Concetta Caristo Explained

Concetta Caristo
Nationality:Australian
Years Active:2019–present
Notable Works:triple j Breakfast

Concetta Caristo is an Australian radio presenter and comedian. She is of Italian parentage https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/teen-jesus-and-the-jean-teasers-team-up-with-triple-js-concetta-caristo-on-the-song-i-wrote-when-i-was-11/ and has co-hosted the triple j radio show Breakfast since December 2022.[1]

Career

Caristo began performing comedy in 2019.[1] The same year, she co-wrote (with Hannah Pembroke) and starred in the one-woman play Loose, an autobiographical "blend of stand-up, storytelling and theatre" about Caristo's family escaping from her abusive father and moving to Perth.[2] [3] The show was her debut at the Sydney Fringe Comedy Festival.[4] Other shows Caristo has performed in include Big Natural Talents and Funny As Sin.

She has been co-host of the morning radio show triple j Breakfast since December 2022.

On television, Caristo has appeared on Celebrity Letters and Numbers, The Cheap Seats, and Question Everything.[5] She is set to appear on the third season of Taskmaster Australia, in addition to Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee.

Caristo received a Moosehead Award in 2023.

Notes and References

  1. News: Cunningham . Katie . Three things with Triple J's Concetta Caristo: 'This question is so triggering for me' . The Guardian . 13 January 2023.
  2. News: Elphick . Nicole . What's on in Sydney: September 29 to October 5 . Sydney Morning Herald . September 28, 2019.
  3. Web site: Hamer . Naomi . Review: Loose by Concetta Caristo at The Factory Theatre . Theatre Travels . 27 September 2019.
  4. Web site: Something funny going on about true story of escape . Local News Plus . 11 September 2019.
  5. Web site: Presenter changes: here's what triple j looks like in 2023 . triple j . 31 July 2023 . 28 November 2022.