Janelle Koenig

Janelle fits seamlessly from the comedy stage to corporate gigs, from screen and radio to buck’s nights and football club bashes. Her unique blend of honest stand-up, cheeky songs and sometimes far too personal tales about all aspects of her own life have made her a favourite amongst Australian audiences!

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Janelle Koenig has been funny since – well – birth but her career in comedy started more than 17 years ago when she was discovered at the inaugural Jeez Louise Funny Women’s Forum.

Janelle is a highly accomplished comedian, a mediocre guitarist and a mum. Her unique blend of honest stand-up, cheeky songs and sometimes far too personal tales about all aspects of her own life have made her a favourite amongst Australian audiences. She’s proud to consider herself a real woman but keeps her skinny jeans…just in case.

In 2021 Janelle is beside herself to be creating the All-Girl Gala for Fringe World, a celebration of all the fabulous female and female-identifying talent we have in WA whilst also co-writing her first book! Janelle is super proud to have accrued a combined social media squad of over 30,000 fabulous and very vocal followers.

Since 2018, Janelle has made a massive contribution to Australian television writing. She was the solo scriptwriter for the acclaimed Seven Network reality dating show Take Me Out, and was also the scriptwriter for the first ever (AND Logie nominated) ’Eurovision – Australia Decides’ plus the ‘Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade 2019’, both on SBS. Both shows returned to high acclaim in 2020 with Janelle scriptwriting again. She was also selected as one of only four West Australian script writers to participate in a paid internship with Black Swan State Theatre Company. Over an intense six month process, Janelle’s comedic play ‘Stuck In The Middle With You’ was performed to considerable acclaim, and is currently in development with a film maker.

She’s performed at festivals around Australia and the world, laughing her way around the country from Marble Bar to Moe and Broad Meadows to Broome. Janelle fits seamlessly from the comedy stage to corporate gigs, from screen and radio to buck’s nights and football club bashes. Her talent and professionalism created the opportunity to be hand-picked by NBC as one of only two Melbournian comedians to represent Australia in Last Comic Standing in Miami, Florida.

In 2010, Janelle relocated permanently from Melbourne to Perth, Western Australia. Here she co-hosted the breakfast show ‘The Jam with Janelle and Sam’ for two years and shared the mic with local radio legend Pete Curulli on ‘The Rush Hour’ on Mix94.5 for 18 months. Janelle is a multi-award nominated headline fixture on the local Perth comedy circuit and Fringe World scene.

Janelle has been Joel Creasey’s business partner for over nine years and has been Joel’s writer and director for his last 9 stage shows (one of which was nominated for a Helpmann Award). Janelle and Joel also completed Joel’s autobiography ‘Thirsty’, together, which was released in late 2017 and co-wrote Joel’s dramatic stage debut ‘The Boy, George’ with Richard Carroll in 2019.

Along with comedy writing for Joel, Janelle writes regularly for Perth’s own Famous Sharron, Effie (Mary Coustas) and powerhouse Em Rusciano.

 

 

 

 

  • The Fringe World staff at the Treasury might have a tough time keeping a lid on Janelle Koenig's audience as they leave each night - the chorus of "that was HILARIOUS" might disturb the other shows.

    Perth Now Magazine
  • If you are looking to complete your Fringe World binge of 2017 on a comedy high, then look no further, this show will satisfy your craving. Delivering comedy gold in sassy high heels, Koenig is one to watch.

    The West Australian Newspaper
  • While I still wasn’t keen to be in the direct firing line, I would have happily sacrificed my hubby to the comedy gods with Janelle Koenig on stage and commanding attention. I’d seriously consider paying extra to make that happen. Janelle, the big sister of the Perth comedy scene, brings a unique blend of stand-up, songs and classic oversharing to the stage. It was fifty shades of hilarious.

    Agent Mystery Case
  • Koenig has an amazing capacity to present jokes from the female gaze in such a way that even the blokiest of blokes in the room were cracking up, and Daddy's Girl combines her quick wit, a wealth of great jokes, and some hilarious observational humour to give a great performance. An honest show which comes with a wealth of experience, and from a perspective that just isn't seen from a lot of local comedians.

    Broadway World

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