Matilda waltzes off with 7 Oliviers
Record award haul for Minchin's musical
16/04/2012 … Tim Minchin’s musical Matilda has broken West End records, after scooping seven Olivier Awards on Sunday night.
2012 Archives
Mon 16 April 2012
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16/04/2012 … COMIC Adam Hills won the Silver Logie for most popular TV presenter – one of Australia's premier broadcasting accolades – on Sunday night.
Dead Cat Bounce: Howl Of The She Leopard
16/04/2012 … Whatever strides the genre of musical comedy takes, there always remains the suspicion among purists that the instruments are props for substandard stand-up.
Claudia O’Doherty: The Telescope
16/04/2012 … Claudia O’Doherty’s ambitious multi-layered theatrical offering is one of the most original shows on the festival.
Byron Bertram: Guilt Ridden Sociopath
16/04/2012 … Vancouver’s Byron Bertram sounds every inch the professional comic.
Raw Comedy National Grand Final 2012
16/04/2012 … The conquest of the nerds continues, with another exponent of awkward ‘anti-comedy’ scooping this year’s Raw title – just one of several such acts who made…
Sun 15 April 2012
The Cautionary Tale of Barry Von Peabody and the Scarlet St Theatre
15/04/2012 … The skill and artistry that has gone into this exquisitely cute finger-puppet epic is quite remarkable.
Sammy J and Randy in The Inheritance
15/04/2012 … Where would comedy be without the hokey haunted house plotline? And in The Inheritance, Sammy J and Randy have used all the clichés: the will from the long-lost…