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Wil Anderson
0 Comments. 650 Views. Posted 2 Apr 2013 @ 9:59pm.
“In my shows the last couple of years, I talk about changing my mind about things. It’s that sort of thing like Julia Gillard and what she did as a lawyer and what Tony Abbott said 20 years ago. Fuck, 20 years ago I thought Wham! was the best band in the world,” laughs Wil Anderson, in what would become such an absorbing conversation that in writing about Anderson rather than quoting... Read More
Urzila Carlson - I’m Going To Need A Second Opinion
0 Comments. 289 Views. Posted 31 Mar 2013 @ 2:12pm.
Urzila Carlson is an odd mix of all things peculiar and remarkably normal, simultaneously. The Kiwi slash South African, middle aged, lesbian opened to a full room on Friday in the intimate Portico Room in Melbourne Town Hall. The sound of her shrill, high pitched commanding voice impressing the audience in her debut solo MICF show – ‘I’m going to need a second opinion.’ The great thing about... Read More
2013 Comedy Festival First Announcement
1 Comments. 1,649 Views. Posted 17 Jan 2013 @ 3:36pm.
With the 2013 Melbourne International Comedy Festival set to kick off in two months time, the first round of comics to grace our many stages have been revealed. The first batch of artists includes a host of international talent, including Paul Foot, Sarah Millican, Tracy Morgan, Stephen K Amos, Michael Che, Josie Long, Nina Conti, Rich Hall, The Pajama Men, Eliza Schlesinger, Arj Barker, Simon... Read More
Comedy Superstars Join Yo Adrian! Fundraiser
0 Comments. 1,248 Views. Posted 10 Aug 2012 @ 10:59am.
Many of Australia’s best and funniest comedians are coming together for a gala fundraiser for a comedy superstar you’ve probably never heard of. During the 2012 Melbourne Comedy Festival, Adrian Cherubin,the Festival’s long serving Technical Director suffered a stroke. Adrian has lead the production team at the Comedy Festival for 20 years and has been responsible for helping out newcomers as... Read More
Ali McGregor's Western Lullabies
0 Comments. 477 Views. Posted 26 Apr 2012 @ 12:37pm.
Lullabies aren't necessarily something you'd associate with stand-up comedy. These songs are for children, not adults, and they’re designed to make them sleep, not laugh. Ali McGregor and her cast of talented friends use the term 'lullaby' loosely. They've chosen a bunch of vaguely soothing songs and thrown in enough banter to remind the audience they're at the comedy festival. Proceeds from the... Read More
Tina C: Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
0 Comments. 595 Views. Posted 28 Mar 2012 @ 1:02pm.
In Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word, Tina C makes her debut appearance at the Malthouse Theatre tackling the heavy issue of Australian land rights through country music and unavoidable audience participation. From the start of her lecture/story-telling/concert/comedy show she refuses to shy away from the topic - "Sorry, no apologies!"      The performance seems to be constantly... Read More
Dave Thornton - I Wanna Be Bruce Lee
0 Comments. 2,299 Views. Posted 8 Apr 2011 @ 1:12pm.
Being a comedian is the hardest job in the world, as the old saying goes. It's a cliche, I know, but you have to admit there is always a grain of truth to these things. Making a child laugh is easy because they are kids, and they are idiots, but getting a group of complete strangers to jump on board, and hang on your every word must be a bit of a bitch. Imagine doing this every night? Quite... Read More
Denise Scott performs Regrets
0 Comments. 1,169 Views. Posted 31 Mar 2011 @ 3:01pm.
  The questions, “What if…?”, or its evil twin, “If only…” are the types of thoughts that can torment one in the pre-dawn dark. They can nestle in, deep in hidden pockets of the soul, and niggle for a whole lifetime. Denise Scott has the one distinct advantage from most other people, in that she can turn her regrets into comedy gold. Scotty, as she’s affectionately known, is following her... Read More
