‘No offence but..’ It’s the opening line that people dread to hear because they know the ensuing sentence won’t be pleasant. It’s up there with ‘I’m not racist but..’ or ‘we’ve just got your STD test back and I’d like you to sit down with me..’. Being offended is the second biggest fear amongst stand-up comedian going audiences (the…

When you travel things are different. Fact. Now I know what you’re thinking, ‘this man is a prophet and we should all lay at his feet and lord his every move.’ As simple as that statement is I don’t think I’ve ever realized it until this trip to South Africa. Firstly when I initially landed in Johannesburg I was…

I remember when I was a 14 year-old kid in high school a friend and I signed a fax papered contract written with bic pens (after all we had our full pen license) to say we’d each have one million dollars by the time we reached 21. Ten years after that deadline and I’m still not remotely close to…

I’m always late getting news about the big things. A few weeks ago I was on tour and listening to the radio when I first heard about the Rapture- after it had happened. The palaver came and went so quickly it may as well have been a channel 9 comedy series. ‘The Rapture?’, I thought, ‘but I’m still carrying…

I like being alone. I think a little too much. When you’re a stand-up comedian people assume you’re gregarious, outgoing and always want to be social but for me it’s not the case. I think of it like this; my work exists on a social thoroughfare so to balance it out I enjoy spending time in the social wilderness….