5 Good Reasons To See Michael Shafar 50/50

  1. Michael Shafar is a comedian and joke writer for The Project on Channel 10. Australia’s best and only TV show.

 

  1. He just performed his new show 50/50 for the first time at Perth’s Fringe World and sold out every show and got a sweet ★★★★1/2 review.

 

  1. The show is about getting testicular cancer a bit over a year ago. Don’t worry, he’s fine. This isn’t like his Make A Wish or anything.

 

  1. Seriously, the show is very funny. It’s not a Ted Talk.

 

  1. It’s on 28 March – 21 April at Victoria Hotel. $2 from every ticket sold in Melbourne is being donated to Cabrini Hospital where Michael underwent all of his treatment and surgeries. Keep the receipt and claim it as a tax deduction.

Michael Shafar performs 50/50 at The Victoria Hotel

https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2019/shows/50-50

5 Good Reasons to See The Birdmann and Egg – A Late Night Birdhouse

1. We’ve seen it. And it’s pretty good!

2. We’ve been nominated for Malcolm Hardee Awards’ ‘Most Original Comedy’ at the Edinburgh Fringe, Just For Laughs’ ‘Best Comedy’ at the Montreal Fringe and winners of ‘Best Circus’ at the Adelaide and Melbourne Fringe Festivals.

3. It’s an actual show, not just “talking,” with cool stuff to original music like climbing inside a 6-foot balloon, origami extravaganzas and a mysterious sword box illusion in an hour of pure comedy weirdness that makes for the perfect late night show!

4. There is a multi-instrumentalist Egg from Japan.

5. It will make you feel like this, “FANTASTIC!  I felt so liberated and in love with my life. Like I could be fantastic too!” -The Plank

The Birdmann and Egg – A Late Night Birdhouse performs 4 – 7 Apr (4 nights only) at Melba Spiegeltent – That’s the one in Johnston St Fitzroy

https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2019/shows/late-night-birdhouse

5 Good Reasons To See Blake Everett Greatest Hit(s)

1. It’s a ‘Greatest Hit(s)’ show!

2. But, don’t confuse that with an actual greatest hits show, where an artist performs the best of their repertoire. This is not that, this is a brand-new show, and whilst I’m not denying that some of the bits could inevitably end up on my greatest hits album, they are currently not (as it does not exist).

3. In 2016 I was ‘king hit’ out the front of a Frankston cinema. “Oh, the title is beginning to make more and more sense now”, you say. And you’d be right to say that. “But, that doesn’t seem funny”, and once again, you’d be correct. It’s called pathos. It’s the crux of the show.

4. I respect the craft. If you respect comedians who respect the craft then you’ll definitely respect me.

5. I perform a unique blend of stand-up, sketch and musical comedy. It’s fast-paced and ever-changing, so if you’re not sure what your favourite form of comedy is, or you find yourself getting bored by an hour of talking, this show could be your true calling *ring ring* get your tickets, please.

Blake Everett performs Greatest Hit(s) at Tasma Terrace March 26-31 

https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2019/shows/greatest-hit-s

5 Good Reasons to see A Very Merry Blimpmas

1) It’s an all-out Christmas SPECTACULAR! That’s right! We’re doing a full-blown Carols By Candlelight in March/April, so you can expect plenty of lively songs, expert choreography and a whole lot of tinsel. Why? Because there’s no better time than Easter to make you realise how much you miss Christmas.

2) We’re award-nominated! Our last show I’m Here was nominated for Best Comedy at Melbourne Fringe in 2017, alongside great company such as The Travelling Sisters, Rama Nicholas, Josh Glanc and PO PO MO CO. This show isn’t nominated for anything because it’s a debut but we CAN promise you that we’ve worked really hard and we haven’t let the fame go to our heads.

3) David Campbell and Sonia Kruger will NOT be there.

4) We’re on at Trades Hall which is such a nice venue! It has it’s own bar and lounge, and there’s a heap of other great shows on, and you can even buy a Trades Hall 3 Show Pass which gets you into three shows for cheap! We love trading things, and we love big halls, so it’s a match made in heaven.

5) You like gingerbread? We got plenty of gingerbread. Lots of gingerbread.

Hit By A Blimp (Tiana Hogben, Caitlyn Staples and Jayden Masciulli) performs A Very Merry Blimpmas at Trades Hall – 28 Mar-7 Apr

https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/index.php/2019/shows/a-very-merry-blimpmas

 

5 Good Reasons to see Game Boys Cinematic Universe

1.    With a unique blend of fast paced comedy and high-tech audio-visual design, a Game Boys show is unlike anything you’ll see at the festival.

2.    They were nominated for Best Comedy at Melbourne Fringe last year. So you know the Fringe Festival thinks they’re creative, original, unique and the perfect amount of weird still palatable by the mainstream.

3.    They were nominated for the Golden Gibbo in 2017. So you know the Comedy Festival thinks they’re creative, original, unique and financially unsustainable.

4.    Jurassic Park is the greatest film of all time. Fact.

5.    Above all, everyone leaves a Game Boys show with a big smile on their faces. Everyone gets swept up in the brother’s infectious personalities and sharp writing plus they’ve spared no expense.

Game Boys Cinematic Universe is on at ACMI Mar 28 – Apr 7

https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2019/shows/game-boys-cinematic-universe

5 GOOD REASONS TO SEE ONSTAGE DATING

  1. You could end up on a date with me
 Live onstage!

Though never fear, I don’t pluck people out of the audience- you have to sign up to come on stage by filling out a questionnaire before the show. I then get a bunch of answers from willing candidates, who are now only identifiable by their most basic information- like age, height, star sign, wine preference, favourite movie etc. FYI the most common answers are mid 30’s, five foot ten, Gemini, red wine and Shawshank Redemption.

2. If you come on stage to date me, you get free drinks!

A sober first date? No thank you Nelly! My volunteer date gets plied with free booze throughout the show- a great reason to volunteer! And free in that you still have to buy a ticket
 And date me in front of a room full of strangers
 And basically star in my show for no money
 But apart from that, totally, utterly, no strings attached free!

3. Whatever your worst date was, I can top it!

Whilst I was writing this show I went on over 60 dates for
 Research purposes. And they ranged from the awful to the truly horrific. And I’ve now performed Onstage Dating 85 times- so you can take some solace in the fact that no matter how terrible that terrible Tinder date was, at least it didn’t happen in front of a room full of strangers who paid to watch.

4. It’s a great show to bring a date to!

The first time I ever performed Onstage Dating was way back in 2016 and the guy who volunteered to date me was at the show on a Tinder date. So his date watched us go on a date on their date. Which is sort of like inception level dating. I also dated someone in Perth who’d only been married for 3 months, whilst his wife watched from the audience. She thought the show was hilarious
 Until she really didn’t anymore. I think it was around the time that I commented that I liked his back hair- to which I received an irate heckle from her yelling ‘Yeah, I do too!’

5. You could meet your one true love- who will also be in the audience!

I have an unusually high rate of people meeting each other and forming long term relationships from coming to see Onstage Dating. I’m not sure whether it’s the abundance of love in the room or the subject matter or even some kind of romance/comedy super power that I didn’t even know that I possessed- but several people have met their significant others through coming to my show. So come along and see for yourself- you could get lucky in more ways than one!

Bron Batten performs Onstage Dating at The Butterfly Club

Dates: Mon 25 March until Sun 7 Apr

 https://thebutterflyclub.com/show/onstage-dating