This week we have our second LIVE episode from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. I'm joined by guest co-host Bron Lewis (Have You Been Paying Attention? Thank God You're Here) and Laura Davis (twice nominated Most Outstanding Show and cult-favourite). We cover a lot of ground from crowdwork's oversaturation, ticket sales, and different approaches to writing and editing.

Bron and Laura have finished their MICF seasons but be sure to follow them so you can catch them when they're next in your neighbourhood.

Recorded April 6th at The Theory Bar.

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On this week's episode I'm joined by the brilliant Blake Freeman (Question Everything, The MICF Gala, Best Newcomer Winner) to chat about his move to New York. We get into the highs and the lows of moving to a new scene before digging into a chunk from his new show.

If you're in Melbourne there's one more week to catch Blake at MICF. Follow Blake on instagram and be sure to grab tickets.

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A special live episode recorded at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival featuring Olga Koch (Live at the Apollo, QI), Kate Dolan (award-winning cult favourite), and Dane Simpson (MICF Gala, The Emu War).

We chat about the Australian comedy scene, making money, the value of public speaking skills, and workshop a new joke from Dane Simpson.

We have one more LIVE episode coming up on the 13th of April. Grab your tickets.

Follow Dane, Kate, Olga, and go see their shows!

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Something a little different this week! The phone lines are open to members of Comedy Writers Group community performing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. I wanted to give members an opportunity to tell listeners about their show and to talk about what was on their mind like a good old fashioned advice line.\

Across the episode we chat healthy habits, pacing yourself, finding the fun, online marketing, editing your show, and what to do after the festival.

Make sure you follow Louisa Jones, Freddie Arthur, Oliver Hunter, Laura Bruce, Lauren Edwards, and Jess Budin on socials and get along to their shows! 

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This week I'm joined by the brilliant Anirban Dasgupta to chat about pursuing comedy in India. We chat about the beginning of the Indian stand-up scene, doing comedy in Australia, producing gigs, and we discuss Anirban's latest show Cry Daddy coming to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Follow Anirban and go see his show when he comes to your town.

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This week I'm joined by the magnificent Emma Holland! You might know Emma from Have You Been Paying Attention and Thank God You're Here. She's also on the upcoming season of Taskmaster Australia. I chat to Emma about her Raw Comedy experience, building community, writing for TV, and managing a hefty work schedule.

Forgive this episode being recorded out of the studio - fortunately the content is excellent - it just lacks that studio crispness!

Follow Emma and go see her show when it gets to your town. 

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Stephanie Hare returns as we continue the journey of developing a show for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. I wanted to give listeners a sense of how I direct a show, and to let you be a fly-on-the-wall as a stand-up show comes to life

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Make sure you listen to Part 1 first!

Follow Stephanie and grab tickets to her show.

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The brilliant Kate Dolan returns to the podcast to chat about all the ups and downs since we last talked. We talk about content creation, the fear of rejection, developing a show, shooting a special, making comedy a viable enterprise, and much more. It's also a very silly episode.

Go see Kate Dolan when she comes to your city.

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I'm joined by expert one-liner comedian, Mark Simmons, all the way from the UK. We chat about Mark's love affair with the one-liner, how he came to comedy (via a member of the CWG), branding, joke competitions, and being accused of joke thievery.

Mark has a new special out called Quip Off The Mark that you can check out on Youtube.

He's also on tour so make sure you follow Mark so you can see him when we comes to your neighbourhood.

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The magnificent Steph Broadbridge returns to the podcast to chat about Breaking The Musical, a show that has already taken the world by storm despite the fact it hasn't even opened yet. We talk about the origin of the idea, rehearsal, and what is going through Steph's mind this close to the debut at the Adelaide Fringe.

We also chat about Steph's experience as a judge for the Raw Comedy competition and what catches her eye from the judges' table.

Follow Steph and grab tickets to the show in Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney.

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