Nina Oyama Needs A Lift
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
09/04/2019 … These two facts may be related, but festival newcomer Nina Oyama is something of a personal screw-up – and a natural at comedy.
2019 Archives
Tue 09 April 2019
Barnie Juancan: Tap Head
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
09/04/2019 … When a comedy show starts with the visually arresting image of a man walking sadly across the stage with a giant tap as his head, you know you’re not in for…
Comedians up for 2019 British Podcast Awards
09/04/2019 … Alex Horne, Julia Davis and James Acaster are among the nominees in this year’s British podcast awards.
Mon 08 April 2019
Channel 5 orders a 'docu-sitcom'
Like a scripted comedy, but without the writers
08/04/2019 … Channel 5 has ordered what it is describing as a ‘docu-sitcom’, showing the humour in a real-life Welsh family – but without the need to employ…
Mark Watson on the stress of divorce
At the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
08/04/2019 … Mark Watson has spoken of his mixed feelings about being named ‘one of the 50 sexiest Jews on Twitter’.
Fin Taylor: How Brexit could have been avoided
At the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
08/04/2019 … Fin Taylor says he’s done with dating hippies – as he describes his typical Sundays as ‘bruch, farmer’s market and independent cinema’.
Sarah Keyworth at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
From raising children to mooncups
08/04/2019 … Sarah Keyworth discussed the dress sense of lesbians – and babies – when she appeared at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Tim Vine's ventriloquism act
At the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
08/04/2019 … Tim Vine offered a searing takedown of Brexit and the dangerous rise of the alt.