Just for Laughs
Opera moves out and comedy moves into Sydney's main House.
Overview
Just for Laughs is back for its third Sydney incarnation, ready to trend Twitter hashtags #lol, #rofl and #mousetraps. That's right, mousetraps.
Whilst that may seem like an odd item to associate with a comedy festival, this year will see Whose Line Is It Anyway? favourites Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood arriving harbourside and performing hilarious improvisation formed from your suggestions every night of the festival. One of their favourite acts is improvising blindfolded on a stage littered with mousetraps. Painful? Yes. Hilarious? Also yes.
They will be joined at the five-day laughfest by British comedian Mark Watson (October 16 and 19), who will also be helping out Colin and Brad; the excellent Kathy Griffin of Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List fame (October 18); Rob 'you can do it' Schneider (19 October); Irish joke wizard Tommy Tiernan (October 20); and local favourites Peter Helliar and Rove McManus, who will be hosting the International Comedy Gala on October 19. If you miss all the other shows, then the Gala is the one to attend, as it will feature a host of the comedy talent on show throughout the festival.
So put on your laughing pants and head on down to the Opera House this October for the funniest week of 2013.
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