Brett Hunter knows there’s more to making people laugh than trotting out the same set of jokes to every audience he faces.
The 32-year-old stand-up comedian will be kept on his toes next month when he performs at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, followed up by the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
“I’ve done four gigs in the past week and each time it’s a different crowd. Some crowds will like some material and others will get offended by the same material,” he said.
“You can’t just go in with the same material. You have to be quick witted.”
It’s the first year Hunter will have his own dedicated show at each festival.
He says his show, Shits and Giggles, is full of relatable jokes and stories.
“It’s all everyday-life stuff,” he says. “When I’m in Melbourne, I talk about growing up in Werribee or about my mum.”
The funnyman will also travel around America and South Africa later this year as the support act for fellow comedian Doug Chappel.
Hunter, a boilermaker by trade, started doing stand-up three years ago and hopes to turn his passion into a full-time career.
“I was always the class clown,” he says.
“I enjoy a joke and all my mates said I should do this. At first, I thought it would be pretty easy, but it’s one of the hardest things to do.
“The more gigs you do, the better off you’ll be to do it full-time.”
Visit Hunter’s Facebook page for more information about his coming gigs.
