February 2009 News Archive
George McEncroe in "The Georgina Monologues" at the Comedy Festival 2nd-26th April
There are stories that you shouldn't tell about your family until your parents are six feet under, but George McEncroe just can't wait that long.
This April at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival George McEncroe, from the Mix 101.1 Breakfast Show, is prepared to be written out of the will to tell you her childhood survival stories.
The Georgina Monologues will have you wiping tears of laughter on your sleeve, as George tells stories about how her young life was saved by a chocolate wagon wheel and a closet full of other skeletons.
The Forum Ladies Lounge will come to life with George's warm and disarming humour at 7pm each night as she talks you through her transformation from embarrassed child to embarrassing parent.
You have seen her on Spicks and Specks and The Nation and read her hilarious wisdom in the Herald Sun, now get up close enough for George McEncroe to lick a tissue and wipe grub off your face.
Venue: Forum Theatre [Ladies Lounge] Corner Russell and Flinders St, City
Dates: 2st - 26th April (not Mondays), Previews 2st - 5th April
Tickets: $20.00 / $18.00 Preview tickets $16.00
Times: start time Tue- Sat 7:00PM, Sunday 6:00PM
Bookings: Ticketek 132 849, Comedy Festival Website or at the venue
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Celia Pacquola in "Am I Strange" at the Comedy Festival 2-26th April
Someone once told Celia she thought too much... and she thought about it too much.
Am I Strange? is the award winning (Best Comedy Melbourne Fringe 2008) debut solo show of rising stand up comic Celia Pacquola (Rove, Fox FM, ABC radio's Comedy Hour) who invites you inside her mind...literally...it's not weird or anything...is it?
Celia takes you inside her mind as she traverses the end of a relationship, exploring issues of betrayal, revenge, love and if it is ever truly possible to wear two odd socks - I mean they're both socks right?
"Celia dazzled." The Age
Date 2 - 26 April
Times Mon-Sat 7pm, Sun 6pm
Duration 50 minutes
Venue Melb Town Hall - Lunch Room
Cnr Swanston and Collins Sts, Melbourne
Prices
Full $20
Concession $18
Group (4 or more) $18
Preview $18
Laugh Pack $18
Tightarse Tuesday $18
Bookings
Ticketmaster 1300 660 013, Comedy Festival Website and at the door
Adam Rozenbachs in "Singledumb" at Melbourne Town Hall for Comedy Festival 2nd-26th April
Ever been single? Adam still is ...this year he explores the world of relationships to discover if he's doing something wrong or if he's just Singledumb.
Join Spicks and Specks regular Adam Rozenbachs as he shares his tales of woe and stupidity - like the time he told a girl she smelt like a Turkish delight.
A gifted comedian, Adam is a regular on 774 ABC radio and can be heard on other shows like Nova 100's breakfast show Hughesy and Kate.
He has written for Spicks and Specks, Before the Game, Mick Molloy's The Nation, the Herald Sun, Crikey, skitHOUSE, and Comedy Inc.
Adam has also appeared on Rove, The Nation, Stand Up Australia and 9AM.
Book early so you don't miss Adam Rozenbachs at The Portico Room, at The Melbourne Town Hall, in his follow up to 2008's highly successful show "Traces of Nut."
Laugh with Adam talk as he explores being single - his expertise is so great he likes to think of himself as Dr.Phil. With hair.
"Hilarious" **** Sunday Herald Sun
"Think Jerry Seinfeld with a black heart." The Age
"What a good night out at the Comedy Festival is all about" Inpress
LISTING INFORMATION
Venue: The Portico Room, The Melbourne Town Hall
(Cnr Collins St and Swanston St)
Dates: Thurs to Mondays 2nd - 26th, Previews 2nd - 6th April
Mondays The Cloak Room
Tickets: $20:00, Concession $16:00; Group price 3 or more $17:00;
Laugh Pack Price $17:00, Miserly Mondays $17:00
Times: 9:30pm (8:30pm Sundays)
Bookings: Ticketmaster 1300 660 013, http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/ or at the door
George McEncroe at the National Theatre
George McEncroe will hit the stage at the National Theatre on February 21 in the V-Day Melbourne 2009 benefit performance of The Vagina Monologues.
The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler is a moving, witty and often hilarious collection of stories that gives voice to women's lives and it is a celebration of female sexuality in all its complexity and mystery
The V-Day Melbourne 2009 Until the Violence Stops benefit performance of The Vagina Monologues is for one night only on Saturday 21 February at 8 pm at the National Theatre in St Kilda.
All monies raised from the evening will be donated to: the Women's Domestic Violence Crisis Centre and the V-Day 2009 Campaign.
National Theatre, Corner of Carlisle and Barkly Street, St Kilda
21 February 2009 at 8pm
Tickets: Full $45.00, Concession $38.00.
Bookings: 03 95254611