#238: Colin Lane - Moving Forward Creatively

Colin Lane is a comedian, actor & host. He is best known as
Lano from Lano and Woodley, Australia's most beloved comedy duo.
In almost 20 years together Lano & Woodley won the coveted
Perrier Award for best show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival,
starred in their own television series and toured sold-out shows
across the country. They said ‘Goodbye’ in 2006 with a national
tour that took in 34 markets and sold more than 150,000 tickets.
In 2018, the duo reprised their roles as Lano & Woodley for
FLY, with a sold-out national tour of 85,000 ticket sales and
winning the prestigious Melbourne Comedy Festival ‘People’s
Choice Award’.


Colin has appeared in Don's Party for the Melbourne
Theatre Company and the Sydney Theatre Company, made many TV
appearances including guest panellist on the UK
favourite QI, alongside Stephen Fry and Alan Davies –
most recently on the new-look, Sandi Toksvig version of the
hugely popular show. 2016 has seen Colin working with Red Stitch
under director Nadia Tass in a new Hannie Rayson
play Extinction, and the musical comedy whodunit, Curtains,
under Roger Hodgman for The Production Company.  He has made
numerous TV appearances on Good News Week, Spicks and Specks,
Welcher & Welcher, Thank God You’re Here, Neighbours, All
Star Family Feud, Show Me the Movie!, The Circle and hosted Ready
Steady Cook (2011-2013).  


His new show ’In Tails’ is on sale now. In Tails
with David Hobson - where a comedian and an opera singers worlds
collide.


We chat about his many hobbies, feeling comfortable in your own
skin, collaboration, splitting up with a long-term collaborator
(Frank Woodley), imposter syndrome, cancelled shows, change of
view of success, his new shows, plus plenty more!


 


The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well (one day
after release)! So check them out on YouTube under Michael
Kahan

Check Colin out on:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialcolinlane/

Website / tickets: https://www.davidhobsonandcolinlane.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialcolinlane

https://www.facebook.com/davidhobsonandcolinlane

X/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheColinLane

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