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Stu Leader

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Barry

By Stu Leader ⋅ May 25, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

What the hell is a Barry? It’s the award given to the best show of the Festival each year, named as such in honor of the first patron of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Barry Humphries.
This year, the nominees are;
Daniel Kitson
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Massive Act-Attacks

By Stu Leader ⋅ May 24, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Once a year Melbourne is buzzing with Comedy Festival vibes. Artists from all over the world are shipped in for our entertainment, and scores of local performers take to the stages alongside them. From massive halls to tiny spaces in the back of obscure pubs, rooms all over the city have people crammed in waiting [...]

Ben Price in Hollywood Live and Uncut

By Stu Leader ⋅ May 4, 2006 ⋅ One comment

Perhaps I shouldn’t have gone to see this show. Given that other people seemed to have an okay time and I don’t think I laughed once, I will at least attempt to be a little objective about why it didn’t appeal to me but seemed to give other people enough entertainment that they didn’t leave.
Ben [...]

Daniel Kitson

By Stu Leader ⋅ April 20, 2006 ⋅ 5 comments

Opening your Melbourne International Comedy Festival by seeing Daniel Kitson isn’t a bad way to go. He was happy to tell his audience that considering it was a preview show he didn’t have to be funny (and that we were all cheapskates). Luckily for all, Kitson was, as usual, funny as hell.
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