Articles Archive for May 2008
Fremantle, stand-up »
From Perth Now:
The official death toll stands at 80,000 with more than 130,000 missing presumed dead in the wake of Cyclone Nargis. And many more Burmese are threatened by serious illness.
Aid workers are trying to help the storm-ravaged country, though their efforts are being hampered by Burma’s ruling junta, which is refusing to let many in.
It is with the view of offering financial assistance that comedians Jimmy James Eaton… Continue reading
Brisbane, Sydney, stand-up »
- This weekend saw the opening of the Albion Comedy Club & Restaurant in Brisbane. [link] This space will now be the largest-capacity comedy club in Australia. Every Friday and Saturday night we proudly present an all-professional lineup of the cream of the local, interstate and international comedians currently working the circuit. Each night we feature five or six different comedians. Through June the Albion will be featuring Greg Sullivan, Brendan
ACT, avagoyamug, stand-up »
Back to the Irish Club for laughs on Thursday nights, starting next week on July 3rd and running through to the second week of September. Hopeful open-mic contestants from all over the country come to Canberra to be judged by audience vote only.
Green Faces has now grown to be the most respected comedy competition in the country. Past entrants include the now UK based Marty Wilson, Steve Hughes, U.S… Continue reading
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Hello, my few current visitors. I'm in the process of incorporating the performers' database and tweaking some software to manage featured promo spots for performers/venues.
Once that's done I plan to publish frequent news updates on upcoming gigs in the regular comedy venues around the State capitals. So if you want to let me know what's coming up in your neck of the woods, send me an email using… Continue reading
Sydney, stand-up »
Head into Glebe to the Roxbury Hotel this Wednesday night, and mark your calendars for June 11 and July 2: the annual Comedy on the Rox Wicked Women series of shows takes on the footy head to head again!
An all-female line-up of top class stand up comics will feature headed by the outrageous Jackie Loeb, fresh from her success at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival, headlining. The MC will be Elissa… Continue reading
Sydney, festivals, impro, stand-up »
The Cracker Comedy Festival officially ended last weekend, but there are still some shows completing their Sydney runs: Prequels & Sequels Impro (Sunday), Ross Noble (Thurs-Mon) & George Kapiniaris (Saturday). [website]
Eddie Ifft headlines at The Comedy Store in Sydney's Moore Park Entertainment Quarter all week, while Greg Fleet heads the show at their new Parramatta venue from Wednesday night. [website]
Wednesday at Comedy on the Rox is headed… Continue reading
TV, festivals, film »
SMH Stay In Touch:
- Wil Anderson's new ABC-TV show The Gruen Transfer is generating buzz: The ABC's resident rabblerousers have more tricks up their sleeve after spoof commercials prompted more than 250 complaints in the past week - and became YouTube hits.
- Lawrence Leung has been named the best local comedian at the Cracker Comedy Festival awards. Other winners were Ross Noble, who won the Time Out readers' choice award, Mark Watson, who won the best of the fest gong, and Amelia Jane Hunter and Hannah Gadsby, who won the director's special award for Meat the Musical. Winners took home Golden Chickens from the awards ceremony at the Enmore Theatre.
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