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Friday 12 April
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Jess McGuire probes a line-up of comedic talent on their experiences in the lovosphere. How far are they willing to exploit their private lives for comedic purposes? Is anything truly off limits? And are all those hilarious tales – did they really find their mother-in-law in the bath with the best man – actually true?
With Felicity Ward and Ben Pobjie.
Featuring
Jess McGuire
Jess McGuire is a writer and broadcaster based in central west NSW, and hosts breakfast radio each weekday morning on on ABC Western Plains. She previously appeared regularly as a reviewer and cultural commentator ...
Ben Pobjie
Ben Pobjie is a writer, comedian and poet with no journalistic qualifications whatsoever. He has a weekly column at Australian news commentary site newmatilda.com, and his writing has appeared in Crikey, The Age and The Punch, among others.
Felicity Ward
Multi-award winning Felicity Ward is one of Australia’s most exciting comic performers. Since her stand-up comedy debut in 2008, she has rapidly gained an international reputation for her live comedy.
Ward recently appeared in Working Dog’s feature film Any Questions for Ben? as a comedic actor and is a cast member in the new comedy game show on ABC TV, Randling. Felicity is also well known for her work on Network Ten’s The Ronnie Johns Half Hour and her regular guest appearances on ABC TV’s Spicks and Specks, Channel Seven’s Thank God You’re Here and Network Ten’s Talkin' Bout Your Generation.
In 2011, she was the face of the Melbourne Comedy Festival’s TVC campaign, and released her debut DVD, The Textbook Idiot, a best-of collection of her first three years of comedy.
Ward is currently touring her best show to date, The Hedgehog Dilemma, receiving shining reviews and playing to sold-out houses across the country in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. Her show has been nominated for Best Comedy at both the 2012 Adelaide Fringe and Melbourne Comedy Festival.
A deft MC and a powerhouse headliner, Felicity has toured Australia NZ, Hong Kong, Singapore and the UK, and is currently developing new projects for TV.