Stephen Amos is a Melbourne Comedy Festival pro. He has been attending the festival and entertaining Melburnians for over a decades, and this year he has two performances! An intimate talk show and the larger ‘The Laughter Master’. I was lucky…
The tension was palpable and the crowd was pumped. Who would be crowned the RAW Comedy National Grand Final 2016 champion? My +1 and I took our seats in the balcony of the almost sold out Melbourne Town Hall. Everyone…
Many nurses have stories which could keep us both amused and horrified for ages. Most just tell those stories to their friends. Cath Styles tells all of us about her ‘steady relationship with nursing’ and her ‘hot fling with comedy’. Cath’s…
We’re in the midst of Melbourne International Comedy Festival and there’s peels of laugher flying around the city… along with awkward silences and those sad moments where you are laughing at – not with – the performer. There’s a plethora…
Something has changed with The Axis Of Awesome. Yep, you guessed it, Lee’s follicles have evacuated and he’s now decisively bald. The AOA are music comedy deities – you’ve almost definitely heard their ‘4 Chords’ song on YouTube before, a…
Old-timey radio shows are my jam. So when I saw Radio Variety Hour was playing, I knew it was one of my must-see shows at the Comedy Festival. What’s more fun than watching a radio play come to life, complete with…
Imagine, you’re at your brother’s wedding, you are the best man, the time has come to present the rings, and you have proceeded to pull everything out of your pockets: a bandaid and one ring, but the other? ‘OH GOD…
Becky Lucas is undoubtedly a quirky, savvy, and grounded comedian whose name is becoming very prevalent in the comedy world. Her second solo show ‘Baby’ is currently generating a fair buzz at this year’s comedy festival, and is a fantastic…
Fact: Drinking rum on a school night makes you a pirate, not an alcoholic. Particularly when it’s a spiced rum masterclass at The Rum Diary Bar for Melbourne’s World Class Cocktail Week. We recently covered another World Class Cocktail Week…
The premise for Dan Pavatich’s new sketch show ‘#1 Ninja’ appeared quite straightforward: An engaging seminar intercut with sketches outlining how to apply aspects of his experience and success as a ninja to our everyday world. Of course, knowing the…