T.G.I.F.
‘Thank God It’s Funny! Thank God It’s Friday! Thank God It’s The Festival!’ - and that’s exactly what it is: funny, Friday and the Festival. TGIF is a great show that gives new and upcoming comedians a chance to showcase the best of their talent in a five to ten minute space and the audience [...]
Tanya Losannos in Risotto Sans Frontieres
Risotto Sans Frontieres or ‘Risotto Without Borders’ is an interesting show. Tanya Losanno has managed to piece together a series of anecdotes drawn from life experience with a selection of serious content relating to the duality of celebrities endorsing noble causes.
That being said, I don’t think I’m her target audience even though Tanya and I [...]
Tahir in Live and Circumcised
Fans of SBS’s Pizza will be familiar with Tahir Bilgic who plays Habib on the cult program. Tahir’s Turkish background gives him a different angle on the comedy scene, and I hoped that Live and Circumcised would offer a fresh perspective on ‘ethnic’ humour, particularly as the genre seemingly peaked in the ’80s and early [...]
Something in the Water: The Best of Adelaide Comedy
There is nothing better in Australian comedy than a few cheap shots about Adelaide, and this show masters the art of good old-fashioned Australian humour and the ability to laugh at oneself.
Expect the mandatory gags about drugs (of any sort), murderers, how Melbourne stole the Grand Prix, and the inherent boredom of living in the [...]
Sammy J’s 55 Minute National Tour
Becoming a fan of Sammy J is exhausting. Like some sort of keyboard-wielding Pied Piper, J compels many of his fans, using his charm and charisma, to travel the length and breadth of the nation just to watch him perform. (I saw one particularly fanatical groupie at almost every show.).
Although Australia is the world’s smallest [...]
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