Michelle Brasier
Michelle Brasier is a Melbourne-based comedian, singer, writer and actor. She is known for her work with Aunty Donna, her live shows, and performing in comedy duo Double Denim with Laura Frew. Early life Brasier grew up in Wagga Wagga. In 2007, she moved to Melbourne to study musical theatre at the Victorian College of the Arts. She crossed paths with Laura Frew in 2013 at a murder mystery party. Career In 2014, Brasier appeared on stage with Frew as part of comedy troupe Backwards Anorak in a '' Game of Thrones'' spoof named ''Winter Is Coming'', performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Brasier's first solo comedy show, ''Space Tortoise'', came to stage in 2016. She first performed in the comedy duo Double Denim with Frew in a self titled show in 2017 and were nominated for a Golden Gibbo at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF). The two continued in 2018 in the ''Double Denim Adventure Show'', about a failed cruise ship voyage, which won Best Newcomer ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Victorian College Of The Arts
The Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) is the arts school at the University of Melbourne in Australia. It is part of the university's Faculty of Fine Arts and Music. It is located near the Melbourne city centre on the Southbank campus of the university. Courses and training offered at the VCA cover eight academic disciplines: dance, film and television, drama, Indigenous arts, music theatre, production, theatre, visual art, and writing, alongside the Centre for Ideas and the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development. The library on the Southbank campus is known as the Lenton Parr Music, Visual and Performing Arts Library. History The Victorian College of the Arts was established in 1972 by a government order under the Victorian Institute of Colleges Act 1955, initiated by the Premier of Victoria and Minister for the Arts, Rupert Hamer. Subsequently, in 1973 the VCA was affiliated as a college of advanced education with the Victorian Institute of Colleges. Th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Paramount+
Paramount+ is an American subscription video on-demand service owned by Paramount Global. The service's content is drawn primarily from the libraries of CBS Media Ventures (including CBS Studios), Paramount Media Networks (formerly Viacom Media Networks and ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks), and Paramount Pictures, while also including original series and films, live streaming sports coverage, and in the U.S., live streaming of local CBS broadcast stations. The service was first launched in the United States on October 28, 2014, as CBS All Access; the service initially focused on the live streaming of CBS programming from its local affiliates, as well as on-demand access to CBS programs and library content. The service began to expand into original programming in 2016, beginning with spin-offs of CBS programs such as ''Big Brother,'' '' The Good Fight'', and the new ''Star Trek'' television series '' Star Trek: Discovery''. The service also began to expand into other marke ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Australian Comedians
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) * * * Austrian (other) Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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People From Wagga Wagga
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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How To Stay Married
''How to Stay Married'' is an Australian television comedy series screening on Network 10. It premiered on 8 November 2018. The series is a spin-off of an episode of the 2013 anthology comedy series ''It's a Date'' on the ABC. The show is a Princess Pictures and Pablo Pictures co-production. The show was renewed for a second season on 22 August 2018, before the first episode aired. All episodes of season 2 were initially released on streaming service 10 Play on March 26, 2020 for two weeks as part of Network Ten's "10 Shows in 10 Days" promotion during the COVID-19 pandemic. It later premiered on Network Ten Network 10 (commonly known as Ten Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network owned by Ten Network Holdings, a division of the Paramount Networks UK & Australia subsidiary of Paramount Global. One of five ... on Tuesday, 5 May 2020. A third season premiered on May 4, 2021. Synopsis After fifteen years of marriage, the lives of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Drunk History Australia
''Drunk History Australia'' is an Australian educational comedy television series based on the American series of the same name, which is in turn based on the web series ''Funny or Die''. Description In each episode, an inebriated celebrity struggles to recount a historical event, while actors reconstruct and enact the narrator's anecdotes while lip syncing the dialogue. In addition to celebrity guest stars, the show's characters are played by regulars such as David Collins, Yvie Jones, Cameron Knight, Adam Dunn, Sara West, Greta Lee Jackson, Aaron Chen, Paul Ayre, Lana Kington, Harry Keep, Seaton Kay-Smith, Bruce Guo, Emma Thompson and Hamish Adams-Cairns. Production A pilot was commissioned in 2018 by Network Ten for ''Pilot Week'', in which a 30-minute pilot episode aired along with several other new show pilots. The episode featured stories about Ned Kelly and Phar Lap and was presented by comedians Stephen Curry & Rhys Darby. The first season was commissioned in 201 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Get Krack!n
