Artist registrations for the 2007 Melbourne Fringe are due to close soon. Applications for the Melbourne Fringe Festival, which runs from the 26 September to the 14 October, close at 5pm on the 15th June. For full festival details, application forms and registration tips go to their “website”:www.melbournefringe.com.au call 03 8412 8788 or email info@melbournefringe.com.au.
Flight of the Conchords have been busy working away in the USA putting together their new show for the HBO network. The first episode (which has yet to air in the US) also features “Arj Barker”:comic and can be seen “here”:http://www.hbo.com/conchords/
The Melbourne Theatre Company is about to stage a play called Ying Tong based around the life of “Spike Milligan”:comic, focussing on his struggles with mental illness, set against the backdrop of the anarchic The Goon Show. The production begins at the Playhouse on 20th June. For full details check out the “website”:http://www.theartscentre.net.au/whats-on_detail.aspx?view=1504
A twenty one minute audio recording of “Stewart Lee’s”:Stewart+Lee:comic Pea Green Boat has been released on CD and is available “here”:http://www.gofasterstripe.com/cgi-bin/website.cgi?page=videos . The recording is also due for a limited edition release on 10’’vinyl.
Also just released is “Man Bites God’s”:Man+Bites+God:comic new album Peppermint Superfrog. This album marks the groups third full length studio release. Peppermint Superfrog is available “here”:http://chaos.com/product/peppermint_superfrog_1536023_211043.html