"...Their world may be Middle Earth, but Pig Island are heading towards a higher plane of comedy..." (The Guardian, UK)
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Nick Coyle is a writer, director and co-founder of Pig Island, a comedy trio comprising friends and performers Nick, Charlie Garber and Claudia Doherty. Nick is a member of The Sydney Theatre Company’s Writer’s Group.
Nick wrote, directed and performed in THE OCTOBER SAPPHIRE while he was studying at Sydney University and it was presented at the New York International Fringe Festival in 2006.
Pig Island have produced a number of shows including THE GLASS BOAT which appeared at Melbourne Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival; PARTIES 4EVA as part of the Underbelly Festival and the Imperial Panda Festival; SIMPLY FANCY at The Old Fitz Theatre, Downstairs at Belvoir Street, Melbourne Comedy Festival and Edinburgh Festival; and 1,2,3 BOOGIE for the This Is Not Art Festival.
Pig Island’s THE GLASS BOAT won the Golden Gibbo Award for Best Independent Show and was nominated for the Age Best Newcomer Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2007. At the 2008 Edinburgh Arts Festival the same show received rave reviews, hit picks and sold out. Pig Island was chosen as of Sydney’s Creative Catalysts in 2009 and performed at the launch at the Opera House.
KITTENBONE BRIDGE was produced as part of Sydney Theatre Company’s Wharf2Loud season in 2007 and the Imperial Panda Festival, 2009 and HAMMERHEAD (IS DEAD) appeared in Griffin’s Stablemates season in 2009. Both received critical acclaim.
In 2010 Nick continued to develop his own work and performed in A RARE SIGHT, written by and starring himself and Maeve Higgins at Melbourne International Comedy Festival and New Zealand Comedy Festival. ROMMY, written and directed by Nick, opened at the Old Fitz in Sydney in 2010.
Nick’s one man show ME PREGNANT!, written by and starring Nick, premiered at the Old Fitz in 2011. The play was remounted at The Melbourne Fringe Festival at which Nick was awarded the Powerhouse Outstanding Comedy Award; subsequently the production will be programmed in the Brisbane Comedy Festival and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2012. Nick won an FBi SMAC (Sydney Music Arts and Culture) Award for the production.
Most recently, Nick was nominated for a Phillip Parson’s Award in 2011.
Pig Island are currently hosting an 11am Sunday radio show on FBi 94.5 in Sydney and are developing a narrative comedy television show together.
