Funpowder Plot backfires
Police alerted to suspicious packages
23/04/2009 … A comedy show’s marketing ploy has backfired after people reported bags of suspicious white powder to police.
2009 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 23 April 2009
Mon 20 April 2009
Breaking news...
Comic snaps his arm in ironic accident
20/04/2009 … Musical comedian Justin Heazlewood has been forced to cancel his live show about a tram route – after breaking his arm on that very route.
Good work, man
20/04/2009 … Michael Workman – an aspiring stand-up who writes musical scores for horror productions in his spare time – has won the coveted Raw new act competition at the…
Fri 17 April 2009
Extra dates for festival stars
17/04/2009 … A whole host of extra festival club shows have been announced, by the likes of Dylan Moran, Stephen K Amos and Adam Hills.
Thu 09 April 2009
Legal highs!
That headline should help us on Google... now win a DVD
09/04/2009 … Inspired by the 2004 documentary Super Size Me, in which Morgan Spurlock ate only fast food for a month, American comic Doug Benson decided to repeat the experiment…
Fri 03 April 2009
'Beware tickets scam'
03/04/2009 … Festival organisers have warned comedy fans to be wary of fake ticket scams.
Win a Roberts DAB radio
To mark the release of The Boat That Rocked, out now
03/04/2009 … Richard Curtis’s new comedy The Boat That Rocked is in cinemas now, and to celebrate Chortle is giving away five limited edition Roberts DAB radios.
Thu 02 April 2009
Late-night line-ups announced
02/04/2009 … The line-ups for the Festival Club shows for the first weekend of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival have been announced.