Denise first started working as a professional actor and comedian nearly thirty years ago, but it has been in the last decade or so that Scotty has gone supernova – winning awards, selling out theatres, appearing on high-rating TV shows and writing two popular memoirs.
To wit: in 2009 Denise penned All That Happened at Number 26, a book which became a national best seller and a hit tour, with sell-out seasons at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Sydney Opera House. Number 26 was also produced as a DVD for the Warehouse Comedy Festival series. Scotty’s subsequent solo show, Regrets, was awarded the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Directors’ Choice Award, with Scotty winning a Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer. She then made her debut (finally!) at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and released her second book The Tour.
Fittingly, 2013 was all about touring for Denise, hitting the stage with her dear friend Judith Lucy in The Spiral. Their stand-up-slash-book-tour debuted at the Princess Theatre during MICF and went on to sell well over 30,000 tickets across Australia.
Scotty has been and remains a favourite guest on many of Australia's favourite TV shows, including Spicks and Specks, The Project, and Talkin' ‘bout Your Generation, in addition to starring as Trish Gross on Channel 7’s high-rating drama Winners & Losers.
Denise returned to the stage once again in 2014 with a new, BARRY AWARDWINNING solo show, Mother Bare, at the Adelaide Fringe, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the Sydney Opera House and the Brisbane Powerhouse. And in 2015, Mother Bare returned to MICF for a limited run at the Comedy Theatre and the prestigious Hamer Hall. Denise also guested in Please Like Me, Jack Irish and House Husbands.
Denise continues to perform around the country and appear on our TV screens, most recently as the voice of Channel 9’s Travel Guides.
2016 culminated in the creation of a brand-new stage show spectacular with Judith Lucy. Disappointments has been a critically acclaimed, run-away success – winning the 2017 Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s People’s Choice Award, performing a run at London’s Soho Theatre and selling out shows all over Australia. Everything's coming up Scotty!
“Scott can help us see the funny side of any adversity” Sunday Herald Sun
“a seasoned and generous performer” The Age
“Denise Scott... only has to look as if she’s going to say something and everyone laughs” Sunday Herald Sun, Melbourne
“Scott was phenomenal” Sydney Morning Herald
“Big-hearted, shamelessly entertaining” The Age, Melbourne
“This show is absolutely A grade; it would be a crime if there were any unsold seats this season.
” The Age, Melbourne
“Scott affirms her status as one the country’s funniest”
The Age, Melbourne
TELEVISION (edited highlights)
2017 Channel 9 Travel Guides (Narrator)
2016 Channel 7 The Big Music Quiz (Guest)
2016 Channel 9 Postcards (Guest)
2016 Channel 9 House Husbands (ongoing guest)
2015 ABC1 Jack Irish (guest, 2 episodes)
2015 Channel 9 House Husbands (guest)
2015 ABC1/Pivot Please Like Me (Cameo)
2005-11, 2014 ABC TV Spicks and Specks (Regular guest)
2004-14 Network TEN MICF Oxfam Gala (Comedy spot)
2013-4 Network TEN The Project (Guest panellist)
2013 ABC TV Adam Hills Tonight (Guest)
2012 ABC TV It’s A Date (Guest)
2011-15 Channel 7 Winners & Losers (Trish Gross)
2011-12 Network TEN Can of Worms (guest)
2010-12 Network TEN The Circle (regular guest co-host)
2009-2011 Network TEN 7PM Project (Regular Co-Host)
2011 ABC TV Judith Lucy’s Spiritual Journey
2011 ABC TV Denise Scott in “Number 26”
2009-10 Network TEN Talkin’ Bout Your Generation
2009-10 Network TEN Good News Week (Contestant)
2009 ABC TV Bed Of Roses (Guest Role)
2009 ABC TV The Librarians (Guest role)
2006 ABC TV The Glass House (Regular Panellist)
2004-2005 Network TEN Rove [Live] (Interviews)
2004 ABC TV Stand Up! (Stand Up Appearance)
2000 ABCTV One Size Fits All (Cast & Writer)
1998 ABC TV Smallest Room In The House
1997-98 Nine Network In Melbourne Tonight (weekly)
1994 Channel 7 Full Frontal (Cast Member & Writer)
1993 ABC TV Kittson Fahey (Sketch Appearances)
1992 ABC TV Big Gig Special (Cast & Writer)
1991 Nine Network The Today Show (Regular Segment)
1991 ABC TV The Big Gig (Cast Member & Writer)
WRITING
2014 All That Happened at Number 26 second edition, Hardie Grant
2012 The Tour Hardie Grant
2009 All That Happened at Number 26 Hardie Grant
RADIO
2013-15 Nova 100 Breakfast with Meshel and Tommy (regular guest appearances)
2006 – 2007 Vega 91.5 Breakfast with Denise Scott, Dave O’Neil and Shaun Micallef (Co-Host)
2005 2 Day FM The Arvo with Judith Lucy and Peter Helliar (Weekly Segment)
2005 774 ABC Evenings with Derek Guille (Host x 3 Weeks)
2004 2 Day FM The Judith Lucy Show (weekly)
LIVE SHOWS (edited highlights)
2016-17 Disappointments with Denise Scott and Judith Lucy
Canberra, Adelaide Fringe Festival, Perth, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney State Theatre, Newcastle, Darwin, London Soho Theatre, Brisbane
