© Triple J Dave Callan: O+
01/08/2011 … Although O+ looks like it should be a show about a blood group, it’s actually the nearest, typographically, that Aussie-based Irishman Dave Callan could get to…
2011 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Mon 01 August 2011
© Triple J Sun 31 July 2011
Tim Minchin at the 2011 Montreal Just For Laughs festival
31/07/2011 … Hollywood’s Variety magazine last week named Tim Minchin as one of the top ten comics to watch – but this Montreal audience were clearly well ahead of that…
Sat 30 July 2011
Montreal Just For Laughs 2011: Set List
30/07/2011 … Explaining the demanding concept of Set List, producer Paul Provenza borrows a quote that goes: ‘Asking a stand-up to improvise an entire set is like asking a…
Fri 29 July 2011
Montreal Just For Laughs 2011: Maria Bamford - Unwanted Thoughts Syndrome
29/07/2011 … Maria Bamford’s psyche must be like a theme park for therapists; both exciting and terrifying, and packed with far too many bells-and-whistles distractions to…
Montreal Just For Laughs 2011: Russell Howard – The Time Is Now
29/07/2011 … One of the delights of Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival is seeing how British stars perform in front of audiences who don’t know who they are.
Thu 28 July 2011
Montreal Just For Laughs 2011: One-Stop World Tour
28/07/2011 … Seems like the Just For Laughs Festival is closing the door to immigrants this year.
Tue 26 July 2011
Hannibal Buress: The Hannibal Montanabal Experience
26/07/2011 … ‘Speak softly and carry a big stick,’ Theodore Roosevelt said, and it’s a philosophy Hannibal Buress has taken to heart.
Sat 23 July 2011
Laughs In The Park 2011
23/07/2011 … Just before Laughs In The Park, Eddie Izzard became the first solo comedy act to play the Hollywood Bowl, entertaining 12,000 people in the venue where Monty Python…