The Comedy Writers Group

Let's run some brand new jokes with special guests Lauren Edwards and Nicolette Minster. Lauren and Nicolette are brilliant stand-up comedians with shows coming up at the Melbourne International Come…

My guest this week is Maggie Looke, award-winning writer, producer, and director. She has written for shows like Hard Quiz and Have You Been Paying Attention and directed massive hit shows like Ultim…

The brilliant Steen Raskopolous is my guest on the show this week. You might know Steen from his several screen credits including The Office Australia, The Duchess, and Feel Good or you might know hi…

Hayley Edwards is my guest on the podcast this week. Hayley is actor who recently saw a huge amount of acclaim for the Melbourne Fringe production of their play Shitbag which they wrote, produced, an…

The great Luke Heggie is my guest on the podcast this week.

Heggie is an incredible comedian and one of my all-time favourites. He has sold-out shows, appeared on shows like the MICF Gala, Question Ev…

I'm joined this week by the brilliant Myq Kaplan all the way from NYC. Myq is an incredible comedian with decades of experience and a remarkable CV, with appearances on Conan, Letterman, Seth Meyers,…

On this week's episode I'm joined by Dylan Murphy. Along with being a Raw National Finalist, Dylan is also a sought-after comedy director having worked with Scout Boxall, Hannah Camilleri, and Dougie…

This week I'm joined by the remarkable Ahir Shah. I met Ahir back in 2016 at the Adelaide Fringe and we were well overdue for a catch-up. You might have seen him on Mock the Week, Have I Got News For…

Lara Ricote is my special guest this week. Lara is an “equal halves Mexican, American, and Venezuelan” comedian based in the Netherlands. Her show GRL/LATNX/DEF won Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fri…

I'm joined by special guests Sonia Di Iorio and Samuel Gebreselassie for a group workshop. We chat about university initiations, how to kick off a story, inheritance, the poetry in comedy, writing on…

 The brilliant Dave Warneke is our guest this week! Dave is the co-host of the incredibly popular podcast Do Go On along with being an accomplished comedian, writer, musician, and producer.

I chat to…

We've hit 100 episodes so we marked the occasion with a special live edition of the podcast with special guest Lizzy Hoo. Featuring a live listener joke submission by Oliver Hunter.

Lizzy talks Harry …

The sensational Hannah Camilleri is on the podcast this week. I chat to the Pinter Prize winner about her background of acting and clown training, and how it led to creating the smash-hit Lolly Bag (…

Comedian, writer, presenter, Jennifer Wong, is our guest on this week's episode of The Comedy Writers Group podcast. We chat about her new book Chopsticks or Fork co-written by Lin Jie Kong.

We discus…

This week I'm joined by director Charlotte George and actor Miriam Glaser. We chat all about their new web series Buried, which they co-wrote and developed together. We discuss funding, stunt work, b…

The incredible Gabbi Bolt is on the podcast this week! You may have seen Gabbi on The Weekly, Spicks & Specks, and Question Everything. We chat about how Gabbi went viral during lockdown, leading to …

It's time for another Group Workshop. These are special episodes where I invite members of The Comedy Writers Group on to share material and punch-up their drafts. This episode I'm joined by Jeremy D…

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Frankie McNair is our special guest this week. Frankie is a Melbourne comedian, originally from the ACT. We chat about how Frankie approaches being an abs…

Rose Bishop is our special guest this week. We chat about navigating dark and sensitive subject matter while laughing a lot along the way. We also chat about stage fright, theme versus subject, promo…