By now many of you will have already had your workplace's festive night out, and maybe (just maybe) it wasn't that crash hot watching the office clown do the same routine as for the last five years. So why not go out for a night that you'll really enjoy, with professional comic entertainers? Continue reading

Ah, the US election threw my writing schedule totally out of whack! Apologies for the delays. Acts reviewed: Axis of Awesome, Sugar Sammy, Harley Breen, Jacques Barrett, Diverse Theatresports(R) Players (Cranston Cup) Venues: Marble Bar, Comedy Store, Belvoir Street Theatre… Continue reading

Whether you win or lose a bundle on the gee-gees, kicking on at a comedy show after the race is a fine way to finish off the day. Your comedy options are listed by State: SYDNEY Comedy @ Marble Bar: catch The Axis of Awesome supported by Ray Badran, Jay Sullivan and MC'ed by David Smiedt at the iconic Marble Bar… 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

It's that time of year and I'm starting the site nearly at the end of it, with Sydney's Cracker Comedy Festival ending on May 11. Oh well. Check out the acts at the Cracker site by clicking on the image below: Plenty of old favourites and some new faces too fronting up to the mic.… Continue reading