Tag: Australian comedy

Star of 'Have You Been Paying Attention?' and ABC's 'Lost in Pronunciation' brings his award winning show to Soho Theatre.

For the past six years, she’s been a terrible male comedian with a neckbeard called Dave, winning stacks of awards and tons of great reviews. Now, she’s scraped off the neckbeard and is back… as herself.

From the oldest culture on earth comes the freshest, fiercest and funniest stand-up around, at Soho Theatre.

Following his sold-out season in 2017, award winning Matt Okine makes a welcome return to London's Soho Theatre.

Comedy Carnival promises to tickle our funny bones, Down Under style, in SheBu for Australia Day.

'Unaffected charm and sheer comic brilliance.' One of Australia's funniest women, hot from Edinburgh...

AUSSIE COMEDY PREVIEW: If you're in charge of a blog, your signature takes longer than 3 seconds to complete, you say “that's a great age” about someone's children, or you engage in unsolicited traffic direction, then DO NOT come to this show...

LAUGH AT THIS: No gimmicks. Just side-splitting comedy. Simply hilarious stand-up… and a kickass beard.

Amelia Ryan, AKA Lady Liberty: just one of the Aussie acts to shine at this year’s Fringe.

Over the next month Soho Theatre brings you a season of fresh laughs from the forefront of Australian comedy, starring Steen Raskopoulos, Tom Walker, Zoe Coombs Marr and Christeene.

VIDEO: If you are one of the discerning Aussie citizens who thinks our pollies are a complete joke, and you like a tinkle on the ivories, then you are going to love this...

Australia's favourite skinny man and purple puppet are heading to London, armed with nothing but a keyboard and a suitcase of songs. Plus undies. Plus toothpaste. Plus an assortment of international power adaptors. But mostly songs.

London hosts a swag full of Australia Day events for happy little Vegemites of every persuasion. Here’s your tip-top choices.

Critically acclaimed Australian comic and star of ‘Raylene the Racist’, Anne Edmonds brings her dark laughs about the people who inhabit sunny, middle Australia and the strain of appearing sane, to London.

Tom Ballard and Edinburgh Award winning Sam Simmons are going all funny on us.

Australian Sam Simmons wins the Foster's Edinburgh comedy award 2015.

Comedian Wil Anderson can be seen performing his comedy routine 'Free Wil' at the Soho Theatre in London for the rest of the week.

Aussie comic Sam Simmons tacks hard to make shore in London with his new show, ‘Death of a Sails-man’

AUSSIE COMEDY | "The heckler's girlfriend yelled at him in front of everyone and screamed "You're not getting sex for a week!" and then walked out. I shit you not!"

AUSSIE COMEDY | It's still a rush saying something you find funny but have never said out loud to a crowd before, then seeing how they react.

UK gets a taste of the self-deprecating sarcasm that we have come to love and expect from one of our favourite Aussie comedians, Dave Hughes.

The Liberal candidate dubbed the “Where’s Wally” of the 2013 Australian election, Jaymes Diaz, has made a surprise appearance on the ABC’s comedy sketch program The Hamster Decides.

INTERVIEW | Australian comedian David Quirk describes himself as a ‘veteran up-and-comer’ on the stand-up circuit, and is only now starting to receive the international recognition he deserves. His new show, Shaking Hands with Danger, is on at Soho Theatre 10-14 September.

INTERVIEW | Celebrated as one of the rising stars on the Australian comedy scene, Ronny Chieng has quickly gone from unknown Melbourne University student to world-class performer. His new show; ‘The Ron Way’ is currently warming up in Edinburgh and will soon be served steaming hot at London’s Soho Theatre.

Master of the Absurd, Australian comedian Sam Simmons, brings his unique, subversive and hilarious brand of comedy back to London's Soho Theatre with Shitty Trivia. Catch it while you can!

Heading to Edinburgh this month for the Festival Fringe or the Military Tattoo? KIEL EGGING finds five other great attractions you can do in the Scottish Capital for less than 20 pounds - once your stomach has recovered from all the chuckling.

