Mon 09 April 2012
Gervais's Derek does not mock the afflicted
09/04/2012 … Fears that Ricky Gervais’s new comedy Derek mocks the mentally challenged are unfounded – says the disability campaigner who successfully lobbied him over…
Mrs Brown turned them down...
'Ridiculous' offer for US remake rejected
09/04/2012 … Brendan O'Carroll says he has turned down a ‘ridiculous’ amount of money to remake Mrs Brown’s Boys for America.
musical09
09/04/2012 … FORMER Chortle Student Comedy Award finalist Rob Carter has won this year's Musical Comedy Award, with Rachel Parris taking the silver and Tom Adams bronze.
Sarah Kendall: Persona
09/04/2012 … Sarah Kendall has kept a fairly low-profile of late, both in her native Australia and in the UK, where she now lives.
Frank Woodley: Bemusement Park
09/04/2012 … It’s hard to argue with the assertion in the blurb for Bemusement Park that Frank Woodley has funny bones.
Greg Fleet: Heroes
09/04/2012 … Greg Fleet is an undoubted superhero of Australian comedy, going into each night to valiantly fight the dark forces of blandness and insincerity.