Charlie Pickering (born 1977)is a successful Australian comedian, who has performed stand up comedy since 2000, appearing in multiple festivals, both in Australia and around the world.

In 2002 Charlie made his first appearance in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) with long time collaborator Michael Chamberlin in Boiling Point, a show which earned them the Piece of Wood Award (an award given by contemporary comedians). In 2003 Charlie and Michael teamed up again in Boiling Point 2, the pair also appearing the same year with fellow comedian Terri Psiakis in Equal Third. In 2004 Charlie debuted his first full length festival show Revolver which found critical success. In 2005 Charlie launched Betterman at the MICF, a show he went on to tour in New Zealand where he won Best International Act – New Zealand Comedy Guild Awards, and also at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where he was nominated for the prestigious Perrier Award – Best Newcomer. In 2006 Charlie presented his show Auto at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, winning a nomination for the Barry Award, the top award presented at the MICF. The Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) is held each April in a number of venues across Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Michael Chamberlin is a Melbourne based stand up comedian. ... Terri Psiakis is an Australian comedian and occasional presenter on Australian youth radio station Triple J. Her Triple J appearances most notably include co-presenting the Ross and Terri show with Ross Noble. ... The Perrier Comedy Award is a prestigious award for comedy, awarded to the best comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe festival. ...

Charlie has also worked widely in Australian television and radio. He is known nationally from his time spent on youth radio station Triple J between 2001 – 2003. His television appearances include Rove Live (Ten Network), The Glass House (ABC TV), Today (Nine Network) and an appearance on the 2006 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala (Ten Network). Triple J (JJJ) is a nationally-networked, government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation), mainly aimed at youth (defined as those between 12 and 25). ... Rove Live is a weekly Australian television talk show hosted by Rove McManus. ... The Glass House (movie), an American movie The Glass House (TV series), an Australian TV series This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Look up today in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Between 2000 and 2005 Charlie, along with Michael Chamberlin, was instrumental in helping shape the Melbourne live comedy circuit, running several seasons of one of the successful comedy room Stagetime.

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