Russell Brand charged with rape and sexual assaults
Former comic says he welcomes the chance to clear his name
04/04/2025 … Russell Brand says he welcomes the chance to defend himself after being charged with rape and sexual assault.
Fri 04 April 2025
Paul Currie sues Soho Theatre
First hearing in comedian's libel case over being branded an antisemite
04/04/2025 … Paul Currie’s legal action against Soho Theatre over his altercation with a Jewish audience member has got under way.
MICF: Charlene Kaye: Tiger Daughter
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
04/04/2025 … If Lily Kaye didn’t exist, you would be afraid to invent her for fear of creating a unrealistically exaggerated grotesque.
Jack Dee's VERY painful kite surfing injury
Comic vows never to try the watersport again
04/04/2025 … Jack Dee injured himself in a very intimate area when he tried kite surfing.
MICF: Scout Boxall: God's Favourite
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
04/04/2025 … Not so much stand-up as an evocative piece of magical realism storytelling, God's Favourite details the colourful mental journey Scout Boxall took when…
Comedians hail Joan Rivers
'About time,' she says from beyond the grave
04/04/2025 … A raft of A-list comedians are to pay tribute to Joan Rivers in a televised gala.
Meet Australia's Class Clown of 2025
Leonardo Murrieta-Lagos wins at Melbourne comedy fest
04/04/2025 … Leonardo Murrieta-Lagos has won the Class Clowns title for school-age comedians at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
MICF: Kaileb Hyland: Problem Child
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
04/04/2025 … Although his relative inexperience still peeks through, Kaileb Hyland’s Melbourne debut is a dependably funny hour of club-style anecdotes.