The Comedy Writers Group

The sensational Hannah Camilleri is on the podcast this week. I chat to the Pinter Prize winner about her background of acting and clown training, and how it led to creating the smash-hit Lolly Bag (directed by Dylan Murphy.) I was such a huge fan of her show so it was a delight to get to talk to her all about it. We discuss Gaulier, creating characters, international touring and more. Follow Hann...

Comedian, writer, presenter, Jennifer Wong , is our guest on this week's episode of The Comedy Writers Group podcast. We chat about her new book Chopsticks or Fork co-written by Lin Jie Kong. We discuss Jennifer's decades of experience and how she opened doors along the way. We talk Good News Week, Rove , radio, and puns! Follow Jennifer on instagram . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

This week I'm joined by director Charlotte George and actor Miriam Glaser. We chat all about their new web series Buried, which they co-wrote and developed together. We discuss funding, stunt work, blood continuity, and most importantly, how to get stuff made. You can watch Buried on Youtube . You can follow the director Charlotte on instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...

Scout Boxall is our special guest this week to chat burnout in the comedy industry. Scout wrote an excellent article  on the subject for the ABC so I was especially keen to get them into the studio to chat all about it. We tackle burnout from all sorts of angles from how to identify it to how to recover from it. We also chat about the financial side of the stand-up game and how a lot of the hidden...

The incredible Gabbi Bolt  is on the podcast this week! You may have seen Gabbi on The Weekly , Spicks & Specks , and Question Everything . We chat about how Gabbi went viral during lockdown, leading to opportunities on a path she never expected to go down. Follow Gabbi on instagram .  Follow your host here . Not a member? Sign up to the patreon  to unlock all the episodes. Hosted on Acast. Se...

It's time for another Group Workshop. These are special episodes where I invite members of The Comedy Writers Group on to share material and punch-up their drafts. This episode I'm joined by Jeremy Dooley from Melbourne and Louisa Jones from Brisbane. We're fresh from The Winter Writers Retreat and feeling inspired. Got tags and punch-ups? Put them in the comments! Follow Jeremy and Louisa on inst...

This episode is free for a limited time only! Frankie McNair is our special guest this week. Frankie is a Melbourne comedian, originally from the ACT. We chat about how Frankie approaches being an absolute goofball on stage, doing character comedy, along with tackling burn-out, and the challenges of moving to a new city. Follow Frankie on instagram . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

Rose Bishop is our special guest this week. We chat about navigating dark and sensitive subject matter while laughing a lot along the way. We also chat about stage fright, theme versus subject, promoting a show, and much more. Trigger warning for conversation around death and suicide. Follow Rose on instagram  and go see her shows! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A special episode this week with my live recording of my most recent festival show recorded in May at the Sydney Comedy Festival. Thanks to Raphael Stephens for the recording and Irene Nicola for being a brilliant accompanist. Huge thanks to everyone from the CWG who was in the audience. Let me know what you think! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I've fast-tracked this Q & A to your podcast feed because it's so damn good. We're joined by Comedy Writers Group regular and all-round legend, Lizzy Hoo, to hear about how she stays creatively motivated. We also chat about how she became a comedian in her 30s and made comedy her full-time career. Thanks to everyone who came along to enjoy the live session. Special thanks to everyone who asked...

The excellent Aidan Jones is on the latest episode. We talk about his upcoming show that combines Aidan's love of classical music with his love of stand-up comedy. Aidan is a passionate comedy fan that I've known since I started so I was really keen to chat to him about starting in Adelaide, why he loves Edinburgh, and what's next for his career. We also workshop a joke from Rob! Follow Aidan on i...