Review: Sam Taunton’s ‘Rooster’ is cool, charming and relatable
Words by Alexander Crowden
It feels a little like Sam Taunton has come out of nowhere.
As it turns out, he isn’t quite the overnight success he seems. A RAW Comedy finalist in 2015, Taunton was selected to be part of the Comedy Zone at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival the following year before being nominated for Best Newcomer at the festival in 2017.
2019 was something of a breakout year for Taunton as he scored weekly segments on
The Project and triple j, also winning the Pinder Prize at MICF. Following this, a top notch review in