bio
Backtrack a bit...So who exactly is this Lauren Bok lady?
She's a comedian.
Lauren Bok is an award-winning comedian from Melbourne with over 8 years experience in performance, radio and TV. She does mimes, burlesque, stand up and silly voices.
Along the way she's enjoyed multiple sold-out shows, rave reviews, best-newcomer lists (Pedestrian.tv and Broadsheet) was nominated for the Golden Gibbo at MICF 2019 and won Best Emerging Artist at Adelaide Fringe 2016, as well as writing for SBS Comedy and The Age.
She is also the co-founder of Gaggle, an all-day workshop series in stand up, clowning and improv comedy for women and non-binary people. She has presented her own stand up comedy workshop for Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne Fringe, Newcastle Not Just For Laughs Festival and more.
"How does one even begin to explain how wonderfully funny Lauren Bok is" - Aussietheatre.com.au
Yeah but what else has she done
yeah heaps what
Rock Out With Your Bok Out
Tune in, turn on and Bok out with jaw-dropping stories and silly mimes from the ‘snort-level funny’ (Broadsheet) mouth of the award-winning Lauren Bok.
MICF 2019 -Crowded in the Vaults
**NOMINATED: THE GOLDEN GIBBO AWARD***
★★★★½ - "Jaw-achingly brilliant" - The Music
Between a Bok and a Hard Place
Stepping between the cracks of comedy to show the 4 things needed to make a show: Title, blurb, image, and to a lesser extent, talent.
Listed in the Guardian -
four shows that will make you feel better about the world: "Bok’s friendly, upbeat style will make you feel instantly at ease and the show’s underlying principles of self-acceptance and self-confidence speak to a defiant positivity"
★★★★ - Fourth Wall Media2017 - 2018
Melbourne Fringe (as A Bok In Progress)
FRINGEWORLD PerthAdelaide Fringe
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Is That A Burrito In Your Pocket Or Are You Just Happy You Have A Burrito
We're born, we're shovelled into a channel of carbohydrate, the weight of life's commitments are thrown on top of us. The Tomato Salsa of Dreams. The Guacamole of Expectations. The Sour Cream of Hope.
“Relatable, hysterical, sassy, uncompromising” - Bare Truth Magazine
“Earning the attention she deserves” - The Plus Ones
“Snort level funny” - Broadsheet
“Sold out with the audience in stitches”
★★★★★ - Funny Tonne
2015 - 2017
Anywhere Festival, Melbourne Fringe
FRINGEWORLD Perth
Adelaide Fringe *WINNER - Best Emerging Artist Weekly Award 2016
Melbourne international Comedy Festival, The Butterfly Club,
Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh Fringe
The World's Worst Babysitter
Have fear, the World's Worst Babysitter is here! And she’s ready to eat all the icecream, make too much noise and never go to bed! As soon as parents fly out the door, order flies out the window! The World’s Worst Babysitter is an unforgettable show of hell-raising chaos, clowning and cheeky fun, taking you on an adventure of living-room sized proportions.
"Don't miss out on The World's Worst Babysitter - She may turn traditional rules upside down but when it comes to entertaining children they need upturning. You and your child will leave firmly convinced she is the best."
- Weekendnotes
Melbourne Fringe 2018
The Melba Spegieltent
Radio Variety Hour
With Sam Marzden and Bert Goldsmith
Radio Variety Hour is an hour-long comedy theatre show unlike anything you've seen (or heard) since about 1950... part loving parody and part improvised chaos.
The brainchild of comedians Bert Goldsmith, Sam Marzden and Lauren Bok, RVH is all these things and more. With the trio playing all characters, performing sound effects live on stage with a variety of household objects, singing old-time ads and often laughing more than the crowd, Radio Variety Hour is a comedy with something for everyone.
Wander Women
With Chelsea Hughes and Megan Mckay
It’s the Wander Women! Tales of adventure from across the globe and
beyond!
A travel-based sketch show.
"Wander Women is a refreshingly down to earth and self-deprecating show that highlights three very talented women"
★★★★
Beat Magazine
2015 MICF
2 States of Lauren Bok and Bridget Fahey
A split bill stand up show with smartass Adelaide comic Bridget Fahey
"Neat asides about her love life, accompanied by judiciously placed hair flicks, round out Bok’s material for a likeable, laugh-out-loud routine."
★★★★
Rip It Up
2015 Adelaide Fringe
Sullivan and Bok
Surreal sketch and smart stand up with Claire Sullivan
"The melange of playfulness, wit, absurdity and silliness make for hilarious company. These guys are delightful"
Heckler
"...a wild hour of stand up and general mucking around"
Squirrel Comedy
"f**king bizarre"
Festival Freak
2015 Adelaide Fringe, MICF
podcasts
Elementary Springfield
With Lauren Bok and Claire Sullivan
Other Podcast stuff
Dice Paper Role - a 5e Dungeons and Dragons Podcast
I was part of the finale of the last arch of Book 2!
Pt 1 http://www.dicepaperrole.com/podcast/book-ii-chapter-vii-you-can-call-me-al/
Pt 2
http://www.dicepaperrole.com/podcast/book-ii-chapter-viii-a-dragon-born/
Other guest stuff of late:
Funny About Books with Stella Kinsella - Lauren Bok and Joanne Brookfield
Off With the Faires with Morgan Phillips and Isabella Valette
Gaggle
Stand up Comedy Workshops for anyone that isn't cismale.
Gaggle facebook page is here
Gaggle Comedy is a workshop for women, non-binary people to find their comedic voice.
Lauren delivers a 2 hour stand up workshop covering the basics of your first 5 minutes of stand up.
Please get in touch to learn more!
Gallery
Baben!
