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The Sydney Comedy Festival
The Sydney Comedy Festival is an annual comedy festival held in Sydney. Launched in 2005 as The Cracker Sydney Comedy Festival at a number of inner city venues, the Festival has grown quickly and now attracts 111,000 patrons every year at venues all across Sydney. The Sydney Comedy Awards were introduced in 2008, to celebrate excellence in the Sydney Comedy Festival. In 2013, the festival introduced The Sydney Comedy Festival showcase tour, bringing bits of the festival to towns all over Australia. 2020 saw the festival go on hiatus. In 2021, it was held 19 April to 16 May. Venues have included State Theatre, Enmore Theatre, The Concourse, and Riverside Theatres. Performers have included Ronny Chieng, Matt Okine, Rhys Nicholson, and Corey White. Special events The Sydney Comedy Festival produces the following current special events: * Cracker Night * Sydney Comedy Festival International Showcase * Sydney Comedy Festival Gala * Sydney Comedy Festival Secret Show Special even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enmore Theatre
The Enmore Theatre is a theatre and entertainment venue in Sydney, Australia. It was built in 1908. It is located at 118–132 Enmore Road in Newtown, in the inner west of Sydney's suburbs. It was first opened in 1912 as a photo-play theatre. It was run by a well-known theatre family at the time, the Szarka Brothers. Today's Enmore Theatre is the longest running live theatre in Sydney, hosting concerts, comedians, plays and all forms of performance. The theatre is considered a medium-sized venue that holds 1,700 people when fully seated and 2,500 when seats are removed, and all attendees are standing. It has hosted many international bands including a performance by Bob Dylan. The venue's art deco style is protected by its listing as a historic building within Sydney. The Enmore theatre has had many renovations and shifts of ownership. Today it is owned by Century and has hosted a range of arts from photographic, performing arts, music and motion picture. The theatre's listing i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felicity Ward
Felicity Ward (born 26 September 1980) is an Australian comedian, best known for her TV appearances on '' Spicks and Specks'', ''Thank God You're Here'', ''Good News Week'' and as a writer/performer in the Channel 10 Network television programme ''The Ronnie Johns Half Hour''. She is a part of The 3rd Degree, who made and starred in ''The Ronnie Johns Half Hour''. Early life Ward grew up in Killcare, a small coastal town on the Central Coast of New South Wales. Career Early TV and stage work She first came to public attention in the Logie-nominated sketch show ''The Ronnie Johns Half Hour'', especially her character work as six-year-old Poppy, German nihilist Gretchen and lawn bowls instructor Heidi. Ward made several appearances on the ABC's ''Spicks and Specks'' during its six-year run until 2011. She also hosted The Comedy Hour on 774 ABC Melbourne. From 2006 to 2009, Ward has performed alongside fellow 3rd Degree member Heath Franklin (as Chopper) in the highly popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pajama Men
The Pajama Men are Shenoah Allen and Mark Chavez, an American comedy duo of character comics from Albuquerque, New Mexico. They have won awards including the Barry Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2009, and Best Newcomer and Best of the Fest at The Sydney Comedy Festival in 2009. They began performing together as Sabotage, creating shows including ''Sabotage 2001'' and ''In Fine Form.'' Around 2004, they changed their name to "The Pajama Men", and have since performed shows including ''Stop Not Going'', ''Versus vs. Versus'', ''The Last Stand to Reason'', ''In the Middle of No One'', ''Just the Two of Each of Us'', and ''2 Man 3 Musketeers''. History Allen and Chavez, who were both the youngest children in their respective families, met in La Cueva High School at an audition for an improv group in 1993 and have "been doing stupid things together ever since". They began performing together in 2000, under the name Sabotage, at Tricklock Company's Reptilian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Bradson
Tommy may refer to: People * Tommy (given name) * Tommy Atkins, or just Tommy, a slang term for a common soldier in the British Army Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Tommy'' (1931 film), a Soviet drama film * ''Tommy'' (1975 film), a British operetta film based on the Who's album ''Tommy'' * ''Tommy'' (2015 film), a Telugu drama film * ''Tommy'' (TV series), a 2020 American drama series Literature * ''Tommy'' (King poem), by Stephen King, 2010 * ''Tommy'' (Kipling poem), by Rudyard Kipling, 1892 Music * ''Tommy'' (The Who album), 1969 ** ''Tommy'' (London Symphony Orchestra album), 1972 ** ''Tommy'' (soundtrack), a soundtrack to the 1975 film ** ''The Who's Tommy'', a stage production, premiered 1992 * ''Tommy'' (The Wedding Present album), 1988 * ''Tommy'' (Dosh album), 2010 * ''Tommy'' (EP), a 2017 EP by Klein * ''Tommy'', a 2022 EP by Kiesza * ''Tommy'', a 1965 album by Tommy Adderley * ''Tommy'', a 1970 EP by The Who * "Tommy", a 1991 song by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cloud Girls
In meteorology, a cloud is an aerosol consisting of a visible mass of miniature liquid droplets, frozen crystals, or other particles suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body or similar space. Water or various other chemicals may compose the droplets and crystals. On Earth, clouds are formed as a result of saturation of the air when it is cooled to its dew point, or when it gains sufficient moisture (usually in the form of water vapor) from an adjacent source to raise the dew point to the ambient temperature. They are seen in the Earth's homosphere, which includes the troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere. Nephology is the science of clouds, which is undertaken in the cloud physics branch of meteorology. There are two methods of naming clouds in their respective layers of the homosphere, Latin and common name. Genus types in the troposphere, the atmospheric layer closest to Earth's surface, have Latin names because of the universal adoption of Luke Howard's nomenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pajama Men
The Pajama Men are Shenoah Allen and Mark Chavez, an American comedy duo of character comics from Albuquerque, New Mexico. They have won awards including the Barry Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2009, and Best Newcomer and Best of the Fest at The Sydney Comedy Festival in 2009. They began performing together as Sabotage, creating shows including ''Sabotage 2001'' and ''In Fine Form.'' Around 2004, they changed their name to "The Pajama Men", and have since performed shows including ''Stop Not Going'', ''Versus vs. Versus'', ''The Last Stand to Reason'', ''In the Middle of No One'', ''Just the Two of Each of Us'', and ''2 Man 3 Musketeers''. History Allen and Chavez, who were both the youngest children in their respective families, met in La Cueva High School at an audition for an improv group in 1993 and have "been doing stupid things together ever since". They began performing together in 2000, under the name Sabotage, at Tricklock Company's Reptili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axis Of Awesome
