Author Archives: asher
Fan Fiction Comedy
Here follows a story I wrote for, ‘Fan Fiction Comedy’ at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. The idea for a Fan Fiction Comedy show is simple, comics are asked to pen a story involving a celebrity then read it to … Continue reading
Is Melbourne the Funniest City in the Herald Sun
Hey you guys. Look, during the Comedy Festival I get all kinds of offers from newspapers to assist in the death of paid journalism, by writing for free to plug my comedy shows. This year it gives me great pleasure … Continue reading
3 Things You Might Want to Know
Hello Reader, I’ve been a little lax since the Edinburgh Fringe with my blogging and left wing ranting as I’ve been pouring all my time into other creative endeavours at the moment, like my new Stand Up show for 2013. … Continue reading
Perfect Playlist
Chris Morris: Blue Jam, Unflustered Parents The first time I listened to Blue Jam I was recovering from a very big night on the bickies and amble cakes and I was not in a good way. A friend of mine … Continue reading
Black Hat & Critical Thinking at the Fringe
At the Edinburgh Fringe a show can be made or broken by a good review. With over 2000 shows a day how do you make a decision, social media, word of mouth or a cunning flyerer? More often than not … Continue reading
Yellow Hat Thinking, Talking Positive with Adam Hills
The Yellow hat is the thinking hat of speculative positivity and it’s this hat that I struggle most with. Boundless positivity is an unnatural quality in a comedian, we are typically wingers, critics and smart asses who endlessly seek out … Continue reading
Thinking Outside the Box at the Fringe
During the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe I saw something that changed the way I thought about creativity. It wasn’t a large-scale theatrical production from an acclaimed European director nor was it a philosophical hour of genre busting post-modern comedy; it was … Continue reading
One Hat Two Hat White Hat Blue Hat
This is my seventh year performing at the world’s biggest arts festival, The Edinburgh Festival Fringe. This year I’m using Edward De Bono’s Six Thinking Hats as a guide for my stand up show, and my five part blog about … Continue reading
All things Edinburgh Festival 2012
This year rather than send out a constant stream of articles and blogs from the Edinburgh Fringe I’m going to list and link them all on this page so you can read them at your leisure. Its a way to … Continue reading
Ladies and Comedy
Why the argument for who is the funnier sex is a bullshit non-issue. Each year during the comedy festival some bone-head will pen an article on whether women are funnier than men, or why they are more men than women … Continue reading