Katherine Phelps

Claudia O’Doherty – Monster of the Deep 3D A number of comedians trial their shows at Melbourne Fringe Festival, such as Felicia Ward in The Book of Moron and Shaolin Punk in +1 Sword. Some performers create humorous shows, which garner a large enough word of mouth and good reviews, that they make the leap [...]

James Dowdeswell in My Grandad Was A Clown And Those Are Big Shoes To Fill James points out early in his show that (like my own brother) he has a lazy eye. However, I must point out that the lazy eye in no way impeded the many sparkles that twinkled therein. What James has in [...]

Diane Spencer – Lost In The Mouth Specific Diane is a wonder. When I saw her show she had only just come back to the mic after receiving surgery, spending several days in the hospital, and now functioning with the help of painkillers. She’s a real testament to “the show must go on”. Though I [...]

Sammy J and Randy in Ricketts Lane Ricketts Lane has already won several awards, received five star reviews at Edinburgh Fringe, and played a sell-out season in London’s WestEnd. It’s a fine piece of comic storytelling, illustrating a large tale with only two characters: Sammy J the tall fellow with the bottle brush hair and [...]

Josh Earl vs. the Australian Women’s Weekly Children’s Birthday Cake Book Josh is another Gen Y charmer who has given cynicism the boot. His relationship with the Australian Women’s Weekly Children’s Birthday Cake Book is one of pure joy: joy at the anticipation of having a cool cake for his birthday, joy at the hilarious [...]

I have noticed on this blog that many people look up my reviews for the big name comedians, but not so much for the up and comers. This is a shame. I love watching the pros at work and I will continue to review them when I can. It’s highly instructive to analyse what’s working [...]

Last night I had the pleasure of not only listening to the music and humour of The Bedroom Philosopher (aka Justin Heazlewood) on his Brown & Orange Album Launch Tour, I also worked as a volunteer selling merchandise for the show. Justin seems to be getting into the swing of turning his whimsical outlook on [...]

Marion Hotel is one of the latest venues Craig Egan has opened throughout Adelaide. I looked forward to checking the space out after discovering what a gem the Arkaba is for performances. I felt even more excited by the line up of comedians for the evening. I just wish I could have picked a better [...]

I am a great fan of Jim Henson and his chief writer Jerry Juhl. Together they made a profound difference to the world. Through Sesame Street they brough literacy, numeracy, and a message of inter-racial harmony to the children of the world. This is no small feat when in our information age an education means [...]

This week is the ninth birthday for Adelaide Comedy. To celebrate the Arkaba HaHa had a huge night last night which included performances by Justin Hamilton, Big Al, Jason Chong, and headliner Jeff Green. We were treated to a glorious set of performances which were well received by a relatively young audience. Justin Hamilton Justin [...]