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Aussie Comedy Legend Steve Hughes Touring – May 2019

Australian comedic legend Steve Hughes will return to the stage this May armed with his new show, Are You Serious?
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EDDIE IZZARD – ‘WUNDERBAR’ Australian Tour 2019

EDDIE IZZARD is about to take on the universe again as he introduces us to his new International comedy tour ‘WUNDERBAR’.
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Michael McIntyre – Big World Tour – Australian Shows – March 2019


Britain’s biggest selling comedian Michael McIntyre has sold out in record time, selling out FIVE arena shows in THREE days with his BIG WORLD TOUR in March 2019. This eagerly awaited new show has proven that Australian fans can’t get enough of Michael McIntyre with new shows in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane announced.
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The Stevenson Experience … Spot The Difference Tour


Listed as one of the Top Five Acts at 2017’s Falls Festival by the Herald Sun, nominated for a third year for Best Comedy at Perth Fringe World with sell out shows in Perth and Melbourne Comedy Festival and after recording their first live DVD at the iconic Sydney Comedy Store, the Stevenson Experience take on the country with a national tour THE STEVENSON EXPIERIENCE: SPOT THE DIFFERENCE staring in Perth in February with new songs, new jokes… same rivalries. Because this time, it’s personal.

Who are we kidding? It’s always personal.
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Sarah Millican – ‘Outsider’ Australian Tour – April 2016

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In just 7 years Sarah Millican has gone from winning the Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to becoming one of the UK’s most successful and multi-award-winning comedians, who also holds the record as the highest selling female comedian in the DVD market. In April, Sarah will delight her fans as she heads to Australia with her stand-up tour, Outsider.
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Dylan Moran – ‘Off The Hook’ – National Tour – July/August 2015

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“Stand-up comedy of the first order” – The Times

Expect a master class in comedy when Dylan Moran brings his brand new show Off The Hook to Australia for a national tour in July and August this year.

Moran, who has been referred to as The Oscar Wilde of comedy, has recently been sharpening his deceptively rambling stand up in unusual places including Kiev, Moscow and Kazakhstan, making him the first western comic to perform in St Petersburg – with all shows receiving 5 star reviews.
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Al Murray “The Pub Landlord” – Australian Tour- October 2015

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Twenty years ago Britain’s favourite publican turned politician Al Murray, The Pub Landlord, embarked on his one man mission as the King Cnut of Common Sense, holding back a tide of bottled beer and ninny state nonsense.
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STAND UP REVOLUTION – APRIL 2015

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Gabriel Iglesias, whose Australian tour late last year was a total sell out, is sending three of his favourite comedians to Australia for Comedians Of Gabriel Iglesias’ Stand Up Revolution World Tour. The three comics are stars of the Comedy Channel’s hit television series Stand Up Revolution. The tour features ‘the craziest men in show business’ – Martin Moreno, Lance Patrick and G Reilly.
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Gabriel Iglesias announces Australian Tour | September 2014

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Star of movies A Haunted House 2 & Magic Mike and as seen on Last Comic Standing, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno and The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. Gabriel returns to Australia following two sold out tours!
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Scottish Comic Kevin Bridges announces Australian Tour

KevinBridgesKevin Bridges is Scotland’s favourite stand up comic! He tours Australia for the first time in March with shows in Melbourne Brisbane and Sydney.

Despite having not set foot in a comedy club before his first open mic spot in 2004, Kevin’s natural gift for comedy ensured he quickly became a regular at major comedy clubs up and down the country.

In 2006 Kevin performed his first full-length solo show at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival, to a sold out audience and much critical acclaim. Moving into bigger venues every year, Kevin continued to sell out his hometown festival in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
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Take Five With… Bev Killick

Bev’s life has become all about boobs since she landed a role in the much-aired Berlei Ad for the Uplifting Tour of Australia and was asked to perform as a Bosum Buddy of Busting Out! Of course she accepted the Busting Out! offer and has now toured for the last 4 years in Australia, New Zealand and the UK and Edinburgh Festival. Bev is also doing solo stand up shows around the nation.

Take Five With… Bev Killick

Tell us a bit about your current show ::
I am currently back into Stand Up after touring extensively with Busting Out! I’m enjoying the freedom of expression.

