Patrick O’Duffy writes… ‘Nob Happy Sock’? What does that mean? Wait, check the poster. Apparently this is a show by Simon Keck about… how he tried to kill himself a few years ago? Does that sound like a good night out? Possibly not, but here’s the thing – yes, it’s a comedy show about attempted [...]
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Review: Simon Keck in Cheating Life | Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Some of the pleasures of progressive stand-up comedy arise from the comic’s ability to push boundaries, explore social taboos and judge how far they can nudge audiences out of their comfort zones without losing them. Whether the crowd laugh along to jokes they might never make themselves or shake their heads in disgust isn’t so [...]
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Make ‘em Laugh
Welcome to the first of my blog posts across the 2012 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. I’ve called this ‘blogonoscopy’ as I tend to over analyse and most bloggers seem to have their head up their own arse – myself included. When you tell people you’re a comedian you get one of two responses. Firstly, they [...]
READ MOREReview: Hot Templar Nights | Melbourne
Just when I thought I wouldn’t be able to get the image of Lawrence Mooney chanting ‘tangy anus’ out of my head for a few days, a duo called ‘This is Siberian Husky’ got a little too emotional about yoghurt, resulting in an unlucky guy in the front row getting a face full of crotch. [...]
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Comedy news round-up – 25th August
Eddie Izzard will be doing some live shows in Australia and New Zealand in November, for the first time in eight years. Check out his website for details. There’s a couple of great interviews with Shaun Micallef over at TvTonight with David Knox, and at The Age with Paul Kalina. Crikey would love to talk [...]
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Tales of drunken escapades coming to Madame Brussel’s
Comedian Simon Keck is presenting Tales From my Liver, a night of tales of drunken fortune and misfortune. ‘Everyone has a good drunken story in them,’ says Keck ‘We’ve all filled a night with vodka, vomit, and sexual regret. The moment you hear that it’s a night of people telling their greatest/gruesome drunken stories, you [...]
READ MOREProof that you can’t buy happiness
Comedian Simon Keck writes… When not on stage whipping the crowd into a frenzy of “This might be the ideal time to go for a piss”, I can be found trawling op shops for reasonably priced hipster accoutrement. If I’m not in either of those places, odds are, I’m at my Clark Kent day job [...]
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Review: Simon Keck in Can’t Get No
Freelance writer Siobhan Argent writes… Simon Keck’s Can’t Get No is everything Generation Y could wish for: an excuse not to get married, have kids, and sink into the everyday travails of the modern-day workaholic. Very few topics are sacred to Keck; I mention it because I’m sure by now his girlfriend must be fuming. [...]
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