To coincide with the 2010 Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment is releasing a range of live stand-up comedy DVD titles from a selection of the UK’s best comedians.
Some of the talent included in the range will be gracing Australian shores with their presence during March for the MICF as well as touring to other state capitals to share with audiences their unique styles of comedy and performance. Strap yourself in and get ready for a laugh-a-minute ride as Universal brings home the comedy this March!
Neil Delamere: Crème Delamere
Neil Delamere, one of Ireland’s golden boys of comedy, delivers a sharp serving of observational comedy and hilarious storytelling in his live stand-up DVD, Crème Delamere. Filmed in Vicar Street, Dublin, at the end of his critically acclaimed sell-out tour, Crème Delamere takes audiences on a laugh-out-loud journey exposing his audience to hilarious stories about swimming with sharks, Swedish girl adventures through to Thai exhibitions of a questionable nature.
Comedian: Neil Delamere
SRP: $24.95
Classification: MA15+
**For Australian tour dates please check the MICF website: www.comedyfestival.com.au
Jim Davidson with Charlie Drake: Sinderella
Filmed during their sell-out tour which left over 350,000 audience members in tears of laughter, Jim Davidson and Charlie Drake have bought their risque adult pantomime Sinderella to DVD. Watch Jim, Charlie and an all-star cast including Dianne Lee, Jess Conrad and Mia Carla as they perform the most outrageous and bawdy version of a fairytale in Sinderella – with a capital SIN!
Comedians: Jim Davidson & Charlie Drake
SRP: $24.95
Classification: MA15+
Des Bishop: desfunctional Live at the Roisin Dubh
Des Bishop chose the Roisin Dubh, a legendary music venue in Ireland where magic happens, to film his desfunctional stand up show for DVD. Get comfortable before witnessing a comic talent at the peak of his hilarity, from skinny dipping to what the Irish Barack Obama would sound like, as well as a hilarious look at how the Irish process their emotions. Des Bishop effortlessly delivers line after line of comedy gold in his not to be missed performance in desfunctional.
Comedian: Des Bishop
SRP: $24.95
Classification: M
Alan Carr: Tooth Fairy Live
Filmed in May 2007 in London’s famous Hammersmith Apollo, and on the last night of his sell-out tour, Alan Carr’s Tooth Fairy Live captures the comedian as he turns the mundane into the hilarious bringing his audience to stitches. Taking the finer details of everyday life and creating fabulously funny stories with his special brand of fairy dust, Alan Carr’s Tooth Fairy Live is a 90-minute laugh–a–thon not to be missed.
Comedian: Alan Carr
SRP: $24.95
Classification: M
Rich Hall: Hell No I Ain’t Happy
Join Rich Hall during his sell-out UK tour as he delivers his acerbic comic genius in Hell No I Ain’t Happy. His alter-ego, the hard-living country musician Otis Lee Crenshaw, is also on hand to entertain with his songs that may not top the music charts but certainly deliver the laughs.
Comedian: Rich Hall
SRP: $24.95
Classification: MA15+
Michael McIntyre: Live and Laughing
Don’t miss Michael McIntyre in Live and Laughing, which proved to be the fastest selling debut stand-up DVD in UK history with over 650,000 sold in the UK to date. Critically acclaimed for this unique style of storytelling and for selling out comedy festivals and arenas across Europe, Michael McIntyre is sure to have viewers rolling in the ailes before the curtain comes down.
Comedian: Michael McIntyre
SRP: $24.95
Classification: M
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Jason Byrne: The Byrne Identity
Jason Byrne’s inspired, original brand of high-energy lunacy ensures that there is no other comedian like him. Recorded at the famous Vicar Street, Dublin, The Byrne Identity sees Jason at his finest, with his fast, freewheeling style, fused with an array of offbeat props, making The Byrne Identity a helter-skelter performance for all fans of classic UK comedy.
Comedian: Jason Byrne
SRP: $24.95
Classification: M
**For Australian tour dates please check the MICF website: www.comedyfestival.com.au