Lefa Singleton Norton
- Website: http://maintainingtheragemakesmetired.blogspot.com/
- Bio: Lefa Singleton Norton is Editor in Chief at A New Leaf Media. She proudly edits Green magazine, The Pun and the intermittent publications which come our way. Lefa edited university magazine Rabelais for over two years and was the director of the National Student and Emerging Media Conference for two years. In her ’spare’ time, Lefa is a contributor to The Big Issue, freelance writer and editor. During previous Melbourne International Comedy Festivals, she has been a reviewer for Beat, booked and produced festival seasons for Tony Starr’s Kitten Club, and produced shows such as Shopper.
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Festival has kicked off and we’re celebrating with the biggest Melbourne International Comedy Festival ticket giveaway you’re likely to find anywhere. Here’s where you’ll find your key to winning double passes to over 75 shows. To enter, all you need to do is email win@anewleaf.com.au and tell us which tickets you’d like and on which date. In your email please include your name and a contact telephone number. These details will only be used to contact you if you win. You can enter for as many shows as you like! …
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In no particular order, here are our hints for shows that are anything but straight standup.
Rod Quantock – In the Beginning
Fancy a walk down memory lane? You can, quite literally, do just this with Mr Quantock this year as he strolls through Melbourne’s streets visiting the historical sites and stories of comedy in our hometown.
Melbourne Museum Comedy Tour
Ben McKenzie has done us all a favour, bringing back one of last year’s sell-out comedy offerings for another year. If you like your comedy with a smidge of “I never knew that!”, …
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Tim Vine (UK) – The Joke-amotive
A man after our own heart, Tim Vine prides himself on keeping the art of the pun alive. Not just a pun-tastic title, this show promises (or threatens) to offer the most puns-per-show ratio of the festival.
Wil Anderson: Wilful Misconduct
Ever year we open the festival guide to see what truly terrible name-based pun Anderson has gone with this time around. Not one to disappoint, this year it is Wilful Misconduct.
Dean Arcuri – To Sir with Glove ?!
What else would you call a show about fetishism? …
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Happy International Women’s Day! With only a little over two weeks until Melbourne International Comedy Festival begins, we’re celebrating the ladies of the festival by posting our first Top 5 of the year. Here are our Top 5 shows featuring talented women in 2010, in no particular order.
Keep Your Skirt On
Yes, yes, we’re biased. We awarded the inaugural Keep Your Skirt On show of 2009 our Professional Development Award. Their first year was a veritable treasure-trove of talented women, and it’s shaping up to be just as impressive this year. …
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It’s time to get your laugh muscles in training. Melbourne International Comedy Festival is heading our way again. In a matter of months Melbourne will be transformed into a Mecca of comedy, and we’re back for another year to guide you through the madness.
The festival website is up and running, ready for you to check out your favourite performers and search for some new talent. Take a look, start to plan your comedy schedule and buy your tickets before you miss out! In the meantime, we’ll be keeping an ear …
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Are you a budding writer? Got a passion for live performance? The Pun is now accepting applications to be a part of our team for 2010. We’re searching for reviewers, writers and sub-editors to cover the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. To apply, send your resume and two samples of your writing (including one live performance review) to lefa@anewleaf.com.au by 28 February.
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The nominations have been announced and the competitive end of the festival is here. Here’s the low-down.
The Barry Awards – 2009 Nominees
Tim Minchin (AUS) – Ready For This?
Rich Hall (USA) – Otis Lee Crenshaw Featuring Special Guest Rich Hall
Wilson Dixon (AUS) – Wilson Dixon Rides Again
Sarah Millican (UK) – Sarah Millican’s Not Nice
Asher Treleaven (AUS) – Open Door (Moosehead Award Recipient)
The Pajama Men (USA) – Versus vs Versus
Henning Wehn & Otto Kuhnle (DEU) – 1000 Years of German Humour
The Golden Gibbo – 2009 Nominees
Heath McIvor – Randy’s Postcards from Purgatory
Rob …
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Courteney Hocking is one of the few comics in Melbourne doing pure political comedy, and this one-hour show is one of even fewer straight-out political shows on offer at MICF this year. Hocking has had enough of her left-leaning days, what with the disappointment of the Kevin08/09 reality, and who can blame her? Solution? Turn to the right. While the left are still twiddling thumbs after the symbolism of the apology, Kyoto and that darned 2020 Summit, Hocking is eager for some real action. It seems her only alternative is …
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In no particular order, here are our Top 5 suggestions for shows which break out of the stand-up mould to offer you something a little different.
