i got this from the fresh email list a few minutes ago.
FRESH NEWS – 11th November 2005
From the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
12 April – 7 May 2006
COMEDY FESTIVAL ON SALE IN DECEMBER!
It's the moment you've all been waiting for... The Comedy Festival Gala will go onsale in the first few days of December! The ritzy, glitzy, red carpet showcase is without doubt the Festival's hottest ticket and sells out in hours. It takes place on Wednesday 12 April 2006.
You'll have to wait until it's onsale for all the other details! But don't worry, as a Fresh subscriber, you'll be amongst the first to hear when tickets are available. We will send out an email to you all, before the
first public announcements are made, you guys are first in the queue!
"MERRY CHRISTMAS HE HE HE..."
Also on sale in December through Ticketmaster, for the first time are COMEDY FESTIVAL GIFT VOUCHERS. Although the full programme of events won't be released until February 2006, you can buy a $20, $50 or $100 Comedy Festival gift voucher from December, which can be redeemed for actual tickets once they're all on sale.
Give the comedy junkie in your life a Christmas fix with a Comedy Festival Gift Voucher this year. Nothing says "I love you" without a straight face like a Comedy Festival Gift Voucher.
We'll let you know when these are onsale in another email in a few weeks.
PLANNING A SHOW FOR 2006?
Registrations for 2006 Melbourne Comedy Festival are NOW OPEN online at
www.comedyfestival.com.au
See the website for loads of information from venues to budgeting. Registrations close at 5.00pm on Monday 19 December 2005. Please contact Artist & Program Coordinator - Claire Hammond on 9417 7711
or
claire@comedyfestival.com.au if you have any queries.
ALL interested Festival participants are invited to attend the
annual Comedy Festival’s INFORMATION SESSION
on Tuesday 15 November @ 4.00pm at the Festival office (Level 1, 110 Johnston Street, Fitzroy)
The session is presented by Festival marketing, sponsorship & production staff and a panel of experienced independent producers & performers. Don’t miss this valuable opportunity to Make the most of your Festival experience and improve your chances of a successful season. Our panel will give advice and take questions on production, promotion, venues, ticketing (including ticketing agents & GST info), sponsorship opportunities and public liability.
RSVP essential to
info@comedyfestival.com.au DO YOU THINK YOU’RE FUNNY?
Raw Comedy is Australia’s most prestigious and only truly national open mic comedy competition. If you reckon you’ve got what it takes to make people laugh, sign up for Raw.
Even teenagers can get into the act. If you’re in years 9 to 12, think about Class Clowns, our national secondary school comedy competition.
Jeez Louise Funny Womens’ Forum is a Comedy Festival run event for anyone who’s interested in promoting and supporting women in comedy (yes, even men). Local and international comedians and producers/promoters lead workshops and panels on a weekend during the Festival. The event ends with an in-house “Faux Show” where you can get up and do it for the first time, if you feel so inclined.
Details about all these opportunities are on the Festival website. The 2005 information will be updated with 2006 information over the course of November.
Stagetime : Comedy @ Bar Open
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13 :
Tim Minchin (Perrier Award winner Best Newcomer, Edinburgh Fringe 2005)
Paul Calleja (Rove Live, Triple M)
Michael Connell
with guest MC : Adam Richard (Fox FM breakfast show)
NOVEMBER 20 :
MC : Cal Wilson
Justin Hamilton
Adam Rozenbachs
Toby Sullivan
Xavier Michelides
Kieran Yap
NOVEMBER 27 :
MC : Charlie Pickering
Judith Lucy
Damian Callinan
Jarrod Fitch
Richard McKenzie
Tom Siegert
Stagetime : Comedy @ Bar Open,
317 Brunswick St, Fitzroy
Sundays from 5pm, $10
www.stagetime.com.au Westgarth Kindergarten Comedy Fundraiser
Saturday November 12
Grandview Hotel – Dining Room
Corner Station Street and Heidelberg Road Fairfield
Feat. Dave O’Neil, Christine Basil, Damian Callinan
Tix $20 on the door