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Sydney, contest, reviews, stand-up »

[29 Nov 2008 | No Comment | ]
Quest for the Best Grand Final: a great night for comedy This article has been updated since first publication

Like nearly everybody else who is interested in comedy in Sydney, I was at the Santa Scholastica College Auditorium on Wednesday night to see 12 rising comics strut their stuff for the chance to be the night's winner of a cheque for $5,000. Having had to turn hundreds away from last year's Grand Final at the normal Comedy on the Rox venue at the Roxbury Hotel, this year Kathryn Bendall decided to rent a larger space and see if she could fill it with a capacity crowd. An audience of 750 people proved that she could.


The crowd was full of the contestants' friends, family and supportive work colleagues, as many as possible there to vote for their favourite, because the contest goes to the comic who gets the most audience votes. Continue reading

Sydney, gong show, stand-up »

[19 Oct 2008 | No Comment | ]

Red Card Comedy
Roxbury Hotel, 182 St Johns Rd, Glebe
Next Show: Saturday 25th October 8pm
Tickets: $22.00 via Moshtix


I'm going along to see this one! Perhaps I'll see you there - an excerpt from the Comedy on the Rox blurb is quoted below: There's no comedy night like Red Card Continue reading