Nicole Seifert's life has led her to advocate for women's health however she can. Photo by @ Drommeren In the audience at a Canberra comedy gig, Nicole Seifert looks happy. This is where she fills her cup; free of ailments or worries for a while, she loses herself in laughs. The 40-year old early childhood …
Bill Makin’s stories are not heroic, they’re great.
Pictured on a trip to Jordan in 2016, Canberra comedian Bill Makin (33) is a big guy who identifies with ‘the little man’ and loves smashing an excercise bike to keep things level. I have never understood fans of Death Metal. To me, it’s the noise of angry, sweaty blokes, yelling “Roaaaaaah! Roaah! Raaaarghh! AAAAAA!” over machine gun drumming. Perhaps useful if you needed to get …
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The Good, The Bad and The Elderly: two-time Moosehead winner Tanya Losanno’s new comedy
As a 46-year-old woman, a Mum and a comedian in Canberra, I have a lot in common with Tanya Losanno - a lack of comedy reviews from Canberra media being just one of them. After our informal workshop over salt and vinegar chips today, ahead of our new festival shows, I interviewed this unassuming two-time …
Unqualified: Chris Ryan and Tom Gibson at Mebourne International Comedy Festival 2019
Photo by Rory Gillen taken at Lazy Su, Braddon. My very funny buddy Tom Gibson and I are putting on our first split show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival next year! It's called Unqualified and the Earlybird Tickets have just gone on sale! (Buy tickets here). We're old and we have families, so taking …
Well, this is Bogus
Pleased to present my second solo festival show to Canberra Comedy Festival at the big room in The Street Theatre! Save the date (or just go on ahead and book now) for Friday 22 March 7pm - the show is called Bogus Photo by the talented Rory Gillen.
Managing difficult people
Just a bit of free advice, you're welcome. Let me know what else I can help you with.
The Chief Minister might hate journos, but I don’t!
How else would comedians ever get editorial for their festival shows? In this article, the lovely Jil Hogan from The Canberra Times asked if funny is the new sexy. Who cares? What's the point of being sexy when you're exhausted? But it's fun to see what the blokes reckon too. In any case, come see …
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Noticed
For a few years now, I have noticed I'm going unnoticed...and I'm OK with that. This is a snippet from Civic Pub Comedy Club last November. And since you asked, yes, this is apropos of flogging tickets to my Canberra Comedy Festival show Grey Matter on Thursday 22 March at 7pm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zQM_NEuyi0
An article on comedians and sorrow
I wrote this for The Canberra Times because I loved Robin Williams' work and his death happened around the same time I lost an old friend to depression.Read it here.
Canberra Comedy Chats Episode 2: Alex Wasiel
After her recent gig at The Civic Pub in Canberra, Alex Wasiel told me about her short improv course at a famous Chicago institution, Second City and why she is SO Polish. This is one funny woman to watch on the Australian comedy circuit - always warm, funny and full of uncannily accurate impressions.
