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In the wake of the cancellation of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and all other Australian comedy festivals, due to the COVID-19 restrictions, we chat with comedian Aaron Gocs about how it is likely to effect performers and how you can support in the short term and long term. You can find Gocsy on Cameo https://www.cameo.com/aarongocs or check out his podcast 'I'm All Ears' https://i...

Comedy duo Woah, Alyssa! phone in to talk about their upcoming third Melbourne International Comedy Festival show.

Show-runner of 'Locally Grown Funnies' and Ballarat local, Tim chats about bringing his show Ballarat to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Tom Walker talks about his fake news reporter Jonathan Pie and his upcoming Australian tour. MELBOURNE ATHENAEUM THEATRE FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY Book at Ticketek 132 849 www.ticketek.com.au ADELAIDE ROYALTY THEATRE MONDAY 24 FEBRUARY Book at FringeTIX 1300 621 255 www.adelaidefringe.com.au PERTH ASTOR THEATRE WEDNESDAY 26 FEBRUARY Book at Ticketek 132 849 www.ticketek.com.au BRISBANE BRISBANE POWERHOUS...

Charles Kovess, the Chairman of the Australian Institute of Comedy, discusses the upcoming (and extremely rare) performance of some of Australia's iconic characters including Flacco, Raymond J Bartholomeuz, Ethel Chop, Elliot Goblet, Elle McFeast, Slim Whittle, Pate Biscuit and Bev Killick. Tickets available from www.alextheatre.org.au/comedy

Fiona chats about life and comedy ahead of her Australian tour and comedy festival schedule, plus an upcoming documentary and new book! Tickets to her Colac show on Feb 14th are available from the COPACC website.

David Innes from Innes Lloyd chats about the 50th anniversary tribute show for Monty Python's Flying Circus, being held at the Butterfly Club on Saturday 5th of October. Tickets available at https://thebutterflyclub.com/show/innes-lloyd-monty-python-s-50th-birthday-show

Matt chats on LOL Radio about the return of his show 'I Got Bit by a Monkey Once' at the Melbourne Fringe, plus his podcast 'Just for Funny'. Catch his shows at Crowded in the Vault, 10-12 Federation Wharf, Melbourne from Sep 23-29 (no show Grand Final Saturday) more details at melbournefringe.com.au

Robert Lloyd and David Innes from Innes Lloyd chat about their love of the Muppets and the special anniversary comedy show they're hosting at the Butterfly Club on Saturday 22nd of June (coincidentally 40 years to the day that the Muppet Movie was released). Tickets available at https://thebutterflyclub.com/show/innes-lloyd-the-muppet-movie-40th-birthday-show?fbclid=IwAR2AdskSx1dBHvUPmYqem5leMwFQ9...

Karl Chandler from the Little Dum Dum Club chats about the upcoming Koh Samui International Podcast Festival. Details and tickets still available at https://littledumdumclub.com/kohsamui/

Lloyd joined us for a chat about hitting the road with the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow. He'll be in Geelong on June 29th alongside Ben Knight, Aaron Chen, Blake Freeman and Georgie Carroll. Details available at https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/roadshow

Kel from Hey Hey It's Friday calls in to give a wrap up of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Stephen talks about his show 'The New Hip' coming to the Red Rock Regional Theatre and Gallery on May 5th. Tickets available at https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=479123 We also chat about his broad career in comedy and music, from Fast Forward and Australia You're Standing in It to the Choir of Hard Knocks.

Bart chats about comedy, podcasting and his 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival show. Tickets available here https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2019/shows/believe-in-yourself

Brizzy boy Nick Carr chats about being part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Get tickets at https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2019/shows/big-boiz-of-brisbane-comedy

Matt chats about his show currently playing out at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Unfortunately as he was travelling at the time there is a bit of noise interference and the interview is cut short. But you can still get tickets to his show(s) here https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2019/shows/i-got-bit-by-a-monkey-once https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2019/shows/just-for-funny-a-come...

Jo speaks about performing alongside Talei in a brand new comedy show called 'Chick Flick' Tickets available at https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2019/shows/chik-flik

Stu chats about his 2019 Comedy Festival Show 'Masterclass' Tickets available at https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2019/shows/masterclass

Kirsty chats about her 2019 comedy festival show 'Chipper' Tickets available at https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2019/shows/chipper-1

Gocsy has a chat about his upcoming Melbourne International Comedy Festival Show 'Divorced with Children'. Tickets available from https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2019/shows/divorced-with-children

The delightful Tom Allen chats to Jof ahead of his Australian tour of 'Absolutely', kicking off as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Tickets available at https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2019/shows/tom-allen *Apologies that there are a couple of spots where the audio is difficult to hear (Tom was travelling during the interview and reception on the other side of the world can b...

Danny chats to Jof about his 'Age of Fools' tour, coming to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival from March 26th to April 7th - with extra dates being added as we spoke! Tickets and details available at https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2019/shows/danny-bhoy-age-of-fools

Aidan from Dirty Angel Comedy chats to Jof and Tys about the upcoming Class Clowns competition, which includes a 2 hour comedy workshop with Josh Earl. Tickets to the final are available at https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2019/shows/class-clowns

Emily chats about her brand new show 'Just Doing It' coming to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival at Trades Hall from March 28th to April 21st, plus recordings of 'Vic and Em's Comedy Gems'. Tickets available at https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2019/shows/just-doing-it and https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2019/shows/vic-em-s-comedy-gems

Matt chats about his new festival show 'Bone Dry' plus we get up to some monkey business. Details at www.mattstewartcomedy.com and you can book for Bone Dry at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (March 28th to Feb 21st except Mondays) at https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2019/shows/bone-dry