Cracker Comedy Festival Awards

We rounded off a hugely successful Cracker Comedy Festival by giving out some gold-painted cocks to some funny people

Cracker Q&A: Josh Thomas

The Worlds Greatest Love Machine? We ask Josh Thomas the hard questions to back up the claim.

Pitching a tent

Whatever you do, don't ask Al Pitcher which sporting team he backs.

"I've got a bad feeling about this..."

He has the official sanction of Lucasfilm and got the nod from several of the movie's stars

Hear me roar

The Cracker Comedy Festival celebrates womanhood at the Mother Of All Galas at the City Recital Hall. Sarah Norris spoke to a two sheilas doing the comedy circuit

Review: Ross Noble

It's impossible to single out highlights when the entire show is a series of you-had-to-be-there moments

Cracker Q&A: Jimbo

Jimbo's the host of The Rude Show at the Factory Theatre, in which he proves that swearing can be big and clever.

Review: DeAnne Smith

Montreal-resident Smith's as deft on her feet as she is with her prepared material

Scratch me happy

Like your comedy completely unexpected and without reason? The Canadian improv duo, Scratch, will be your cup of tea. By Sarah Norris

Cracker comics give some schtick

We asked Cracker comics to describe their shows. This is what they said...

Cracker Q&A: Angelo Tsarouchas

Canadian-born Greek man Angelo Tsarouchas weighs 158 kilograms and smoke cigars. He also dabbles in stand-up.

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Cracker Q&A: Jamie Kennedy

Jamie Kennedy is best known here as a Hollywood movie star, he also had his own series and a career as a stand-up comic. And he's coming our way for Cracker!

Cracker Q&A: Al Pitcher

Born in New Zealand, bred in Wales, lives in London, pops into Stockholm every chance he gets. We hit him with some of the big questions

Cracker Q&A: Julia Wilson

Julia Wilson loves scars and isn't afraid to show them. We grill her ahead of her show at Sydney's Cracker Comedy Festival.

The Noble truth

Like Billy Connolly, Ross Noble has flowing locks, an impenetrable accent and hilarious machine gun comedy.

Ice as Pie

Jimeoin is coming to town with his misleadingly titled new show Jimeoin On Ice, about which Andrew P Street demands some sort of explanation

"Unknown, likeable" comic Lawrence Leung is new to Sydney. He won Best Australian Act award at last year's Melbourne Comedy Festival and now brings his new show on breakdancing to Cracker. He talks to Time Out about being liked

Cracker critics' choice

The 2008 Cracker Comedy Festival is a madhouse of comedy greats, up-coming comedians, skit shows - and all-round laughter fest.

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