2015 Mother Bare – Solo Show Return season at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2014 Mother Bare – Solo Show Adelaide Fringe Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Opera House and Brisbane Powerhouse
2013 The Spiral with Denise Scott and Judith Lucy Adelaide Fringe Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Brisbane Powerhouse, Canberra Theatre, Concourse Theatre Chatswood, Enmore Theatre Sydney, Perth Concert Hall, Hobart, Darwin Festival
2011-12 Regrets – Solo Show
Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival, Brisbane Comedy Festival
2009-10 Number 26 – Solo show
Melbourne International Comedy Festival (premiere & return seasons), Campbelltown Arts Centre, Devonport Entertainment Centre, Kingston Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane Cabaret Festival, Sydney Opera House
2007 Up Front – Solo Show
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2005 Denise Scott Gives Good Council – Solo Show
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2004 Scotty & Son – with Jordie Lane Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Albury/Wodonga Comedy Festival
2003 Comedy Is Still Not Pretty – with Judith Lucy & Lynda Gibson
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2000 Suburban Riot – Solo Show
Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe
1999 Comedy Is Not Pretty – with Judith Lucy & Lynda Gibson
MICF, Adelaide Fringe 2000, Sydney Opera House 2003
1996 Life of The Party – Solo Show
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
1993/94 Canberra Comedy Summit – with Lynda Gibson & Sue Ingleton
Canberra Theatre Centre
1992 Extraordinary Encounters of A Mundane Kind – Solo Show
Melbourne Fringe Festival
1990 This Is Denise Scott – Solo Show
Hilton Hotel - Melbourne
1990 A Natural Normans Christmas - with Lynda Gibson, Lynne McGranger & Sally-Anne Upton
Last Laugh - Melbourne
1990 The Second Royal Commission – Ensemble Show
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Other Notable Live Work
2016 Queenscliff Music Festival (Comedy Spot)
2016 Lorne Performing Arts Festival – Solo Show
2016 Not Just For Laughs – Regional Queensland Comedy Tour with Tommy Little
2013 Woodford Folk Festival
2013 Laugh Your Tits Off, Love Your Sister Fundraiser (Spot)
2013 Bendigo Writer’s Festival
2012 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow Singapore and Hong Kong
2009 Byron Bay Writer’s Festival
2009 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow Mackay, Gladstone, Rockhampton, Townsville, Mt Isa, Cairns, Coffs Harbour, Taree, Newcastle, Bathurst, Parramatta, Terrigal, Wollongong, Nowra
2008 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow Devonport, Launceston, Hobart, Warburton, Ringwood, Bayswater, Sale, Traralgon, Echuca, Bendigo, Brisbane, Caloundra, Noosa, Port Lincoln, Whyalla, Roxby Downs, Port Augusta, Port Pirie, Renmark, Noarlunga, Wycheproof
2007 OVCA Lynda Gibson Memorial Comedy Event – Athenaeum Theatre
1998 Mum’s The Word – with Jane Clifton, Sally Cooper, Carmelina Di Guglielmo, Tracy Harvey & Meg Nantsou MICF (with extension to August), His Majesty’s Theatre – Adelaide
1993 Sing & Swing – with Bob Downe & Gina Riley Last Laugh – Melbourne
RECORDING
2011 Denise Scott – Number 26 DVD Released and distributed by Madman
AWARDS
2017 Joint Winner (with Wil Anderson), People’s Choice Award – Disappointments with Denise Scott and Judith Lucy – Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2014 Winner, Barry Award – Mother Bare – Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2011 Winner Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer
2011 Winner of Melbourne International Comedy Festival Director’s Choice Award for Regrets
2009 Winner of Groggy Squirrel Critics’ Award for Number 26 2005 Nominated for the Barry Award for Best Show in the Melbourne Comedy Festival for Denise Scott Gives Good Council
2004 Nominated for the Barry Award for Best Show in the Melbourne Comedy Festival for Scotty and Son
2004 Winner of the Green Room Award (Cabaret) – Most Innovative Use of Form and Most Outstanding Cabaret Show for Comedy Is Still Not Pretty 2003 Age Critics Award – Melbourne Comedy Festival for Comedy Is Still Not Pretty
2000 Nominated for the Barry Award for Best Show in the Melbourne Comedy Festival for Suburban Riot
1999 Nominated for the Stella Award for Best Show in Melbourne Comedy Festival for Comedy Is Not Pretty, Winner of the Radio National award for Best Solo Performer in the Melbourne Fringe Festival for Extraordinary Encounters Of A Mundane Kind
CORPORATE
Various clients including the ACT Tourism Awards, Victorian Tourism Awards, ATOM Awards, Australian Teachers Of Media, City of Moonee Valley, International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, Eastern Ranges GP Association, Essendon Football Club, Fly Buys, Gippsland Business Awards, InnovationXchange Network, Lindt, Local Government Professionals (LG Pro), Melbourne Football Club, Municipal Association of Victoria, Office of Women’s Policy (Victoria), Meat and Livestock Australia, The Parramatta Eels Ladies In League, Victorian Department of Human Services ,Women’s Health Victoria, CPA Australia and Mazda
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