Damian Callinan: The Merger – Sportsman's Night 2
12/04/2010 … Television executives be told: With Bodgy Creek Football Club, Damian Callinan has created a ready-to-go one-man sitcom, offering credible characters and a funny,…
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Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Mon 12 April 2010
Raw comedy final 2010
12/04/2010 … ‘Some of these acts have only been on stage three or four times,’ host Cal Wilson kept reminding the 2,000-strong audience at the final of the Raw national…
Sun 11 April 2010
Rod Quantock: In The Beginning, A Walking Tour
11/04/2010 … There is an old Australian saying: If you see a man with a rubber chicken on a stick, follow him.
Jack Druce: Wild Druce Chase
11/04/2010 … There’s not much here to actually review – a 35-minute routine (not 50 as advertised) that barely qualifies as a show from a comic at the level of ‘competent…
Catherine Deveny: God Is Bullshit, That's The Good News
11/04/2010 … Newspaper columnist Catherine Deveny’s atheist proclamation doesn’t get off to the best start, describing God as an ‘imaginary friend in the sky who did magic…
Sat 10 April 2010
Asher Treleavan: Secret Door
10/04/2010 … In this inconsistent but intriguing show Asher Treleavan aims to take on the blokey image of masculinity through the medium of being a camp, preening fop.
Mathew Kenneally Flips The Bird At The Finger Pointers
10/04/2010 … With his thought-provoking show about the big, topical issues, Mathew Kenneally is likely to appeal to the smart, liberal-minded middle classes who seek out the…
Fri 09 April 2010
David Smiedt: Introducing David Smiedt
09/04/2010 … David Smiedt has learned a lot about comedy in the four years since starting stand-up, with a fluid, confident delivery and welcoming audience banter reassuring…