Zack Adams – Love Songs for Future Girl : Comedy Interview
March 31, 2011 by Lisa Dib
Filed under Comedy, Interviews

If “a cross between a rock concert and group therapy” doesn’t sound like a rad night out, I don’t think we can be friends. Perth comic Zack Adams (nee Shane Adamczak) is bringing his show, Love Songs for Future Girl, to the 2011 Melbourne International Comedy Festival in a flurry of bespectacled charm, ginger quirkiness and musical funnies.
Michael Williams – Our Princess Is In Another Castle : MICF Interview
March 30, 2011 by Lisa Dib
Filed under Comedy, Interviews

Michael Williams will be bringing his uber-nerd show Our Princess is in Another Castle to the 2011 Melbourne International Comedy Festival; The Age called him “A warped mix of Joss Whedon, Trey Parker and Nickelodeon.”, but you can call him Michael.
Tom Ballard (Triple J, The 7pm Project) : Exclusive MICF Interview
March 29, 2011 by Sean Lynch
Filed under Comedy, Featured, Interviews, WOF Exclusives

Ever since Tom Ballard played the role of Blitzen in a local amateur production of Rock’n'Roll Santa back in 1997 in his home town of Warrnambool, his comedy career has been on a steady decline….
Shane Matheson : MICF Interview
March 29, 2011 by Lisa Dib
Filed under Comedy, In The Spotlight, Interviews, WOF Exclusives

Like Salvador Dali, Max Ernst and André Breton before him, Sydney comic Shane Matheson is what I could call a surrealist; though, instead of dripping clocks and hellish orgies, Shane delivers his surrealism in his stand-up comedy.
Steele Saunders : Comedy Interview
September 21, 2010 by Sean Lynch
Filed under Comedy, In The Spotlight, Interviews, WOF Exclusives

WATCH OUT FOR | COMEDY chats with the comedy star as he returns to Melbourne’s shores to launch his latest live show for the 2010 Melbourne Fringe Festival, it’s a tale of a man who had two secrets: he was in love with a girl and desperately wanted to be a stand-up comedian.
MICF – Part Two; “Insert Apocalyptic Movie Tagline Here…”: Comedy Reviews
April 29, 2010 by Lisa Dib
Filed under Comedy, Comedy Reviews

The most beautiful of beautiful things (except Cliff Richard’s Wired for Sound) is to see the camaraderie between the talent during the festival season. Check out Part 2 of Lisa Dib’s ‘best of the fest’ for this years Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2010.
Oliver Clark- Ladykiller : Comedy Reviews

My previous summation of the Oliver Clark shtick stands true; part seventies game show host, part cheesy nightclub act, all genius.
The Bedroom Philosopher At Melbourne Comedy Festival : Comedy News
March 10, 2010 by Lisa Dib
Filed under Comedy, Comedy News

With his new album Songs From The 86 Tram The Bedroom Philosopher has levelled the playing field as every demographic gets their turn; from Aussie hip-hop wannabees to bogans to backpackers, the middle aged and the elderly.


