I have to write new stuff for The Complete First Season tomorrow morning - new project underway this weekend - but, given I finally have my compootah back from the compootah doctah, I wanted to properly browse the brand spankin' new Melbourne International Comedy Festival site. Finances are likely to prevent me from making a trip this year (boo) but I went through and shortlisted shows I'd be keen to see WERE I GOING.
As usual, I generally picked shows that wouldn't make their way north. However, the Brisbane Comedy Festival has expanded and included a whole batch of acts from Melbourne or on their way to Melbourne. In this list, I also included a couple of Brisbanites who, although I've seen them up here, I want to see how they go down south and support 'em.
So, you know, this is a loose collection of shows I'd like to see in Melbourne if I could. No reasons needed other than vague curiosity and personal preference. You're free to disagree.
- Andrew McClelland's Somewhat Accurate History of the Fall of the Roman Empire
- Anyone For Tennis? - Abacus Birdcage Gramophone Lamp
- Bart Freebairn in A Breathtakingly Magical Journey into the Ordinary
- Celia Pacquola - Flying Solos
- Charlie Pickering - A Beginners Guide
- Claire Hooper - One Small Thing
- Colin Lane - I'm Not Sure About The Music
- Comicide - Work/Life Sentence
- David Smiedt - Introducing David Smiedt
- Denise Scott - Number 26
- Festival Club
- Good Evening: The Sketches of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore starring Shaun Micallef and Stephen Curry
- Janeane Garofalo & Greg Behrendt - Say What You Will
- Josie Long - Be Honourable
- Justin Hamilton - Idiot Man Child
- Karl Chandler is 100 Jokes Per Hour
- Luke & Wyatt - Stacks On
- Matt Elsbury -Advice You Shouldn't Need
- Melinda Buttle - Sista Got Flow
- Nina Conti - Talk To The Hand
- Peter Berner - Binge Thinking
- Philip Escoffey - Six More Impossible Things Before Dinner
- Puppy Fight Social Club
- RAW Comedy National Grand Final
- Rich Fulcher -An Evening With Eleanor: The Tour Whore
- Ross Noble - Things
- Sammy J - Sticky Digits
- Smart Casual - Same Mother, Different Fathers
- The 6th Annual Deakin Comedy Revue: Punchline
- The Bedroom Philosopher - Songs From The 86 Tram
- The Comedy Zone
- The List Operators for Kids: More Fun Than A Wii
- The Shambles - Live At A Ballroom
- Tripod - Tripod Versus The Dragon
- Vigilantelope - Prophecy Of The Quantum Child
Feel free to make other recommendations in the comments.
3 comments:
Nice list. I would have to agree with most of the ones I know. The only one I'm dubious about is Claire Hooper. I've heard horrible things about her comedy stylings. Would love to see Micallef & Curry thought & Ross Noble is always fun.
There's a few there - like Claire - who I've only seen in TV appearances. But I've had experiences where acts I quite dislike on TV are very funny in real life. Not that I dislike Claire, I'm just curious to see what her live shows are like.
Ross Noble is another example - never seen him live. Fascinated.
Recommendations from miss Melinda Buttle (whose aforementioned show I listed)...
- Sarah Millican - Typical Women
- Josh Earl vs. the Australian Women's Weekly Children's Birthday Cake Book - although I purposely didn't include Josh since I knew I'd be seeing his show up in Brisbane, but I second the recommendation. I saw him perform in 2007 at Laugh-A-Palooza (a musical comedy showcase) and he was quite the impressive funny music man.
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