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[22 Nov 2008 | No Comment | ]
Reviews: Kitty Flanagan, Jamie Kilstein

Tuesday 18th November, Comedy @ Marble Bar, Kitty Flanagan headlining
Thursday 20th November, The Comedy Store, Jamie Kilstein headlining


Comedy @ Marble Bar seems to be developing a nice core of regulars after work on Tuesday evenings, which makes for a pleasant buzz to the room, although they tend to be grinners and chucklers rather than belly-laughers....
Arriving late for The Comedy Store...MickeyD, as MC, was a larrikin maestro, fast-foot-working around the stage while delivering great big dollops of cheeky to approving roars...the featured support act, Dave Jory. His wry observational style punctuated by the lunges for emphasis won her over, and totally cracked up the room. If his cats and my cat ever get a chance to plot together, the human race is doomed...
Headliner Jamie Kilstein was promoted as part of the New York underground scene, which is apparently comedy code for “no, you haven’t seen him on Letterman or Leno” and “yes, he’s all over YouTube” (which is handy for checking him out before going to a show). His material was rather like a distillation of the sharpest left-leaning American political blogs - talking points with a twist - so it was very much my cup of tea... Continue reading

poster parade »

[14 Nov 2008 | No Comment | ]
The slideshow below displays some posters for shows happening over the next week or two.
    You can examine a poster in more detail, either
  • mouse-over the top of the slideshow to pause it or slow down its speed
  • click on a thumbnail (mouse-over the bottom of the slideshow) to view only that poster
  • click on an poster to be given an option to visit a separate photo-page with larger sizes to view
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Sydney, stand-up »

[30 Oct 2008 | No Comment | ]
Sydney's stalwart comedy club is under new management (Century Venues, who operate Enmore Theatre and more) who are reopening the club next week. The Store now has a lineup confirmed for shows at their Moore Park venue, starting from Wednesday November 5th, featuring Sugar Sammy from Canada and followed by Jamie Kilstein from New York. The Parramatta venue that opened briefly earlier this year appears to be… Continue reading