Liver Birds: The Musical
Seventies sitcom gets a new treatment
11/04/2017 … Seventies sitcom The Liver Birds is being turned into a stage musical.
Tue 11 April 2017
Jenny Eclair performs in her undies
Watch her set at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
11/04/2017 … Jenny Eclair took to the stage at the Melbourne comedy festival in only her mismatched bra and pants.
Hannah Gadsby: Nanette
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
11/04/2017 … Stand-ups will always argue that nothing is off-limits for comedy, no subject too big that it can’t be addressed with wit and humour.
© BBC/House of Tomorrow Cunk, Fleabag and McIntyre lead Bafta nods
11/04/2017 … Philomena Cunk is up for two Baftas.
Eve Ellenbogen: Don't Get Mad At Me
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
11/04/2017 … New Yorker Eve Ellenbogen overestimates how fascinating her quirks and hang-ups are.
Fran Middleton: Ceiling Fran
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
11/04/2017 … Newish comedian Fran Middleton starts her show in the boilerplate way of the Gaulier-trained oddball: creating a weird atmosphere and deliberately making the audience…
Quiz answers: April 11
11/04/2017 … 1) Beverley Hillscoptu 2) 2003 3) Kenneth Williams 4) The Phil Silvers Show 5) Karla 6) Her Majesty's (London) 7) 1975 8) Roisin Conaty,…
Aunty Donna: Big Boys
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
11/04/2017 … If using a guitar in comedy is cheating, what is it when you have a full high-powered sound system with a multi-instrumentalist DJ behind you? The answer is Aunty…