John Oliver & Friends

The Daily Show’s John Oliver will be joined by Rob Riggle and Rory Albanese as they showcase their biting satirical comedy in this special performance. United Kingdom comedian Oliver has worked as a stand-up comedian for the past seven years, with regular shows taken to the Edinburgh Festival. With his friend and long time collaborator Andy Zaltzman, Oliver wrote and starred in three series of The Department for BBC Radio 4. His one-hour special John Oliver – Terrifying Times, premiered in April and has just been released on DVD. This summer, he co-starred in The Love Guru and recorded a second series of Political Animal with Zaltzman, which included a special from New York. Riggle has been a correspondent on The Daily Show for two years. He has been performing sketch and improv comedy in New York and Los Angeles for the last nine years as part of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. His television and film performances include Saturday Night Live, The Office, Arrested Development, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story, Talladega Nights, Unaccompanied Minors and Step Brothers. Riggle has served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps and is currently a Major in the Marine Corps Reserves. Albanese is an Emmy-winning executive producer and comedy writer whose credits include The Daily Show, The 80th Annual Academy Awards, The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards and the television comedy special I’m a Correspondent, Please Don’t Fire Me.