Joel Creasey: The Hurricane
03/08/2015 … Reviewed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2015 Exaggeration and embellishment are the tools of the anecdotal comedian – but Joel Creasey has such…
2015 Archives
Mon 03 August 2015
Sam Simmons: Spaghetti For Breakfast
03/08/2015 … Reviewed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in April 2015 Sam Simmons has a bugbear about ‘relatable’ comedy – an adjective that’ll never get…
Dirk Gently set for TV return
BBC America to revive the holistic detective
03/08/2015 … Dirk Gently, the holistic detective created by Douglas Adams, could be heading back to TV.
© Tony Virgo A big blow for Underbelly
Wind delays opening of big top venue
03/08/2015 … Underbelly's new flagship circus venue will not be open in time for the start of the Fringe.
Jokes could land you in deep writ
Roland Gent seeks legal advice for comedians
03/08/2015 … Comedy, it's the last bastion of free speech isn't it? Well you might have thought so, if you go to stand up shows, you'll hear all sorts of jokes and opinions…
© Foto Ad Meskens / Creative Commons Edinburgh 10x10s
03/08/2015 … 10 shows in the theatre section 10 circuit stalwarts 10 Australian comics 10 comics who went to clown school 10 comics talking health problems 10 comedians…
'She sounded like your next-door neighbour, yet was the most astute, cutting, acerbic wit'
Angela Barnes chooses her Perfect Playlist
03/08/2015 … Linda Smith on The News QuizHearing Linda Smith on the News Quiz on Radio 4 was the first time I realised that there might be a space in that world for someone…
Ten things I'll promise to do at the Fringe - but won't
03/08/2015 … 10 things I’ll promise to do at the Fringe, but won’t 1.