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Blog of the week – Kate McLennan
January 23rd, 2012
Kate McLennan is a comedy festival and fringe festival favourite. Her one woman show ‘The Debutante Diaries’ was universally acclaimed and scored her a Barry nomination. McLennan’s praise as writer/actor/comedian even managed to support her …
Outland Trailer
January 25th, 2012
First trailer for the new comedy series ‘Outland’ written by comedian Adam Richard and John Richards – produced by Princess Pictures (Summer Heights High, We Can Be Heroes).
I ♥ Green Guide Letters – Steele Saunders
January 25th, 2012
‘I Love Green Guide Letters’ is about how much comedian Steele Saunders hates Green Guide letters.
Each week Steele invites two …
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Channel 31′s Best Show Cancelled For Some Reason
January 17th, 2012
RMITV, the community TV production facility, sent out a press release yesterday announcing that their flagship program ‘Studio A’ will not be returning to Channel 31 for 2012. For six seasons and three years, the live variety talk show has been the first taste of television for Melbourne’s up and coming comedians and RMIT’s film and TV students. The program fostered a unique brand of comedy from a true writer/performer ensemble.
2012 Live Comedy Highlights
January 13th, 2012
2012 is already looking like a big year for comedy in Australia. Here are some of the names who have so far been announced for touring this year:
Frank Woodley returns to stage in his new show ‘Bemusement Park’ and to screen with his first solo TV effort ‘Woodley’.
The Project moves again
January 11th, 2012
Only a few months after ‘The 7PM Project’ evolved into a 6.30pm full hour show, ‘The Project’ is once again shifting time slots.
From the 22 January ‘The Project’ will air at 6pm on Ten with an additional half hour program on Sunday nights. This means the ‘fun youthy news show’ will face up against 7 and 9′s traditional (boring and scary?) news formats.
Time Out London places Sam Simmons beside Seinfeld
December 22nd, 2011
In 2010 Sam Simmons’ ‘Fail’ received 5 star reviews at both the Melbourne Comedy Festival and Edinburgh Fringe and earned a Barry Award Nomination. This year Simmons took it a step further with his most recent show ‘Meanwhile’, grabbing a nomination for Best Show at the Edinburgh Fringe, one of the highest comedy honours.
Chris Lilley Angry over ABC Logies fumble
December 14th, 2011
Oops!
Chris Lilley has this morning posted a scathing Facebook post announcing that fans will NOT be able to vote for Angry Boys for either the 2012 Gold or Silver Logie for the simple reason that the ABC ‘forgot’ to submit the show for voting consideration.
Amanda Duthie, ABC Head of Arts and Entertainment resigns for Adelaide Film Festival
December 8th, 2011
Kim Dalton, Director of ABC TV today announced the resignation of ABC TV’s Head of Arts and Entertainment, Amanda Duthie, who will take up the position of CEO and Director of the Adelaide Film Festival in the new year.