Authors

Interview: Ben Lawrence

“I don’t like hotels. They’re a bit lifeless aren’t they?” I follow Ben to the elevator. In the elevator. Ben’s curious about my recording device. I hand it over to him.

Interview: Tessa Waters

Tess Waters is storming this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Having sold-out all her shows in Perth and Adelaide, Tessa beings her iconic style of physicalised, sketch, and straight stand-up comedy to Melbourne.

Interview: The Travelling Sisters

The Travelling Sisters have a determination, tenacity and evocative joy that is taking them to incredible places at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Interview: Lucy Peach

Lucy Peach stars as the greatest human being in her award-winning show My Greatest Period Ever.

Interview: Guy Montgomery

Guy Montgomery has the linguistic ability and dissertation of a young Freud.

Interview: Matt Vasquez

When I first saw Matt Vasquez perform comedy, I was about to go on stage. His first impression was legendary and the marksmanship of a great comedian.

Backstage at The Hollywood Improv Comedy Club

When Orny Adams walks in. I almost don’t recognise him. Clad in a leather jacket, I quickly cue his unmistakable energy.

Arj Barker: “Being Lost In Your Twenties Means You’re Doing It Right.”

Aunty Donna Enter Into The Next Dimension of Absurdity and Hilarity

Stepping into Aunty Donna’s office, I feel like Neil Armstrong diving into a timeless dimension of space. 

Commerce Faculty Nabs Landmark Puffer Jacket Deal

After months of deliberation, money spent, and socialists held at bay, the 2017 Commerce faculty has cemented a deal with The North Face, which will see the popular ‘puffer jacket’ become a mandatory uniform for all Commerce students over the next five years.

I Failed Year 9 Science But Interviewed Bill Nye the Science Guy

My Tinder Date with Peter Singer

It’s a big leap from interviewing a series of comedians to talking to one of the world’s most influential philosophers.

The Time I Got Tipsy With Ronny Chieng

Interview: Des Bishop

Interview: Tessa Waters

Interview: Rhys Nicholson

Interview: Stuart Goldsmith

Interview: Cal Wilson

Interview: David Quirk

Stand Up For What

Interview: Anne Edmonds

Interview: Sami Shah

Interview: Susie Youssef

Near crippling anxiety isn’t usually a trait many would ascribe to a successful comedian.

Interview: Sam Taunton

Last time he was at UniMelb a sausage was thrown at him from a BBQ adjacent to the stage where he was preforming a stand-up gig on North Court.

Review: Dave Hughes

Dave himself, seems to be surprised he’s on stage and performs as thought this is a dream.

Interview: Laura Davis

Her style and ability to explore new frontiers, turning stand up into a truly artistic medium, is invigorating.

REVIEW: Felicity Ward’s What if There is No Toilet?

Felicity Ward’s energy and enthusiasm for what she does is contagious.

REVIEW: Tom Ballard’s Boundless Plains to Share

I leave the show having laughed jovially, while having also learnt more than I thought possible at a comedy show.

(NERVOUS LAUGHTER)

Fergus Neal has a stand-up sit down with some of the best comedians in Australia.

When Man and Puppet Collide: An Interview with Sammy J & Randy

We sit down with Sammy J and Randy ahead of their show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.