1. Denise Scott – Number 26
Sit back, relax and put your metaphoric comfy nightie on so you can join Scott in her jaunt down memory lane. Part stand-up, part storytelling with a dash of showbiz thrown in, this show is one you’ll remember long after you’ve rushed off to the next gig.
2. Wilson Dixon Rides Again
If you haven’t seen a Wilson Dixon show before, you’ll …
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Five minutes into Denise Scott’s latest show, the whole audience is relaxed. Ah, the familiar comfort of knowing you are in safe hands. No wondering if the show will go off the rails, no worry you might have to force a laugh or two out to offer a performer some reassurance, no fear you are going to be bored twenty minutes down the track. Consumate performer from beginning to end, Scott starts an audience laughing strong, and keeps them happy the whole way through, as only a seasoned professional can. …
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Another day, another opportunity for me to feel ripped off as I stay home rugged up in quilts while our team brave the cold to see more shows. While my friends and co-workers are having a night out at Trades Hall seeing a bundle of shows (they’ve already called to share how great their first show, Tale of the Golden Lease was), including Lawrence and Andy’s Time Ninjas, which I’ve been hanging out for, I’ll share my rather quiet night with you.
Last night I attempted to re-join the living for …
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If there’s one issue that gets comics hot under the collar as a collective group, it’s reviews and reviewers. As the festival begins, they’re keen to get media outlets into the audience in order to get a review. After the reviewer has been and the review is written, often their attitude can change significantly. The same performer once complaining that nobody will come review their show can now be found spilling bile and hatred for reviewers one-and-all. It’s a phenomenon that is pretty unique to comedy, and as somebody who …
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It’s been eerily quiet over here in the editor’s corner, and for that I apologise. I’ve been struck with the dreaded Festival Flu, which has provided no mirth but plenty of misery. I’ve missed out on a heap of shows I was really looking forward to, and after a brief re-emergence from sick-den Sunday night to see Mark Watson I’m now feeling sorrier for myself than ever. There’s so much I want to write, including a response to the interesting article in today’s edition of The Age, …
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Goodbye Ruby Tuesday is the latest offering from ambitious comic Justin Hamilton. It’s a show which mixes stand-up and theatre, raises questions about the role of comedy for the punter and offers a refreshing perspective on both comics and audiences.
For Ruby (Hannah Norris) who has just moved to Melbourne, a chance meeting with comic Jason Harrington (Hamilton) leads to an unlikely friendship and a developing interest in the local comedy scene. Through their quirky friendship, she is forced to confront the past she’s been moving away from since leaving her …
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Celia Pacquola’s show, Am I Strange?, begins with Pacquola herself cheerily greeting the audience at the door, ushering her audience in as if welcoming them into her home for a cup of tea and a chat. As she takes to the stage, her broad smile and upbeat tempo start the show off with a great atmosphere.
Essentially, as Pacquola explains, she often finds herself wondering if she’s strange. Do other people have the same kind of inner monologue, or her weird and wonderful thoughts? Happily for the …
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Another night at the MTH hub – that’s three in a row – and yet again the horrid weather hasn’t kept the crowds away. Â Last night was a brief but enjoyable one with Club XX at Bar Open, a quick bite to eat then in to see Sammy J at MTH. Â Unfortunately I’d got my wires crossed and didn’t have tickets to Sammy J at all, so I’ll be planning to head to his show later in the week, but that left an enjoyable evening of Mike Wilmot and Ali …
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