Ghost Machine
Ghost Machine has previously won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival award for best indie show. Ghost Machine has been tickling the funny bones of people the world over – it won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival award for best indie show and has previously showcased at Edinburgh Fringe and London’s Soho Theatre – and so its arrival to New Zealand shores has been understandably hotly anticipated. It’s a stand-up show about life, performed by a ghost (comedian Laura Davis).
February 23-27, 6.30pm. Basement Theatre. $22-$28. Tickets can be found here. REHAB
Dark comedy performance Rehab will take place at the Covert Theatre.
Meet The Brunswick Ballroom, Melbourne’s dazzling new live music venue Venue owner Andrew Kay and Tim Rogers - image by Nicole Cleary
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The new performance space will be launched later this month.
Melbourne is getting a new live music venue later this month. The Brunswick Ballroom will take the place of popular live music venue The Spotted Mallard in the old Metropolis House on Sydney Road.
What you need to know
The new live music venue will open on Sydney Road
The Brunswick Ballroom will be located where The Spotted Mallard used to be located
Ashy started her career as a musical theatre and theme park performer. With a Cert IV in Musical Theatre and Diploma in Specialist Services in Makeup she is a well rounded triple threat performer with powerhouse vocals, disciplined demeanour and impeccable makeup skills.
With career highlights like performing for Neil Patrick Harris whilst working for Disney Cruise lines, singing and performing in shows at Dreamworld Australia, appearing at Movieworld as Harley Quinn and playing for sold out shows at Adelaide Fringe, Perth FRINGEWORLD and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
She has also written and toured with her own cabaret show, performing on the main stage and at The Butterfly Club for Midsumma festival in Melbourne, Bondi Feast Festival in Sydney, Adelaide Fringe Festival and Hobart Fringe at the Edge of the world. Festival.
Dave Hughes is making all the right moves, even in a pandemic
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Subscriber only Dave Hughes wants to get serious for a second. The veteran funny man has been making audiences laugh for decades through sold-out stand-up comedy tours, top rating radio shows and successful TV programs including The Project, Before the Game, The Masked Singer and Hughesy, We Have a Problem. But it took a global pandemic for the self-confessed serial worrier to finally learn to stop sweating the small stuff and start to smell the roses and appreciate the sunsets . I know this sounds deep, but you never know when your last moment in this world is going to be, he muses. It could be any time and imagine if your last moment was spent worrying about some bullsh t. And when you realise it s ALL bullshit, then you stop worrying completely. And that s where I am at, basically.
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If you’re looking for a night of laughter, look no further, the Road Trippers are coming to you.
Putting on eight shows, four comedians (and some ring-ins) with a slightly dodgy car are making their way through regional Queensland for limitless laughs.
Queensland comedians Matt Ford, Anna Brennan, Ryan Anderson and Brendon Beltame are hitting the road in a slightly knackered Prius to bring fresh jokes to everyone who needs a giggle.
Tour organiser Anna Brennan said Road Trippers was a welcome return to live performing.
“Coming out of a year where almost everything was cancelled, it’s great to be back on the road,” Anna said.