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

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