Undiagnosed depression led to a turbulent childhood
03/04/2024 … Jo Brand has spoken about the difficult, occasionally violent relationship she had with her father – who threw her out of home when she was 16 and started…
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
03/04/2024 … Zoe Coombs Marr has spent many years taking apart the engines of stand-up – most of them as Dave, the toxic, pathetic parody of the hack male comedian –…
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
03/04/2024 … You can live vicariously through Greg Larsen’s tales of youthful recklessness, but he’d probably rather you didn’t.
Sketch for Autism Acceptance Week
03/04/2024 … Stuart Laws and Abbie Weinstock have created this sketch about dating for Autism Acceptance Week.
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
03/04/2024 … Is a doyen of mainstream Australian TV like Pete Helliar really going anarchist? Well, the fact he’s using ‘flip’ as the F-word in the title demonstrates…
Comic to play Andy Kaufman's alter-ego, and his pal Bob Zmuda
02/04/2024 … American comic Tom Segura is reportedly lined up to star in a forthcoming film about Andy Kaufman’s alter-ego Tony Clifton.
The Chair Company revolves around a conspiracy
02/04/2024 … Cult sketch comic Tim Robinson is set to star in a new comedy show about a man investigating a conspiracy.
© ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo Comedians depicted clash of old comics and new sensibilities
02/04/2024 … Trevor Griffiths, the dramatist who foresaw the rise of the alternative comedy scene with his groundbreaking play Comedians, has died at the age of 88.
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