Rodney Marks

several one-person shows at arts and comedy festivals in Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney

two decades as a stand-up comedian at comedy clubs in Sydney and Melbourne

many characters, including: maitre d' - Alf Resco, engineer - Anton de Mitterand, computer scientist - Artur Pfischel, government executive - Beau Rocraci, futurist - Chris Tallein, marketer - Chucka Brandon, explosives expert - Dan Gerous, miner - Doug Macquarie, publisher - Eddie Torriolle, Major-General Al Rounder, Detective Inspector Haydn Zich, CEO Harry Diculus, financier - Ilya Ford, gambler - Jacques Podt, management consultant - Matt Ricks, corporate psychiatrist - Maurie Bund, investment banker - Mort Gauge, knowledge management scholar - Noel Hedge, philosophy professor - Perry Feral, hotelier - Rob de Guest, arid lands agriculturalist - Sandy Plains, retailer - Shelley Ving, decision science guru - Toby Aunot, and meditation leader - Seren Dipitee

Appointments

Artist-in-residence: The Macquarie Dictionary 2002-03; University of New England 2001-02; Australian Graduate School of Management 2000-01; Harvard University, January 1995; Shalom College, University of NSW 1980

Memberships (from 1980)

Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance (Actors’ Equity); and the Australian Order of Comedians (The Echidnas).

Rodney is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP). This is the highest accreditation level recognized by the International Federation for Professional Speakers. The National Speakers Association in the US and the National Speakers Association of Australia are members of this industry group. Rodney is one of just 46 speakers in Australia with the title of CSP ... and the only full-time comedian