One of the festival’s favourite acts has arrived on our shores to perform last years smash hit “In The Middle of No One”. Avid fan and sometime stalker Leisl Egan got a chance to catch up with the boys and find out exactly what they’ve been doing.
Leisl: Well it’s been a year since we saw you last… what have guys been doing since?
Mark: We’ve been back to Edinburgh, toured the UK and Ireland, and most recently ran for two months on London’s West End! Also working on a film project …

In Gambler, English comedian Tim FitzHigham recounts ‘tracking down the ten weirdest bets in history and reconstructing them to see who might have won.’ Even he sometimes questioned if the feats in question were ‘really possible.’
These bets don’t involve going down to the TAB.
‘I had to track down the gambling books. Back then, you had to go to a gentleman’s club and place a bet in an actual book, and that’s where we get the phrase “bookie”. They wrote down in the book your idea for a bet, someone else …

Zoe Coombs Marr has been wandering around an empty house, talking to herself.
“Not having conversations with myself. Practicing the show, which might be more weird.”
The words ‘kooky’, ‘zany’ and ‘wacky’ follow the comic around so much that she would happily wipe them from the English lexicon. Handing out flyers for her during the festival will earn you the dubious privilege of punching her “quite hard” in the face.
Nominated for best newcomer in 2011, her show “And That Was The Summer That Changed My Life” revelled in the awkward idealism of …

Do you have what it takes to be part of Team Pun 2012?  If so, now is the time to raise your hand.  We’re looking for enthusiastic, motivated writers, sub-editors and wordsmiths.
Position Description: Melbourne International Comedy Festival Writers and Sub-editors
Accountable to: Editor and Editor-in-Chief of The Pun
Applications Close: 2 March 2011
Commitment: Available to review shows from 28 March – 22 April 2012
Job Description: Reviewing live comedy performances of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival or sub-editing contributions to The Pun
Passionate about reviewing live performance in an interesting and engaging way?  Become …

If you’re interested in comedy, you’ve probably noticed the rumblings from a variety of sources regarding the state of comedy reviewing in our little corner of the world. Our publishing editor Lefa Singleton Norton takes the issue to task.