Brits draw a blank in Melbourne
11/04/2010 … No British act has been nominated for biggest prize at the Melbourne comedy festival, after the Barry panel announced an all-Australian shortlist.
2010 Archives
Sun 11 April 2010
Catherine Deveny: God Is Bullshit, That's The Good News
11/04/2010 … Newspaper columnist Catherine Deveny’s atheist proclamation doesn’t get off to the best start, describing God as an ‘imaginary friend in the sky who did magic…
Jack Druce: Wild Druce Chase
11/04/2010 … There’s not much here to actually review – a 35-minute routine (not 50 as advertised) that barely qualifies as a show from a comic at the level of ‘competent…
Rod Quantock: In The Beginning, A Walking Tour
11/04/2010 … There is an old Australian saying: If you see a man with a rubber chicken on a stick, follow him.
Sat 10 April 2010
Mathew Kenneally Flips The Bird At The Finger Pointers
10/04/2010 … With his thought-provoking show about the big, topical issues, Mathew Kenneally is likely to appeal to the smart, liberal-minded middle classes who seek out the…
Asher Treleavan: Secret Door
10/04/2010 … In this inconsistent but intriguing show Asher Treleavan aims to take on the blokey image of masculinity through the medium of being a camp, preening fop.
Fri 09 April 2010
Snob gags
Dan Sweryt takes issue with comedy's supposed class divide
09/04/2010 … In concluding that the middle-classes use comedy to exert a cultural snobbery, sociologist Sam Friedman appears quite snobbish himself by equating ‘middle-class’…