Guy Pratt performs Guy Pratt’s Wake Up Call
0 Comments. 1,597 Views. Posted 30 Mar 2011 @ 4:41pm.
  Madonna, Michael Jackson, Womack & Womack, David Coverdale, The Pretenders, Tina Turner, Sophie Ellis Bexter, Elton John, Natalie Imbruglia, Jimmy Page, Roxy Music, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Smiths, Tears For Fears…we could be here all day and that’s just some of the names session bass player Guy Pratt has worked with. Initially coming to international attention as a teenager with... Read More
Josh Earl performs Josh Earl’s Love Songs And Dedications
0 Comments. 1,107 Views. Posted 30 Mar 2011 @ 4:41pm.
  After last year’s warm and fuzzy reminiscences of childhood celebrations, the sold out Josh Earl Vs. The Australian Woman’s Weekly Birthday Cake Cook Book, Josh Earl is moving onto grander, but just as heart-warming themes. “It’s based on the radio show love songs and dedications,” Josh says. “But it’s really more just about love songs. There is a storyline to it. It is actually the most... Read More
Ali McGregor performs Late-Nite Variety-Nite Night
0 Comments. 1,523 Views. Posted 30 Mar 2011 @ 8:12am.
  The seductively decadent and wonderfully delightful Ali McGregor is set to play host to the most delicious series of variety nights at this year’s Comedy Festival. Promising a show laden with vaudeville, cabaret, circus and comedy, Ali McGregor’s Late-Nite Variety-Nite Night warrants a big red 'must see' circle around it on your comedy festival calendar. “I love hosting the variety night... Read More
Zack Adams performs Love Songs For Future Girl
0 Comments. 767 Views. Posted 30 Mar 2011 @ 8:12am.
  What happens if the girl you think is “The One” turns out not to be? Where do you go from there? Dumped, depressed and slightly drunk, actor/comedian Zack Adams figures that if you can’t laugh at yourself, you may as well let an audience do it. A cross between a rock concert and group therapy, Love Songs For Future Girl is a powerful new rock-comedy-cabaret about love, loss, heartbreak,... Read More
Simon Coronel performs Manipulations
0 Comments. 1,644 Views. Posted 30 Mar 2011 @ 8:12am.
  If you ever meet Simon Coronel at a party, think twice before you make a wisecrack after you find out what he does for a living. “The jokes. Oh god, the jokes!” They’re the worst thing about being an illusionist, he sighs. “Every time someone thinks they're being clever by asking, ‘So, can you make my wife disappear?’ or anything even faintly similar, I die a little inside. Actually, I... Read More
The Bedroom Philosopher: Comedy Festival
0 Comments. 3,084 Views. Posted 23 Mar 2011 @ 1:08pm.
Hey I'm just gonna pop down and get this year's Comedy Festival show, do you want anything? Me: Hey I'm just gonna pop down and get this year's Comedy Festival show, do you want anything? Audience: Jokes. Me: Anything else? Audience: Nah that's all. Me: Don't want a storyline or anything? Audience: Um. No. Oh…maybe. Me: Just a little one? Audience: Well, not necessarily, maybe just like,... Read More
The Raw Comedy Preliminary Final
0 Comments. 2,138 Views. Posted 15 Feb 2011 @ 12:37pm.
Comedy festival is on the horizon and a bunch of Raw comedy hopefuls have already been through the heats. It's time to run preliminaries and weed out the best for the state final, before we send off our VIC contestants to nationals to kick Adelaide's ass. For all you non-ball-sports fans out there, something we can get passionate about.   Adam Rozenbachs is MC for the night,... Read More
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Calls For Entries
0 Comments. 1,583 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
Entries are now open for the country's largest and funniest cultural festival.   After Sydney's World's Funniest Island comedy festival recently fell through, it's still all systems go here in Melbourne and they're gearing up for a big one for the 25th Birthday celebrationsof the Melbourne Comedy Festival.   From March 20 - April 24 the festival will happen at Trades... Read More
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