''Get Krack!n'' is an Australian comedy series which was created by and stars comedians Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan. The series is a satire of breakfast television and features McCartney and McLennan playing versions of themselves hosting ''Get Krack!n'', a low-budget early-morning television programme. Premise ''Get Krack!n'' is a satirical comedy show that pokes fun at breakfast television shows. Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan play fictional versions of themselves hosting early-morning television show "Get Krack!n". McLennan is upbeat to the point of being irritating and unprofessional while McCartney is more realistic, but frequently tactless and socially awkward. The show is run on a shoestring budget, funded by commercial sponsors who manufacture and market questionable products. The production crew are either under-trained or employed as part of a prison work release programme, the show is constantly beset by technical problems, and the guests are unqualified "expert ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Utopia (Australian TV Series)
''Utopia'', internationally titled ''Dreamland'', is a Logie Award-winning Australian television comedy series by Working Dog Productions that premiered on the ABC on 13 August 2014. The series follows the working lives of a team in the fictional Nation Building Authority, a newly created government organisation. The Authority is responsible for overseeing major infrastructure projects, from announcement to unveiling. The series explores the collision between bureaucracy and grand ambitions. The second series aired in 2015, beginning with the first episode on 19 August 2015. The third series aired in 2017, beginning with the first episode on 19 July 2017. The fourth series aired in 2019, beginning on 21 August 2019. A fifth series is in production for release in 2023. Plot The series is set inside the offices of the fictional Nation Building Authority, a newly created government organisation responsible for overseeing major infrastructure projects ranging from new roads and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shaun Micallef's Mad As Hell
''Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell'' is an Australian comedy news television program hosted by Shaun Micallef. The show first aired on ABC at 8:00 pm on Friday, 25 May 2012. The show was named as Most Outstanding Comedy Program at the Logie Awards of 2016. Its title is a reference to the 1976 American satirical black comedy-drama film '' Network''. Cast Micallef hosts the program, with at least five other cast members appearing, each as multiple characters, including Micallef. ;Notes Broadcast The program was commissioned without a pilot and the first series of 10 episodes originally screened from May to July 2012. The show was renewed for a second series of 12 episodes which aired in 2013. A third was announced in January 2014 and consisted of 10 episodes, shown weekly from 12 February 2014.A fourth series was announced to also screen in 2014 A fourth series premiered later in the same year on 24 September 2014 and the fifth series premiered on 11 February 2015. A sixth series ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe
Auntie or aunty is an informal form of the word aunt. They may also refer to: __NOTOC__ Broadcasting * Aunty, an informal name for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation * Auntie, an informal name for the British Broadcasting Corporation ** "Auntie" (song), a song released in 1972 to celebrate the BBC's 50th year Films *''Auntie'', a 1914 film based on a novel by Temple Bailey Irene Temple Bailey (February 24, 1869 – July 6, 1953) was a popular American novelist and short story writer.Clayton, Marion E. (15 July 1928)Noted Author Tells About Life, Writing on Visit in Valley ''Utica Observer-Dispatch''Alden, Alice (17 ... * ''Aunty'' (film), a 1995 Telugu language film Other uses * Aunty, a term sometimes used to address an Australian Aboriginal elder See also * Uncle (other) * * * * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House Of Fun
''Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun'' is a sketch comedy television show on Netflix, created by and starring members of the Australian comedy group Aunty Donna. It premiered on 11 November 2020. The series' music was composed almost entirely by Tom Armstrong, a member of the sketch troupe. The show's absurdist approach has been compared to the likes of Monty Python and Tim and Eric. Cast Main The three performing members portray themselves on the show, but as fictionalized caricatures, as well as several characters drawn from other Aunty Donna shows and podcasts. * Mark Samual Bonanno Characters/Impressions: ** Bill Smith and Janiel Smith (S1E1, Family Feud scene) ** Audience member Adam (S1E3, Blair Buoyant scene) ** Cool Barber (S1E4, Barbershop scene) ** Old Italian Man (S1E5, Italian man scene) ** Mark's Mother (S1E5, Italian man scene) ** Man who doesn't want to fight (S1E5, Fight scene) ** S.W.A.T. team member (S1E5, S.W.A.T. S.W.A.T. song) ** Tiny Man (S1E6, Tiny m ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aunty Donna
Aunty Donna is an Australian surrealist comedy group formed in Melbourne in 2011. The group consists of performers and writers Mark Bonanno, Broden Kelly, and Zachary Ruane alongside writer and director Sam Lingham, director Max Miller, and composer Thomas Zahariou. Their work spans numerous live shows, a YouTube channel, a podcast, a studio album, the Netflix series '' Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun'', and the picture book ''Always Room for Christmas Pud''. History Aunty Donna was formed in 2011 after its five original members (Mark Bonanno, Broden Kelly, Joe Kosky, Sam Lingham, and Zachary Ruane) met at University of Ballarat's Arts Academy. Trained as actors, the group saw a lack of demand for independent theatre and decided to attempt comedy instead, beginning as live performers. Their first live show, ''Aunty Donna in Pantsuits'', debuted in 2012 at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) and was nominated for a Golden Gibbo award, which pushed the group to ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |