Nikki Britton
Comedian, Actor, Author, Host & Speaker
Nikki is an award-winning performer, producer and creative director whose career spans international cabaret, film, television and large-scale live performance. With decades of experience captivating audiences across 52 countries, she is renowned for her powerful stage presence, storytelling ability and creativity, bringing depth, authenticity and impact to every performance and project.
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Nikki Britton is a highly energetic, engaging, and beloved Australian comedian, actor, and writer, often described as a “force of nature”, but think less natural disaster, and more joy bomb. Her warmth draws her audience close, and her sharp wit doesn’t let them catch their breath. Her physicality takes her storytelling to another level, with characters flying in and out of the tales spun from her own chaotic life.
Nikki’s solo stand-up career has taken her worldwide—performing at the Busan Comedy Festival (South Korea), Bengaluru Comedy Festival (India), the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and venues across the US. Her 2021 show One Small Step was nominated for Most Outstanding Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Other accolades include Best Comedy (Weekly) at Adelaide Fringe (2019, 2020) and Best Comedy at Perth Fringe (2018). Her 2019 show Once Bitten was picked up by ABC and adapted into a podcast.
On screen, Nikki has appeared in Matt Okine’s The Other Guy and three seasons of How To Stay Married for Network Ten. She was a regular guest host on Network Ten’s The Project and has appeared on Guy Montgomery’s Guy-Mont Spelling Bee, The Cook Up with Adam Liaw, Celebrity Letters and Numbers, Have You Been Paying Attention?, The Hundred with Andy Lee, multiple MICF Galas, and Stan’s 2020 Lockdown Comedy Special.
On stage, she’s performed in Amelia Roper’s She Rode Horses Like the Stock Exchange and toured nationally for two years in the one-woman Irish smash hit 51 Shades of Maggie Muff, playing to sold-out audiences and rave reviews.
A force behind the mic as well as on screen, Nikki hosted the Audible Original Plot Twist and co-hosted NOVA FM’s Mates Talking About Stuff. She’s the lead actor and co-creator of the narrative podcast The Remains by Wade Duffin, which won Best Fiction Podcast at the 2024 Australian Podcast Awards. She’s also a sought-after voice-over artist.
In 2024, Nikki directed the Luke and Sassy Scott Live National Tour.
She appears in the second season of the Emmy-nominated Deadloch on Amazon Prime, continues to perform at festivals nationwide and appears in a new play Mackenzie with Bell Shakespeare in 2026.
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12 Lessons I learned From Little People
For 13 years, Nikki worked as a therapy clown at Children’s hospitals across Australia. She saw the best, and worst, of humanity in that time. She made profound connections, and experienced devastating loss. But she kept showing up.
In this keynote, Nikki shares what she learnt from those kids that helped her keep going. Lessons that not only enhanced her gratitude for life, but brought into sharp focus the beauty that surrounds us all.
This weighty subject matter is handled with a deft sensitivity to find the inherent hope, ensuring it will uplift and inspire.
Format: Keynote – In-person / Online
Duration: 1hr (45min Presentation + 15min Q&A