An axis (plural ''axes'') is an imaginary line around which an object rotates or is symmetrical. Axis may also refer to: Mathematics * Axis of rotation: see rotation around a fixed axis *Axis (mathematics), a designator for a Cartesian-coordinate dimension * Axis, a line generated by basis vector in a linear algebra Politics *Axis powers of World War II, 1936–1945. *Axis of evil (first used in 2002), U.S. President George W. Bush's description of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea *Axis of Resistance (first used in 2002), the Shia alliance of Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah *Political spectrum, sometimes called an axis Science *Axis of rotation: see rotation around a fixed axis *Axis (anatomy), the second cervical vertebra of the spine * ''Axis'' (genus), a genus of deer *Axis, an anatomical term of orientation *Axis, a botanical term meaning the line through the centre of a plant *Optical axis, a line of rotational symmetry * ''Axis'' (journal), online journal published by The Mineralo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Wool
Glenn Wool is a Canadian stand-up comedian now living in England. He has released six albums, including 2020's ''Viva Forever'', produced by Dan Schlissel for Stand Up! Records. Early life His father, who was Estonian, escaped a concentration camp in Sweden after World War II by helping steal a minesweeper and sailing it to Ireland. The family eventually emigrated to Canada, changing its name from the Estonian "Vool" to "Wool." Wool's father became a policeman in Toronto, where his investigation of a fraud case involving novelist Jeffrey Archer led Archer to base a character on Wool's father in his first book, ''Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less''. Wool grew up in various Canadian cities including Toronto and Vancouver, as well as the British Columbia cities of Langley and White Rock, where he went to Earl Marriott Secondary School. He discovered comedy at age 12 after seeing a Bill Cosby live stand-up appearance. Career Stand-up comedy Wool's combination of intelligent politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Cat Bounce
In finance, a dead cat bounce is a small, brief recovery in the price of a declining stock. Derived from the idea that "even a dead cat will bounce if it falls from a great height", the phrase, which originated on Wall Street, is also popularly applied to any case where a subject experiences a brief resurgence during or following a severe decline. This may also be known as a "sucker rally". History The earliest citation of the phrase in the news media dates to December 1985 when the Singaporean and Malaysian stock markets bounced back after a hard fall during the recession of that year. Journalists Chris Sherwell and Wong Sulong of the ''Financial Times'' were quoted as saying the market rise was "what we call a dead cat bounce". Both the Singaporean and Malaysian economies continued to fall after the quote, although both economies recovered in the following years. The phrase was used again the following year about falling oil prices. In the San Jose Mercury News, Raymond F. DeVo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Bhoy
Danny Bhoy (born Danni Chaudhry) is a Scottish comedian who has performed in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Sweden, and the United States. Early life Bhoy was born in Moffat, Scotland, as one of four children. Danny attended Lockerbie Academy and Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh and studied history at the University of Glasgow. His father is of Indian descent and his mother is Scottish. His humour is observational, often involving his own personal experiences as an international comedian. While he does mention his Indian heritage, his shows centre on Scottish social patterns. Despite his stage name, Bhoy, he is not a Celtic F.C. fan (Celtic are nicknamed ''The Bhoys''); his favourite team is in fact Newcastle United. His stage name stems from his grandma's nickname for him, Danny Boy, but due to a performing dog already having that name registered with Equity, he added the H to Bhoy. Career Bhoy began stand up in 1998 after going to see his fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Metro Theatre
The Metro Theatre (commonly the Metro) is a music venue located on George Street, in the city centre of Sydney, Australia. The venue was redeveloped, from two former cinemas, by property developer Leon Fink. The foyer of the Metro, designed by leading Australian stage designer Brian Thomson, features a lightweight plastic replica of the Art Deco crystal chandelier which once hung in Regent Theatre which formerly stood opposite the Metro in George Street. Acts who generally perform at the Metro usually are Heavy Metal music, indie-rock and alternative bands, often of international fame. It was the venue for the now-legendary Sydney concerts in 1995 by Jeff Buckley and a record seven sold out shows in a row over six days in 1996 by You Am I, among many others. It has two separate performance spaces inside the building, the Forum (often simply called the Metro) and the Transit Lounge (which, in January 2007, was re-launched and re-branded as the Lair). Up until 2007 it was not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney. Located on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, it is widely regarded as one of the world's most famous and distinctive buildings and a masterpiece of 20th-century architecture. Designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, but completed by an Australian architectural team headed by Peter Hall, the building was formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 20 October 1973 after a gestation beginning with Utzon's 1957 selection as winner of an international design competition. The Government of New South Wales, led by the premier, Joseph Cahill, authorised work to begin in 1958 with Utzon directing construction. The government's decision to build Utzon's design is often overshadowed by circumstances that followed, including cost and scheduling overruns as well as the architect's ultimate resignation. The building and its surrounds occupy the whole of Bennelong Point on Sydney Harbour, between Sydney Cove and Far ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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