Nick Capper: Parallax Capper
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
12/04/2016 … Nick Capper’s family history involves encounters with Idi Amin, his father dating his mother after saving her life, and his grandfather fleeing England for…
Tue 12 April 2016
Nazeem Hussain: Hussain In The Membrane
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
12/04/2016 … Nazeem Hussain has made his comedy name as a gateway Muslim – an affable bridge between white and brown cultures able to gently mock both.
Yve Blake wins Rebel Wilson scholarship
To work on musical about teenage fangirls
12/04/2016 … Musical comedian Yve Blake has won an Australian scholarship backed by Hollywood star Rebel Wilson to work on her dream project.
Mon 11 April 2016
© BBC/Objective Productions/Chris Brock Meet the new Hyacinth Bucket
Kerry Howard lands starring role in prequel
11/04/2016 … Kerry Howard is to play the young Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC's Keeping Up Appearances prequel.
True Australian Patriots Live
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
11/04/2016 … Originally set up as an online reaction to the hatred of vile far-right groups such as Reclaim Australia, True Australian Patriots has become THE cult hit of this…
Wil Anderson: Fire At Wil
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
11/04/2016 … Wil Anderson has grown up with this festival and is now one of its biggest draws, packing big theatres and winning people’s choice award galore.
Raw comedy final 2016
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
11/04/2016 … A traditional part of the Raw comedy national final was missing this year: the act who dies the death of a thousand silences, leaving the sizeable audience squirming…
Why Barry Humphries hates the Barry Award
11/04/2016 … Barry Humphries says he's embarrassed that Australia's most prestigious comedy award is named in his honour – because he hates the sound of his name.