2007 |
"The Psiakis Files"
with Robbie Buck
(Weekly Guest Spot) |
Triple J |
| 2006/07 |
"The T & A Show" Summer Evening Host |
Triple J |
| 2006 |
"Finishing School" with
Robbie Buck
(Weekly Guest Spot) |
Triple J |
| 2006 |
The Pinch (Guest Spots) |
Triple R |
| 2005/06 |
Summer Daytime Host
(with Ross Noble) |
Triple J |
| 2005 |
Pete's Show (Guest
Co-Host with Peter Helliar) |
Today Network |
| 2005 |
Drive Host (1 Week -
June, 2 Days August) |
Triple J |
| 2004/5 |
Summer Daytime Host
(with Ross Noble) |
Triple J |
| 2004/5 |
Various Mid-Dawn &
Weekend Shifts |
Triple J |
| 2003/4 |
Summer Breakfast Co-host
(with Justin Hamilton) |
Triple J |
| 2003 |
Breakfast Co-Host (2 Week Guest Role) |
Triple J |
| 2001-04 |
Breakfast
(Weekly Comedy Spot) |
Triple J |
| 2001 |
Triple J Weekends (Weekly guest spot)
|
Triple J |
2001/02 |
Various programs (Various guest spots) |
Triple R |
Writing
|
| 2007-08 |
Sunday Age - Regular Guest Columnist
|
| 2007 |
Saturday Herald Sun - Guest Columnist |
| 2007 |
Network TEN - Rove (Contributing Writer) |
| 2007 |
Roving Enterprises - rovedaily.com (Contributing Writer) |
| 2006 |
Fernwood Magazine Guest Columnist |
| 2006 |
Ha! Magazine Guest Columnist |
| 2001–Now |
Network TEN Rove Live(Contributing Writer) |
| 2004 |
Nine Network Comedy Inc 3 (Contributing Writer) |
| 2003/04 |
Network TEN skitHOUSE (Contributing Writer) |
| 2002-2004 |
Network TEN ARIA Awards (Contributing Writer) |
Other Notable Live Work
|
2007 & 2008 - Australia Day Eve Debate, Dept of Premier and Cabinet
2007 - Essendon Football Club Ladies Debate
2007 - Comedy Channel – Station Voiceover Artist
2005 Rove McManus Stands Up (Support) - Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne
2005 Laugh Out Loud Comedy Festival as part of the Benalla Festival
2004 Stagetime Christmas Show (supporting Flight of the Conchords)
2004 Armidale Women's Comedy Festival
2004 Class Clowns Workshop Presenter – Melbourne Comedy Festival
2004 Show Us Your Roots – Canberra Multicultural Festival
Oct 2003 The Hump – Get Over It (with Justin Hamilton & Adam Richard)
2003 & 2004 Stand Up For Your Rights – Amnesty International Gala Benefit
2002 - 2004 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow
2002 Apollo Bay Music Festival
2001 Falls Festival
** Terri has also made numerous stand up appearances on campus and in pubs & clubs across Australia.
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Corporate and Other Voiceovers
|
Various clients including The Comedy Channel, Mount Gambier Tennis Club, Newcastle Young Achievers Luncheon, Pascoe Vale Girls Secondary College, DDB Needham, Knox City Council, Mitre Ten, Amnesty International Tasmania, Australian Services Union, Risky Business – Comedy Quest (Mentoring), Village Green, Melbourne University – Union Arts, Melbourne Girls College, Australian College of Midwives, Express Media, Australian Health Services Financial Management Association, East Burwood Football Club, Westbourne Grammar, Lindisfarne Foundation, Victorian Association of Girls State Schools & Dig Marketing
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Awards
|
| 2004 |
Nominated for Best Comedian TREV Campus Activities Awards |
| 2001 |
Winner of thecomedychannel's 'Search For A Stand-Up' |
| 1995/96 |
Winner of the Campus Activities Victoria Comedy Competition: Best Female |
Exclusively represented by Token Artists.
Contact Janine Eckert on 03 9417 4700 for further details.
Last Updated: September 2008 |
