Saturday, October 5

Nth Melbourne Town Hall

TIME

EVENT

TITLE

PRESENTER/S

VENUE

09:00 - 09:25

Registration desk open

Lobby

09:30 - 09:35

Welcome

Official opening

Alyce Parker and "guest/s"

Festival Club

(Lower Town Hall)

09:35 - 09:45

"The What's, Where's & Why's of Jeez Louise"

Event Organiser

Festival Club

09:55 - 10:40

Concurrent sessions

Workshop: "Write Funny & Get Paid For It"

Catherine Deveny

Meeting Room

Workshop: "Who Are You?"

Linda Catalano, Bev Killick & guest

Festival Club

"The Big Sister Diary Room"

The Diary Room will be open from 10:40 until 13:45

The Tent

10:40 - 11:05

Morning Tea & "Getting To Know You" activity

Festival Club

11:10 - 11:40

Forum Panel

"The Role of A (Comedian's) Manager "

Andrew Taylor

Festival Club

11:45 - 12: 45

Concurrent sessions

Workshop: "Is This Thing On? "

Part I: The Technicalities

Meshel Laurie

Meeting Room

"The Natter Factory"

The Tent

12:45 - 13:45

Lunch

Festival Club

13:50 - 14:40

Workshop: "Get To The Friggen Point!" (50 mins)

Christine Basil

Meeting Room

14:45 - 15:15

Guest Speaker

"Howard, Whores and Hunchbacks - Satire & Advocacy"

Rachel Berger

Festival Club

15:15 - 15:30

Afternoon Tea

?

15:35 - 16:05

Guest Speaker

"Dribbles, Scribbles & Twitches: The Science of Occupational Stress"

Dr. Yossi Berger

Festival Club

16:10 - 16:55

Debate

"Are Chicks Fucked Or What?"

Toby Sullivan (Adj); Michael Chamberlin; Charlie Pickering; Justin Hamilton; Terri Psiakis; Joanne Brookfield, Penny Tangey;

Festival Club

17:00

Forum close for Saturday / instructions for regrouping, partying & ticket collection for a free Fringe show etc.

Festival Club

21:30

Drinks Get Together

graciously hosted by The Melbourne International Comedy Festival

The Courthouse Hotel @ 9:30pm