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 Everything, and Just For Laughs. We chat about how Heggie approaches stand-up, making it a job, building audiences, and quality control. It's a great chat. Follow Luke on instagram and check out his podcast Mid-Flight Brawl. Follow your host, Marcel Blanch-de Wilt. Unlock all the episodes of CWG...

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, and more. With the US Election taking up all the news, I wanted to hear how it was all going from a comedian's point of view. We chat about life as an American comedian, how Myq approaches joke writing, building a career, and how Myq plans to manage another Trump presidency. Find links to Myq's...

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 Baldwin. We chat about Dylan's approach to directing, how he got into comedy, and the value of collaboration. Follow Dylan on instagram. Buy tickets to Marcel & "Friends" at The Improv Conspiracy Nov 9th. Catch The Newlyweds at Improv Theatre Sydney on Nov 14th. Get bonus content on Patreon ...

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 You or his special on Max. Ahir won the prestigious Best Comedy award at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe. I wanted to hear about the development of the show as well as how it felt to have it recorded for Netflix. We also chat about finding pathos, show structure, working with the great Adam Brace, the...

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 Fringe and is available to watch on Youtube. We chat about how comedy compares around the world, finding our identity on stage, the value of clowning, and accessibility in the performing arts. It's such a great chat and I had the best time hanging out with Lara. Subscribe to The Comedy Writers Group...

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 stage, and we dig into running comedy rooms. Follow Samuel and Sonia on instagram. Join The Comedy Writers Group on patreon to access all the episodes and our online mentoring sessions on zoom. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 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 Dave about how he found himself in the world of comedy and how it led to building a podcast empire. We tackle musical comedy and concept shows. Find Dave's podcasts Do Go On and Book Cheat where ever you get your podcasts. Subscribe to The Comedy Writers Group on patreon to unlock all our...

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 Potter lego and I chat about overly masculine hairdressers. We also talk about self-tapes, The Office Australia, and the festival cycle. Also featuring cameos from Thom, Justin, Ainslie, and Rusty. Thanks to everyone who came along and The Theory Bar for hosting us. Special thanks to Bren for...

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 (directed by Dylan Murphy.) I was such a huge fan of her show so it was a delight to get to talk to her all about it. We discuss Gaulier, creating characters, international touring and more. Follow Hannah here. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

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 discuss Jennifer's decades of experience and how she opened doors along the way. We talk Good News Week, Rove, radio, and puns! Follow Jennifer on instagram. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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, blood continuity, and most importantly, how to get stuff made. You can watch Buried on Youtube. You can follow the director Charlotte on instagram. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scout Boxall is our special guest this week to chat burnout in the comedy industry. Scout wrote an excellent article on the subject for the ABC so I was especially keen to get them into the studio to chat all about it.We tackle burnout from all sorts of angles from how to identify it to how to recover from it. We also chat about the financial side of the stand-up game and how a lot of the hidden variables can make it a tricky industry to navigate.Follow Scout on instagram.Follow your host on...

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 opportunities on a path she never expected to go down. Follow Gabbi on instagram.  Follow your host here. Not a member? Sign up to the patreon to unlock all the episodes. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Dooley from Melbourne and Louisa Jones from Brisbane. We're fresh from The Winter Writers Retreat and feeling inspired.Got tags and punch-ups? Put them in the comments!Follow Jeremy and Louisa on instagram. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is free for a limited time only!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 absolute goofball on stage, doing character comedy, along with tackling burn-out, and the challenges of moving to a new city. Follow Frankie on instagram. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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, promoting a show, and much more. Trigger warning for conversation around death and suicide. Follow Rose on instagram and go see her shows! Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A special episode this week with my live recording of my most recent festival show recorded in May at the Sydney Comedy Festival. Thanks to Raphael Stephens for the recording and Irene Nicola for being a brilliant accompanist. Huge thanks to everyone from the CWG who was in the audience. Let me know what you think! Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I've fast-tracked this Q & A to your podcast feed because it's so damn good. We're joined by Comedy Writers Group regular and all-round legend, Lizzy Hoo, to hear about how she stays creatively motivated. We also chat about how she became a comedian in her 30s and made comedy her full-time career. Thanks to everyone who came along to enjoy the live session. Special thanks to everyone who asked questions: Justin, Mikee, Chelsea, Esky, Danielle, Lauren, Sarah, and Claire. Get bonus content...

The excellent Aidan Jones is on the latest episode. We talk about his upcoming show that combines Aidan's love of classical music with his love of stand-up comedy. Aidan is a passionate comedy fan that I've known since I started so I was really keen to chat to him about starting in Adelaide, why he loves Edinburgh, and what's next for his career. We also workshop a joke from Rob! Follow Aidan on instagram and see his show in Edinburgh. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See...