Anyone For Tennis?
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| Anyone for Tennis? | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | AFT? |
| Origin | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Genres | Comedy Musical comedy Sketch comedy |
| Years active | 2005–2012 |
| Members | Andrew (Doody) Doodson (vocals, guitar) Jason English-Rees (guitar, vocals) |
Anyone for Tennis? was a two-man Australian musical comedy band,[1] writing team and performance duo. The two produced musical comedy, video sketch and stand-up comedy routines until their break-up in 2012.
History
Anyone for Tennis? (Andrew (Doody) Doodson & Jason English-Rees) formed in 2005 while studying advertising at RMIT University in Melbourne. After working in the Melbourne advertising industry together for just over 3 years and winning an MADC[2] award the creative team downed pens and pads and began as a full-time comedy duo in 2006. They played around the Australian comedy scene for a while but it was not until 2007 when they made it through to the national final of the Raw Comedy Award,[3] a nationwide open mic competition, that they started to get widely recognized on the mainstream comedy scene.
Anyone for Tennis? performed shows in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival,[4] recorded an EP 'Acey Deucey' and released numerous YouTube clips including 'Let's get Famous',[5] a parody of the famous OK Go treadmill video. Anyone for Tennis recorded their first and only full-length album in June 2011 titled "Prepare to be tuned" which is a live recording of the 2011 Melbourne and Edinburgh Comedy Festival show of the same name.
As a writing team Andrew Doodson and Jason English-Rees contributed material to numerous Melbourne publications such as Melbourne street press Beat Magazine,[6] and wrote comedy sketches for Channel 31 comedy variety programme Planet Nerd in which they also appeared.[citation needed]
Live shows
| Year | Show Details |
|---|---|
| 2007 | RAW Comedy National Final - Melbourne International Comedy Festival[7] |
| 2008 | Take Your Time - Melbourne International Comedy Festival[8] |
| 2009 | CUTTHROAT - Melbourne International Comedy Festival,[9] Melbourne Fringe Festival[10] |
| Music, Mirth & Mayhem, Mirabel - Kids Benefit - Melbourne International Comedy Festival | |
| 2010 | Abacus Birdcage Gramophone Lamp - Melbourne International Comedy Festival[11] |
| 2011 | Prepare To Be Tuned - Melbourne International Comedy Festival,[12] Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Melbourne Fringe Festival[13] |
| Anyone For Tennis? at the Butterfly Club[14] | |
| The Polyphonic Comic Frolic - Melbourne Fringe Festival[15] |
Musical releases
- Very PE (Single) (2005)
- Coincidentally Ramsey Street (single) (2006)
- Bad Morning (single) (2008)
- Acey Deucey! EP (2008)
- Five Pence ('Five Cent', Aus' Title) (single) (2009)
- Marg (single) (2008)
- My Future Wife (Single) (2010)
References
- ↑ http://www.thegroggysquirrel.com/comics/0A/anyone-for-tennis/
- ↑ http://www.itregister.com.au/press/2006-06-15%20-%20MADC%20-%202006%20Awards.pdf
- ↑ http://www.thegroggysquirrel.com/articles/2007/04/05/2007-melbourne-comedy-festival-reviews/raw-comedy-national-final-2007/
- ↑ http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/season/2009/show/cutthroat-the-story-of-two-guys-who-stuck-their-necks-out/
- ↑ http://www.thegroggysquirrel.com/articles/2007/01/02/anyone-for-tennis/
- ↑ Comics in the Doghouse, Beat Magazine, Issue 1200, Page 28
- ↑ http://www.thegroggysquirrel.com/articles/2007/04/05/2007-melbourne-comedy-festival-reviews/raw-comedy-national-final-2007/
- ↑ http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/season/2008/show/246/
- ↑ http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/season/2009/show/cutthroat-the-story-of-two-guys-who-stuck-their-necks-out/
- ↑ http://www.melbournefringe.com.au/fringe-festival/show/anyone-for-tennis-in-cutthroat
- ↑ http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2010/season/shows/anyone-for-tennis-abacus-birdcage-gramophone-lamp
- ↑ http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2011/season/shows/anyone-for-tennis-prepare-to-be-tuned/
- ↑ http://www.melbournefringe.com.au/fringe-festival/show/anyone-for-tennis-prepare-to-be-tuned
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