Review – Lawrence Mooney is a Stupid Liar
Lawrence Mooney is a quintessential Australian stand up. Dark, self-deprecating and the host of his own ABC2 show, Mooney has been on the circuit for a long stretch. It’s no surprise that he’s comfortable...
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Review – The Improv Conspiracy: A Night in Chicago
Chicago style improvisation is the ruling format of improvised comedy, and for good reason. Eight members of the Improv Conspiracy (a fifty strong company) perform using two of the main formats of long form...
REVIEW – I love Green Guide Letters with Steele Saunders
Do not be intimidated by the bunker-like venue or the crowd of merchandise-sporting fans. There’s a reason this podcast has a large following. Presented by Steele Saunders, three comedians take to the microphones to...
REVIEW – LANA SCHWARCZ: LOVE MONSTER
Lana Schwarcz is a quirky awkward redhead with relationship issues. Namely, she isn’t in one. It’s a standard piece for comics, their inability to find and hold down love. Schwarcz’s show is yet another...
10 Quick Qs – Brendon Walsh
1. Describe your show Twitter-style, 140 character or less! Stupid bearded idiot talks into an amplified microphone system in a room full of people who are sitting in chairs, facing him. 2. Who’s the...
Review – Kick Ass 2
This is a worthy sequel to the original, which wisely focuses on character development rather than just upping the scales of spectacle… It was a given that [Chloe Grace Moretz] would feature more in the sequel. Her burgeoning sexuality, paired with grief for her late father, gives her depth and vulnerability unseen previously, and it’s played with aplomb by the talented star.
Interview – 100 Bloody Acres
The Cairnes brothers are doing the Australian film industry proud with their debut horror-comedy 100 Bloody Acres. The movie has been doing pretty strongly, both home and overseas, getting audiences to laugh and squirm in equal measure. Heckler tracked them down, and promised to let them go if they’d answer a few questions…
Review – The World’s End
Along the way the history of the five friends is told, some emotional tears are shed, some harsh truths are laid out, and a lot of beer is consumed.
And also they discover that a bunch of robot-y type things filled with blue goo are trying to take over the world.
Review – Much Ado About Nothing
The screenplay, as written, is already funny, but in concert with Joss Whedon’s usual sense of humour it’s even funnier still.
Review – Josh Earl is a Librarian
If you doubted that a library was a good source of comic material Josh Earl is here to prove it is – one catalogue at a time.
Review – Three High Acrobats: Knock Off
In this fantastic acrobatics show, three young tradies lead the audience through instructions on how to make your own circus show.
Review – Yon and His Prism of Sexy Thoughts
Yon (Simon Hall), the third leg of Tripod, shares with us the less sexy side of sex, navigating such leitmotifs as vomit sex, pity sex, incest, pornography and paedophilia.
Review – Sammy J: Potentially
On the giant Arts Centre Stage Sammy J appears in his dapper suit, all sharp edges and angles, looking very small. But his performance fills the stage.
Review – Capital Punishment
The comedy festival is as much a platform to nurture emerging talent as it is an opportunity to spend an hour desperately clinging to your seat and laughing so hard that you wish you’d worn a nappy.
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