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Dollop Down Under 5 On Sale 25 June 2018

Dollop Down Under 5 On Sale 25 June 2018

Posted on June 25, 2018 by David Graham

The Dollop return to Canberra for Down Under 5 on 24 October 2018.  Due to the amazing popularity of the Dollop, we will be hosting them at the Albert Hall. […]

Getting started in stand-up comedy in Canberra

Getting started in stand-up comedy in Canberra

Posted on May 4, 2018May 4, 2018 by Duck

We  often get asked how to get started in comedy in Canberra. Thankfully Simon Tolhurst has written a neat little post about just that which is provided below…   If […]

Anthony Tomic and Look at me now Mum in BMA

Anthony Tomic and Look at me now Mum in BMA

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Duck

BMA magazine caught up with local acts Anothony Tomic, Maddy Weeks, Frances McNair and Betsy Bailetti to discuss comedy and their upcoming Canberra Comedy Festival shows. Read the full article […]

Canberra’ Finest Talk Burritos and the Future of Comedy

Canberra’ Finest Talk Burritos and the Future of Comedy

Posted on December 24, 2017 by Duck

Ellie Windred and Frances McNair have a chat with Tom Gibson and Chris Ryan about watching the local comedy scene grow in BMA Magazine: Behind The Scene: Canberra’s Finest Talk […]

What’s so funny? Three Canberra comedians talk about what it takes to write comedy and satire

What’s so funny? Three Canberra comedians talk about what it takes to write comedy and satire

Posted on November 18, 2017 by Duck

Local comedians Chris Ryan, Tom Gibson and Catherine Crowley from Sparrow-Folk were on the Breakfast show on ABC666 with Dan Bourchier yesterday discussing “what it takes to write comedy and […]

Judith Lucy on why Jerry Seinfeld is a master of comedy

Judith Lucy on why Jerry Seinfeld is a master of comedy

Posted on August 6, 2017 by Duck

Judith Lucy has written an article in included in the Canberra Times about why she thinks Jerry Seinfeld is a master of comedy: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/entertainment/judith-lucy-why-im-going-to-see-jerry-seinfeld-20170803-gxolc7.html  

The Dollop to return to Canberra in October

The Dollop to return to Canberra in October

Posted on July 18, 2017July 20, 2017 by Duck

Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are bringing The Dollop podcast back down under, following a sell-out tour in 2016.  After sell out crowds in Canberra, the boys return. The Dollop […]

Killing it: Why stand-up is the performing art for the 21st century

Killing it: Why stand-up is the performing art for the 21st century

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Duck

Alice Fraser has written a fantastic article for Time Out magazine that discusses perceptions of comedy, and why she believes that “stand-up is the performing art for the 21st century”. Check […]

Mandy Nolan and Ellen Briggs in Canberra this weekend

Mandy Nolan and Ellen Briggs in Canberra this weekend

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Duck

Mandy Nolan and Ellen Briggs are in Canberra this Saturday with their “Women Like Us” show at The Abbey in Gold Creek. They are kindly also squeezing in a seminar […]

Chris Ryan in Queanbeyan Chronicle

Chris Ryan in Queanbeyan Chronicle

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Duck

The Queanbeyan Chronicle have done a nice feature article with Chris Ryan, chatting about comedy and life: http://www.queanbeyanagechronicle.com.au/story/4444578/the-funny-side-of-life/

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