Lano & Woodley emerged from the popular comedy trio Found Objects. In 1993 Col and Frank received the Brian McCarthy Memorial Moosehead Award - a trust set up to fund and nurture new comic ideas. They asked Neill Gladwin (ex Los Trios Ringbarkus) to direct and Lano & Woodley was born.

National acclaim translated into international fame for Lano & Woodley when they took their show "Fence" to the Edinburgh Festival in 1994, where they won the prestigious Perrier Pick of the Fringe Award. The award is the unofficial Comedy Oscar and brought Lano & Woodley international recognition and unprecedented rave reviews by press and audiences alike.

Returning to Edinburgh in 1995 with a new show "Curtains", Lano & Woodley played to packed houses and attracted significant interest from television executives, culminating in a co-production deal with Working Title UK ("Four Weddings and a Funeral", "Mr Bean", "Elizabeth"). "The Adventures of Lano and Woodley" (13 x 1/2 hour) was seen by Australian audiences late in 1997 and has sold to 35 countries including the UK to the BBC. Their first series was directed in part by Bob Spiers ("Absolutely Fabulous", "The Goodies", "Comic Strip Presents" etc). They are currently developing a feature film with Working Title.

In Australia they remain popular favourites on television, radio and on stage.

As if international success on stage and screen is not enough - they have released a book through Penguin, "Housemeeting", which Frank also illustrated.

Lano & Woodley are currently touring nationally with their latest live show, a new narrative-based show "Bruiser" which premiered at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival this year to packed houses and rave reviews.

FESTIVALS & SEASONS

2002
- Perth Comedy Festival
- Adelaide Fringe Festival
- Melbourne International Comedy Festival
- The Studio, Sydney Opera House - season
- NSW Regional Tour
2001
- Perth Comedy Festival
- Adelaide Cabaret Festival
- Melbourne Comedy Festival
- Victorian Regional Tour
2000
- Adelaide Fringe Festival
- Melbourne Comedy Festival
- Suburban Melbourne Tour
1999
- Continental Cafe, Melb - season
1997
- Comedy Theatre, Melb - season
- Seymour Centre, Syd - season
- His Majesty's, Perth - season
1996
- Adelaide Fringe Festival
- Wellington International Festival
- Melbourne International Comedy Festival
- National Festival of Australian Theatre, Canberra
1995
- Sydney Festival
- Perth International Festival
- Melbourne International Comedy Festival
- Auckland Comedy Festival
- Edinburgh Fringe Festival
1994
- Sydney Festival
- Adelaide Fringe Festival
- Melbourne International Comedy Festival
- Auckland Comedy Festival
- Edinburgh Fringe Festival
- British Festival of Visual Theatre
- Perrier Pick of the Fringe Season,
- Lyric Theatre, London
- Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne
- Castlemaine Festival
- Cochrane Theatre, London

AWARDS

2001
Comedy Group of the Year - "Mo" Awards
1997
Crowned Melbourne's "Moomba Monarchs"
1994
Perrier Pick of the Fringe Award - Edinburgh Fringe Festival
1993
Brian McCarthy Memorial Moosehead Award

TELEVISION & RADIO

"The Adventures of Lano & Woodley".
Series 1 1997,
Series 2 1999.
Lano & Woodley are regular guests on Hey! Hey! It's Saturday, Good Morning Australia, Rove Live, The Midday Show, Recovery, The Today Show, The Panel, Good News Week, Fox FM, Triple M, Triple J, ABC Radio and 3RRR.

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