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Secret Show for Sydney Comedy Festival
May 2nd, 2012
Last night saw the eighth annual Sydney Comedy Festival debut its first ever Secret Show with a surprise star-studded line up and held in the ultimate Sydney location, the iconic …
Slap Bang Radio
May 2nd, 2012
Slap Bang Radio was our first featured podcast in late 2011 hosted by comedians Tommy Little and Dave Thornton. The pair have recently come off the Melbourne Comedy Festival and …
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New Aussie podcast highlights
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
Check out some of the new Australian comedy podcasts released over the last couple of months.
Comedians Peter Helliar and Justin Hamilton have a new podcast in which the self confessed movie nerds discuss current box office releases and all time favourite movies as well as interviewing film makers and other special guests.
Justin Hamilton – Can You Take This Picture Please?
Justin Hamilton is all over iTunes right now. This podcast has been out longer than Helliar & Hammo Dig Flicks and has recently picked up some extra exposure due to Read more...
Comedians Take Aim
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
Miranda Devine and Fred Nile both used the announcement of the impending arrival of Penny Wong’s first child as an opportunity to air their views on same sex parents and inevitably same sex marriage.
Comedians such as Tom Ballard and Terri Psiakis have responded, if you delight in the skewering of right wing nut jobs then put aside the next 15 minutes and enjoy… Read more...
Dave Thornton Live From South Africa
Friday, August 12th, 2011
By Dave Thornton
Another family Christmas gathering was coming to a conclusion; my stomach was brimming with meat, alcohol and the fatigue that only comes with traversing through relative’s conversations, as my cousin asked me ‘Do you want to be famous?’ Fair question I believe, after all I’m a comedian, been on the telly a bit and probably now have enough clout to meet one of the Brand Power girls. Warn out and groggy from a long day I responded with an honest ‘no’. She’s in her mid 30’s and I assumed would be exempt from the razzle and dazzle of Hello magazine but she looked at me perplexed. Why wouldn’t I want the free meals? Why wouldn’t I want a relationship Read more...
Montreal Wrap Up
Friday, August 5th, 2011
The 2011 Montreal Just For Laughs comedy festival is over. For four weeks international comedians converged, hand picked by the festival, giving us a glimpse of the most exciting current talent on the world stage.
Here are some of the highlights from Comedy.com.au’s “International Correspondant”:
2011 Helpmann Comedy Winners
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Congratulations to Denise Scott who has taken home the 2011 Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer.
Denise won the award for her show ‘Denise Scott – Regrets’. This is the same show which earnt Denise this year’s prestigious Melbourne Comedy Festival Director’s Award.
Spicks and Speck-tacular – The Finale announced
Friday, July 29th, 2011
Earlier this year it was made widely known that 2011 would be the last year for ABC1′s adored music trivia show ‘Spicks and Specks’.
This morning it was announced that Adam, Alan and Myf will hit the road for a second time to give a proper farewell in a national tour of the live stage version of Spicks and Specks in ‘Spicks and Speck-tacular – The Finale‘. Read more...
Helpmann Award Nominees 2011
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
The 2011 Helpmann Award nominees were announced last night.
The Helpmann Awards recognise artistic achievement across all of Australia’s performing arts sectors. They’re very much Australia’s version of the ‘Tony Awards’.
Judith Lucy TV show air date and cameos
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
The air date for Judith Lucy’s new television series on the ABC has been announced.
“Judith Lucy’s Spiritual Journey” will hit screens on Wednesday July 27 at 9.30pm on ABC1.
Louis CK to Melbourne
Monday, June 20th, 2011
Just revealed on his website, Louis CK will be performing a one off show at the Athenaeum Theatre in Melbourne on Friday 2nd September.
Sam Simmons, Hannah Gadsby and Axis Of Awesome crack Edinburgh Top 20
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
When it comes to comedy festivals Edinburgh is the biggest of them all and Edinburgh’s bible is the venerable broadsheet, The Scotsman, and their most respected comedy writer is Kate Copstick. So when Kate releases her top twenty you click the link and when there are three Aussies on the list you have a little Aussie pride moment and hug a wallaby.