:: Who is your favourite comedian? ::
Joan Rivers,she doesn’t censor herself and is my hero for that reason. I adore her!!!

:: Where do you find inspiration? ::
Life around me. You never know when a good bit or routine pops out of the blue. On a tram,on holiday,taking kids to school,talking with mates.

:: What is your favourite type of heckler? ::
The one that shuts up after you’ve made the perfect comeback.

:: What is the most memorable production or performance you have seen – something that really inspired you? ::
In the early days of my career I would sit and watch Live Stand Up around Melbourne and Sydney. I love a good live stand up show. Inspirational people to me back then were Vince Sorrenti, Judith Lucy, Rachel Berger, Pommy Johnson, Fred Lang, Darren Sanders.. to name a few.

:: Name a comic that you’d really love to support / tour with ::
Wayne Brady I have supported before,and would love to again. Joan Rivers would be a dream come true.

:: When you were younger you wanted to be ::
A Clown…….nothing else. I even told my Careers advisor that at highschool. I was called to the Principal’s office. They thought I was being a smart alec.

:: The best boredom buster is ::
Gardening. I love it. And I’ve been playing Words with Friends lately. It’s good when you’re on the road.

:: Biggest influence ::
Live Stand Up

:: Favourite website ::
Facebook…..an anything where you book a good holiday.

:: Favourite band? ::
The Jacksons

:: Favourite album? ::
Trini Lopez

:: Favourite food? ::
Homemade comfort cooking eaten with family and friends. Slow food.

:: Favourite drink? ::
At present a Sauvignon Blanc.

:: Favourite place? ::
Ghent, Belgium. Broome comes a close second.

:: Favourite season? ::
Late Spring.

:: Favourite book ::
Shantaram

:: Favourite film ::
The Color Purple

:: Your biggest aspirations ::
To be recognised as an actor as well as a comedian. To be cast in a Film or series.

:: Best piece of advice you’ve received ::
Be friends with everyone. You never know who you’re shaking hands with.

What’s next for Bev Killick?
Off on a working holiday on a P and O Cruise with my son. LA in November 2011 with Busting Out!


Take Five With… Felicity Ward

– Pepa Wolfe
Take Five With… Felicity Ward

Felicity Ward is very honest. Painfully, brilliantly, hilariously honest.

Familiar to television audiences from her work on The Ronny Johns Half Hour and regular guest spots on the ABC’s Spicks and Specks and Channel 7’s Thank God You’re Here, the comedian is about to bring her self-depreciating, disarmingly charming self to Brisbane in her new show, Honestly.

Writing from Hong Kong, where she is currently touring with the Melbourne Comedy Festival Roadshow, Ward gave Life Music Media a brief taste of what is to come.
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Take Five With… Kat Davidson

By: Pepa Wolfe
Take Five With… Kat Davidson

Over the next three weeks, The Sit Down Comedy Club is presenting Ladies Comedy Night, featuring some of the best stand up around, male or female! With the likes of Kat Davidson, Fiona McGary and Melinda Buttle serving up the laughs, the stage is set for rollicking good time.

Life Music Media caught up with the super sly, super tall, super funny Kat Davidson on eve of their first show.
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Artist applications open for Woodford Folk Festival 2011/12

WOODFORD FOLK FESTIVAL OPENS EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FOR ARTISTS

Expressions of interest are now open to Artists and Presenters for the 26th Woodford Folk Festival. Held annually between the 27th December and 1st January, the Woodford Folk Festival is one of Australia’s largest outdoor music events.

The festival invites interest from musicians, as well as artists, presenters and speakers for specialist programmes such as circus, vaudeville, the high profile environmental and health programmes, comedy, traditional folkloric, spoken word, workshops and visual arts.

Having endured their wettest year on record and sustained significant damage due to the Queensland floods, event producers the Queensland Folk Federation earlier announced that this year’s Woodford Folk Festival will feature a precinct dedicated to the prestigious International Indigenous festival, The Dreaming. Artists wishing to be a part of the Dreaming precinct can apply via the Woodford Folk Festival process.

All artists and presenters wishing to be a part of the Festival must complete an online Expression of Interest, now open online via the Woodford Folk Festival website: www.woodfordfolkfestival.com and will close at 5pm on Friday 20th May 2011. Applicants cannot be considered without a complete online application.