'A festival of mediocrity'
Melbourne's 370 shows under fire
13/04/2010 … Australia’s biggest-selling national newspaper has condemned the Melbourne comedy festival as ‘a fortnight of mediocrity’ dominated by smug comedians too worried…
Tue 13 April 2010
The psychology of comedy
Jay Richardson reports from the Edinburgh International Science Festival
13/04/2010 … The oft-repeated saying is that analysing humour is like dissecting a frog, few people are interested and the frog dies.
Pedro Tochas: The Sculptor Clown
13/04/2010 … You can take the clown off the street, but that doesn’t mean he’ll change his shtick.
Josh Thomas: Surprise
13/04/2010 … This is 22-year-old Josh Thomas’s ‘coming out’ show.
Capital Punishment
13/04/2010 … There are only really two stars of this line-up of newish Canberra-based acts – and they share the same DNA.
Ursula Martinez: My Stories, Your Emails
13/04/2010 … If you know Ursula Martinez at all, it’s most likely from her alternative cabaret act Hanky Panky, in which she produces and vanishes a silk handkerchief while…
Mon 12 April 2010
BBC Three goes gaga over La La
Marc Wooton's US series comes to UK
12/04/2010 … BBC Three has bought the rights to air La La Land, British character comic Marc Wootton’s first American series.