On Leaving The Kids To Do Comedy (or, “One of my son’s first sentences was ‘Mummy
So next week I’m heading off on my second set of cruise ship gigs. I actually really hate being away from my kids. I love them of course,...
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Obligatory Blog
My very occasionally updated thoughts that need to be expressed, and don't belong elsewhere.
- Nov 13, 2012
Postcard from comedy cruise-shipping!
Yeehaw! What a time. My eyelids can barely keep themselves up as I type this, so will keep it brief, but just wanted to write and say a...
- Aug 17, 2012
Needed: A Family Friendly Version of Couch Surfing
Just stumbled across this at my local library: 5 Ways to Carry A Goat, a tale of how an Aussie travel blogger embarked on a trek of the...
- May 31, 2012
A Sitcom Just Waiting to be Written
Spotted an ad the other day for this cute little theatre currently on the market in Tassie. Ever since I’ve been dreaming about an...
- Mar 5, 2012
Adelaide Fringe Festival Tour Diary: On Touring With Kids
My little mouse spotting a poster! I love how excited she is about the show, soooo cute (though she would hate me calling her "cute" in...
- Oct 13, 2011
Melbourne Fringe: Touring with a Toddler Installment 10: Home Again, Home Again!
Notice the typo? Hehe. I kinda love it. And it’s done. WOW! What a rollercoaster. Thank you so much for reading along and sharing the...
- Sep 29, 2011
Melbourne Fringe: Touring With a Toddler Installment 3: Small Crowd, Big Love.
Night two. With Melbourne weeping like a postnatal mother last night, I was bracing myself to perform for an audience of three. But oh ye...
- Jul 23, 2011
LA-LA land: Eddie Izzard, Sarah Silverman & more!
Training has been AMAZING. Agh! I’m learning so much it’s hard to keep up, I will post a nice juicy “things I’m learning” post tomorrow....
- Jul 19, 2011
5 Things That Have Happened Thus Far on this LA Trip
1. I sat next to a very large American woman and her very petite Aussie husband on the plane. Both were very friendly, lovely even, to...
- Jul 12, 2011
FAQ on the LA trip!
How long are you going for? 2 weeks! What exactly will you be doing while you’re there? I’m gonna be doing a tailor-made residency...
- Jun 28, 2011
Radelaide Cabaret Festival: a brief debrief
Fiona O’Loughlin told me many, many moons ago that her family understood that the first couple of days after she got back home from a...
- Jun 22, 2011
Adelaide Cabaret Fringe Festival: day 1
I am here! Yes! In Adelaide! This is nothing short of a miracle as this time yesterday, it looked likely that flights would be canceled...
- Apr 11, 2011
A Photo Gallery of our Way Out West Holiday Thus Far
Night one: the kids' eyes popped out of their heads when they saw their first Aussie campfire. We promptly threw said balls on sticks and...
- Mar 29, 2011
Operation Focus! Ideas & Projects for the Coming Year
Small Hands Big Hearts I’m so excited to announce the start of a whole new project – the one I’ve been teasing you about in mild amounts,...
- Sep 9, 2010
It’s a CHOICE thing
My chosen ones (NOT my excuses) I’ve always tried to consciously shun the idea that there’s things you can’t do once you’ve got kids. But...
- Jul 31, 2010
New York Trip (or Holy Crapoly, that Went By Faster than I Could Blog It)
I owe you guys a HUGE apology. I meant to blog the entire trip, I swear I did. But I’m afraid that a combination of stupidity...
- Jul 21, 2010
Quickie update from the Improv Masterclass
Hey my darling dears, Please forgive the complete gap in blogland – my best intentions have been thrown to the New York curbside (which...
- Jul 21, 2010
NYC Diaries Episode 1: The Driver
The moment I saw him, I knew he was my driver. “Why?” you ask. Because, dear reader, he entered the airport’s ground transportation...
- Jul 17, 2010
I’m on my way…
…just here in LAX – don’t know why they haven’t thought about changing that acronym, it either makes me think of lazy people or having to...
- Jul 6, 2010
Wild Expectations: Writing and Living the Bucket List
“Nobody succeeds beyond his or her wildest expectations unless he or she begins with some wild expectations.” Ralph Charell. I had some...
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