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Adelaide Fringe Festival Tour Diary: Opening Nights!
Fringe Fireworks! I say “nights” because while technically, last night was the Opening Night of the Fringe, as I type this, my own...
Feb 25, 20123 min read


Adelaide Fringe Festival Tour Diary: “And So It Begins.”
Kids on a plane! AAAAGGGHHHH! If you’re one of these folks with an appetite for sympathetic glances from strangers, then might I...
Feb 24, 20124 min read


Directors’ Note on “An Unexpected Variety Show.”
Gary Austin and I in LA 2011. Jenny Wynter’s solo show is magic, compelling and entertaining. An Unexpected Variety Show implies what...
Feb 23, 20121 min read


Meet Liz Skitch: Comedic Gem and All-round Rockstar Human Being
I wouldn’t be about to even embark on this mad adventure were it not for many, MANY different people helping me along the way, not the...
Feb 22, 20122 min read
Kevin Rudd speaks out on “An Unexpected Variety Show.” (Hint: Language Warning)
#adelaidefringe #AnUnexpectedVarietyShow #jennywynter #krudd #melbournecomedyfestival #swearing #kevinrudd #adelaidefringefestival...
Feb 21, 20121 min read


No Sleep Til Adelaide! (Well, okay, maybe three sleeps…but those sleeps shall be HARDCORE!)
Three more sleeps. I feel like an astronaut about to launch into space, wondering whether he/she’s going to return to triumphant...
Feb 20, 20121 min read


My Week in Photos (and all Aussie Tix are Now On Sale!)
Poster spotted in Adelaide. It's a-happening! First things first, as of yesterday morning, tickets are all OFFICIALLY ON SALE for all my...
Feb 15, 20122 min read


Combatting the Anxiety-Riddled Side Effects of Attempting Wild Feats of Awesome
Find a happy place. Find a happy place. Today it has happened. A wave of panic has hit the shore of my being, leaving seaweed trails of...
Feb 13, 20121 min read


Adelaide Cabaret Tour Diary Part 2
No real reason to post these here, other than that they're ridiculously adorable. And they've greeted me each morning in the bathroom of...
Feb 7, 20121 min read


47 Gigs in One Month: The Adelaide Fringe Adventure Approaches
Working, performing and eating cheese. Pretty much sums up today. AND…having a mild freak out upon going through my schedule for Adelaide...
Feb 7, 20121 min read


The Kindness of Strangers (or “The WHY Of Performing/Writing/Show Pony-ing”)
Somebody sent me a snippet of their journal page after seeing the show at Melbourne Fringe. This made my freaking week! I want to share...
Feb 3, 20122 min read


Why I am Particularly Stoked About This Year’s Oscar Nominees…
My director, mentor and friend, Gary Austin. I was absolutely delighted to discover this evening that 5 (count em, FIVE) Oscar nominees...
Jan 26, 20121 min read


5 Shows You Should See at Adelaide Fringe (which just happen to star kicking-buttocks women)
So I start putting together a list of some of my “must see” shows for this year’s Fringe to share with you here, in an effort to serve a...
Jan 23, 20123 min read
New Video: Australian Cabaret Summer School Showcase
So that video I was telling you about, from the Australian Cabaret Summer School showcase is online! Huzzah! Please enjoy. And if you do...
Jan 23, 20121 min read


Jekyll and Hyde (Or “Parenting and Performing”) plus Links of the Week
Show poster for Adelaide Fringe season; I noticed quite a lot of posters for other fringe shows up around the place when I was down...
Jan 20, 20122 min read


Back from Radelaide or (“I Want To Run Away and Join the Cabaret!”)
Tutu. Cowboy boots. Microphone. I AM HOME. How to do justice in one measly post to the incredibly week that has just been? Note to 2012:...
Jan 17, 20122 min read


Dawn French on Being Apart From Her Daughter
I have had to stop writing here to have a little self-indulgent weep, as I allow the significance of your easy forgiveness for my...
Jan 16, 20121 min read


Postcard from Adelaide!
Spotted at the ridiculously groovy BOHO in Adelaide! In short: – I am blogging about all things Cabaret Summer School over here this week...
Jan 10, 20121 min read


Australian Cabaret Summer School: Here I Come!
Image credit. Hey folks! This Sunday morning, I shall be off at a madly indecent hour to catch a plane to Radelaide, oh yes, my beloved...
Jan 6, 20121 min read


Tix now on sale for Adelaide Fringe & Melbourne International Comedy Fest
It’s a happening! I am out of Woodford and back to reality, reality in this case, meaning in the thick of logistical planning for what is...
Jan 4, 20122 min read
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