Apparently long-time couple Adam Hills and Ali McGregor gathered with friends and family in the Port Phillip Bay region last weekend to celebrate their engagement. Congratulations ...Aspiring comedy writers should book now for a five day course in January ... Dylan Moran tour dates announced for 2009... Continue reading

With a welcome return for some favourites and Australian debuts for others, the First Release line up of the Sydney Comedy Festival includes Dylan Moran, Danny Bhoy, The Umbilical Brothers, Adam Hills, Mark Watson, Tony Woods, Sugar Sammy, Tim Minchin, Pablo Francisco and Shane Warne The Musical. Continue reading

The inaugural Brisbane Comedy Festival will take place from 6 - 29 March, 2009. The lineup is being announced in stages - we already know that Danny Bhoy and Tim Minchin will be staging shows, and now it's announced that Adam Hills and Dave Hughes will also take part. All shows for Adam Hills and Dave Hughes went on sale for Brisbane Comedy Festival this Monday 10 November, 2008: Adam… Continue reading

The Just For Laughs Festival has begun in Montreal, showcasing French-language performers for the first two weeks, and then English-language performers from July 10. Adam Hills is hosting a showcase of Australian and New Zealand comedians, for which the official website gives a "*coarse language" advisory. Bless. Late Nite Down Under Presented by Jacob’s Creek From the other side of the planet emerge the best and… Continue reading

Updated Tues 24th June It's coming up to that time of the year again. Officially the dates of this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe are 3rd - 25th August 2008, although there are preview seasons for some shows. They're taking bookings for shows now. [link] The breakaway Comedy Festival being run by the the four biggest venues on the Fringe – Underbelly, Pleasance, Gilded Balloon and Assembly Rooms – is looking strong, although it's ruffling some feathers on the Fringe Committee. So far, acts at these four venues are still on the official Fringe website, but who knows whether they still will be next week? (Update: edcomfest.com has now gone live listing the shows (and offering bookings) at the four venues above [link] - thanks Sarah for the news! Beware - the search function is pedantic - if you miss a comma it will say "no data was returned") Here are the results of a search of the various Edinburgh Fringe websites for Australian performers - the performers below are appearing in some of the largest rooms in Edinburgh and some of the smallest, from stand-up to cabaret and back again (I've included expats and immigrants! (update: and now on special request, even a few Kiwis)). If you're going to be in Scotland for those 3 weeks and want to catch some shows that sound like home I suggest you do a search using the names of the shows below :… Continue reading

Canned Laughter

On Friday 4 July the Hordern Pavilion will play host to the third annual Canned Laughter comedy night, where all proceeds go to cancer charity CanTeen. MCs - Lehmo, Justin Hamilton Featured: Adam Hills, Dave Hughes, Peter Helliar , Wil Anderson, Akmal Saleh, The Umbilical Brothers, Rove McManus, Corinne Grant, Denise Scott Book Through Ticketek

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