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[Published in The Age, April 15 2013] Dedicated festival-goers will have encountered many incarnations of Dave already. Sydney comedian Zoe Coombs Marr’s alter ego is your every-comic, who just wants to tell it how it is. In Aussie drawl Dave serves up a staid yet outrageously offensive repertoire: the battle of the sexes, Sydney versus […]
April 12, 2013
[Published in The Age, April 12 2013] Those who know Josh Thomas from his many stints on commercial television, the latest of which is an asinine diving challenge Celebrity Splash!, may feel as if they’ve been thrown into the deep end. His stage show is far more lewd, thank mercy. Now 25, he’s concerned that […]
April 12, 2013
[Published in The Age, April 12 2014] Sometimes it’s hard to choose between watching musical comedy and repeatedly stabbing yourself in the eye. In this rare instance, Axis of Awesome is the better option. These Sydneysiders have a keen wit, with musical chops to match — one needs only look to their YouTube sensation Four […]
April 9, 2013
[Published in The Age, April 9 2013] At some point in DeAnne Smith’s show I find myself slow-dancing with a nice stranger to Phil Collins, who whispers in my ear: “I first saw DeAnne a few years back. I brought my daughter this time, though I had to warn her: DeAnne is very smutty.” This […]
April 1, 2013
[Published in The Age, April 1 2013] Mike Birbiglia’s history of failed romance began on the Scrambler, an eddying carnival ride that ended with his teenage self projectile-vomiting rather than pashing his first crush. The structure of My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend is much like this spinning contraption, looping through time as he catalogues various rejections and […]
April 1, 2013
[Published in The Age, April 1 2013] Ronny Chieng won the best newcomer award at last year’s festival, and performed internationally as a result. His follow-up show is loosely focused on an ill-fated trip to the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, the stand-up’s holy grail. Getting stranded in Hong Kong after a series of […]
April 10, 2012
[Published in Beat, April 10 2012] The Telescope may only be Claudia O’Doherty’s third show, but she’s had enough. It’s all a sham, you see. Nobody would ever choose to be a comedian. Stand-ups are scouted (it happened to an unsuspecting O’Doherty when she was out to dinner with her family at a Chinese restaurant), […]
April 9, 2012
[Published in Beat, April 9 2012] This is a true story, Zoe Coombs Marr tells us at the outset, but if you’re seeking a tale of redemption you’ve come to the wrong place. She doesn’t find herself at the end. She doesn’t become a better person. In her mid-20s, Coombs Marr breaks up with her […]
April 11, 2011
[Published on Beat.com.au, April 11 2011] Promising the finest up-and-coming wits from comedy’s holy land, Bulmers Best of the Edinburgh Fest is something of a comedic tasting plate. The event offers three funnies for the price of one, allowing you to sample a dollop of the droll, a sliver of slapstick and a nibble of […]
April 15, 2013
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