It's summer in the city, and the weather is fine. Celebrate the sun with the best comedians Australia has to offer in the UK. Our finest funnymen and women are UK bound, and we've got the top Australian comedy acts that will be gracing London's stage in 2013.

The Edinburgh Fringe is a chaotic place that is bursting at the seams with every kind of performance art that you could possibly imagine. To help navigate, POPPY DAMON has prepared a list of the top ten Australian acts performing at the festival.

In 2004 Australian Sarah Kendall became the first comedienne to be nominated for Perrier Award in almost a decade. Now she's bringing her hilarious and unique brand of political comedy to Soho Theatre from 5-9 February. Get in quick for your chance to catch this critically acclaimed Aussie stand-up comedienne ...

Australian comic Nick Sun is performing his stream of consciousness, absurdist free form, free-wheeling 'Death is a Work in Progress' show at Soho Theatre. Performing three shows only from Thursday 17 January - Saturday 19 January, Aussie fans should get in quick.

Australian-born Claudia O’Doherty brings her eccentric ‘this is not comedy’ comedy show, The Telescope, to Soho Theatre from 9 - 12 January.

REVIEW | Sam Simmons's show About the Weather at Soho Theatre is to stand-up what Lady Gaga is to Britney Spears style sanitized pop. The genre’s crazier, unpredictable, more theatrical cousin.

Modern day mime with a twist, Sam Wills is The Boy With Tape on His Face. Ahead of the West End run of his critically acclaimed show this Christmas, The Boy talks with ALEX BRUCE-SMITH whilst he still can.

INTERVIEW | With his unique brand of absurdist comedy, it is likely that there will be a lot more to Sam Simmons UK stand-up show About The Weather than just the weather. Just don’t ask him what it all means…

REVIEW | Judith Lucy’s Nothing Fancy is irreverent, awkward, hilarious and uniquely Australian.

Ahead of her first UK stand-up show since 1999, Judith Lucy talks to GEORGE KATRALIS about her journey up through the ranks of Australian comedy, and what she would do with Ryan Gosling if she had the chance.

You may think that the London Underground offers up the ultimate in awkward or unpleasant experiences when it comes to public transport travel, but maybe that's because you haven't yet experienced the latest craze in Aussie comedy: public transport pranking.

Australian stand-up comedy duo Aamer Rahman and Nazeem Hussain had a hit on their hands at Edinburgh last year, with their show 'Fear of a Brown Planet'. Now they have just finished their first UK tour. We talk to Nazeem and Aamer about the show, Muslim identity and the recent ...

Ronny Chieng once claimed that if he had his own Wikipedia page all his dreams would be fulfilled and he would stop working.

REVIEW | Returning to the Fringe Festival with a new show in 2012, this time it's more about raising funds for the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Sick Kids than keeping the masses chortling.

Australian comic Denise Scott is currently one very busy lady.

It's only the largest arts and cultural event on the planet

"All the way from the suburban backwaters of Australia and direct from a string of sell out shows in London, comes a full throttle, high octane game show with balls. It's bingo, but don't bring your Grandma."

Among the humour and laughs at the Edinburgh Fringe Fest this year will be an inspiring and emotional story of Aussie survival that charts the horrific ‘Black Saturday’ bushfires of 2009.

Fringe favourites of the highest mark.

Hilarious Australian comedian Heath Franklin and his infamous comedy character - Chopper - impart some advice ahead of this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Fasten your seatbelts and turn off all electric devices: Pam Ann has touched down in the UK and is ready to give London audiences the ride of their lives. Aussie Pam shares a couple nostalgic words about her homeland with BIANCA SOLDANI and explains the challenges involved in wowing her ...

Talented Australian comedian Steve Hughes spoke to HANNAH CARRODUS about his philosophies on life, Aussie politics and the end of the world.

Nicola Samer, co-founder of the exciting new theatre production company IronBark, spoke to BIANCA SOLDANI about promoting the work of Australian playwrights in the UK, her experience of the London theatre scene so far and her latest undertaking, Ruben Guthrie.

He’s been hailed as Australia's hottest musical comedy genius. A bloke who is ready to strap on the leather, crank up the metal, and metaphorically smash your face in with a plastic beer cup.