Obligatory Blog

Writing a new show is scary. I remember tearing my hair out when I was starting what finally became “An Unexpected Variety Show”, namely cos the whole process was just so damn messy that it left me wondering (more often than not) whether it was EVER going to actually look like anything other than a bunch of disconnected index cards covering the floor. My sister came over yesterday and between dissuading toddlers from swallowing Christmas ornaments, we talked through the new s

This pic of my boy makes me smile every time I see it. So….not to go all soapie cliffhanger on you, but I have to let you know: I have an incredibly exciting launch coming tomorrow. Particularly if you have any interest in any of the following: – “An Unexpected Variety Show”; – cupcakes; – Adelaide Fringe; – DVDs; – the new show I’m working on at the moment; – Betty and the Betties; – parties; and/or – lipstick. …if you’re into ALL of the above? You’re about to hit the

THE GOOD: Loving my iPhone. Just worked out how to upload pics to twitter. This excites me. I am excitable by simple things. THE BAD: Our bank balance. THE GOOD: Picked up my dress last night and it is so adorable I want to hold it by a fire. But not too close. That thing is flammable. THE BAD: Our bank balance. And family dramas. And our bank balance. THE GOOD: The show is coming together beautifully, I have found a data projector for hire in Ads (woohoo!) at a reasonab

We’ve since made the call to wait. “What?” you say. “You mean all poll results on this here site are not going to be adhered to? Pffft! Double pffft! Physical pffft!” Let me appease your pffft-ing by telling you that the big reality check of having you guys going “come on, do it!” actually helped us come to the conclusion that we don’t want to. Rebels are we. Next. 2. The ridiculously loud thunder outside my door as I type this. Or more specifically, that it represents a heft

So I was flirting for a little while there with the idea of going down to Melbourne to do some spots at this year’s Comedy Festival. For the moment it looks like it’s not gonna happen sadly (family, money, etc) but I’ve decided to post on here my top 10 shows I WOULD be seeing,were I setting foot down that way. In no particular order… 1. Reggie Watts – ever since I heard that the man improvises songs using loop pedals (one of which I bought a coupla years ago in Canada and th