Amnesty on humour
Human rights group Amnesty International has announced the line up for the “Stand Up For Your Rights 2006 Comedy Extravaganza”. The line-up includes Dave O’Neil, Arj Barker, Fiona O’Loughlin, Stephen K Amos, Greg Fleet, Andrew McClelland, Lawrence Leung, Joanne Brookfield, Meshel Laurie, The Soubrettes, Gerard McCulloch and Adam Richard. The event will raise money for Amnesty International as well as highlighting the practice of rendition. Rendition refers to a process whereby a government extradites criminal suspects to foreign countries or states. The practice of extraordinary rendition refers to rendition in which a suspect is taken into American custody and rendered to a third party country without ever having been on American soil. Extraordinary rendition has been widely linked with the Bush administration’s “war on terror”, although the administration has officially denied the employing the practice. Human rights groups argue that rendition is a violation of human rights and International Law, as suspects are often rendered to countries that allow torture during interrogation and suspects are also denied due process.
Stand Up For Your Rights will take place at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Melbourne on Saturday the 14th of October. Tickets for the event are $45/$30 Conc (Group Discount available for 10+) and are available through Ticketek or phone 13 2849. For more information on Amnesty International check out their website.
Comic Power
Also raising money in October is “Comic Power” which is raising funds for the Anxiety Disorders Association of Victoria. Christine Basil will host the event with appearances by Dave Grant, Nelly Thomas, Gabriel Rossi, Adam Rozenbachs, Linda Haggar, and magicians Tim Ellis and Sue-Anne Webster. The show will happen on Thursday, 12th October at the Kinisi Live Club, 560 Church Street, Richmond (behind Ferrari Showroom). Show starts at 7.30pm and tickets are $30.00. You can book now at adavic@adavic.org.au or ring (03) 9853-8089.
Nonstopical
Introducing Nonstopical, a weekly comedy podcast with Andrew McClelland, Courteney Hocking and Lawrence Leung. It’s sort of like the show they used to do on commercial radio but it’s not on when most people are asleep, you don’t have to listen to Rogue Traders and they don’t get paid. Nonstopical is released every Thursday and can be found via itunes or for download and streaming at the Nonstopical Website