Melbourne International Comedy Festival reviews 2015
02/04/2015 … Adam Hills: Clown Heart Alan Brough & Casey Bennetto The Narelles Angus Hodge: Slow Death of the Spirit Animal Anne Edmonds: You Know What I'm Like Aunty…
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Thu 02 April 2015
Tue 31 March 2015
Ronnie Corbett: 10 Of The Best
Remembering the comic at his finest
31/03/2015 … The Frost ReportRonnie Corbett was an entertainer in nightclubs when David Frost spotted him and signed him up to appear in his satirical show, which ran in 1966…
Wed 25 March 2015
Winning poms
The best of British at the Melbourne comedy festival
25/03/2015 … The world's second biggest comedy festival after Edinburgh kicks off in Melbourne today.
Student Comedy Award: Watch all the heat winners
25/03/2015 … Warwick: Sean TurnerDurham: Joe HollingworthDublin: Cilléin Farrell Belfast: Luke McGibbonSouthampton: Aidan PittmanCambridge: Ted HillLeeds: Bennet Kavanagh Bristol:…
Mon 23 March 2015
© BBC/Boundless/Johann Perry I refused to refer to a 'flood of immigrants'
23/03/2015 … Ed Byrne and Dara O Briain first bonded backstage in Dublin, 'bitching about other Irish comedians'.
Wed 18 March 2015
Chortle awards 2015: Watch the highlights
18/03/2015 … Event of the year Collected by Terry Jones for the Monty Python reunion gigs.
Tue 17 March 2015
© BBC/Sophie Mutevelian 'People are disappointed if we don't deliver something horrible'
Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton on Inside No 9
17/03/2015 … Collecting the Chortle Award for best TV show last night, Inside No 9 co-creator Reece Shearsmith expressed surprise at winning a public vote: ‘Our things are…
Mon 16 March 2015
The funniest women on the planet...
Tom Stade picks his Perfect Playlist
16/03/2015 … OK, as I sit here smoking my e-cigarette, it hit me that all these debates are going on in this comedy climate and I think they're nonsense – funny is funny.