Peter Fortey and I have been presenting Allegro for 13 years, and we love it – we also are very lucky to have the rare luxury of having a producer, Robert Brierley.

Generally speaking, comedy falls into two categories. At the top of the food chain are the solo stand-ups or as they often referred to – microphone munchers.  

 “I’m Dan Watson, and I’m a homosexual”. This is not a meeting of Gay Anonymous, rather the introduction to The Stick Shift, a two-hour gay-themed radio show on Nova 100 hosted by said homosexual, Dan Watson. 

They were the first drag show to gatecrash the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, now Drags Aloud is back with a reworking of iconic film, Grease.

Magic and burlesque combine in the latest offering from magician Cath Jamison and singer/songwriter Katie Underwood. 

He’s Otto. She’s Astrid. They’re brother and sister… and they’re in the greatest rock ‘n roll band in the world: Die Roten Punkte. 

Pixilated is a fire-turning dance duo who regularly appear at Abode with their fiery performance. Elissa Marks and Dan Stewart who make up the group, take a break on the casting couch. 

The first hour of The Matinee is ‘Trash and Treasure’ – a mix of good and bad tunes from years gone by.

Following the success of his Midsumma season Anthony Menchetti will launch the “second volume” of his Gay Conversion School Drop Out show for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Tony Sheldon and Tony Taylor have been together for nearly 30 years, it’s seems odd that fact rarely makes it into the press.

Andy Warhol would’ve loved Chicks on Speed. The electro-pop girl group seem to have their creative tentacles everywhere.

Stand-up queen, author and one-time breakfast radio presenter Wendy Harmer has turned her hand to producing documentaries.

Rebecca Barnard is considered a stalwart of the ‘90s Melbourne music scene. She formed indie-pop band, Rebecca’s Empire with husband Shane O’Mara in 1994.  

Sydney cabaret performer, Andrew Thelfall is in town for a return season of his show, Little Boy Blue.

Mark Conaghan plays the camp Prince Herbert in Spamalot. He snuggles up on the sofa for a chat.

On the release of Tan Lines to DVD, writer and director Ed Aldridge answers our questions about this quirky gay surfer movie.
 

If Las Vegas is known for anything, it’s for spooky impersonators. Of course, Elvis remains the big-ticket act but chasing him up the rear is a camp-concert-take on Barbra Streisand and Frank Sinatra.

Play Like A Girl, the evening that profiles women musicians will have a special concert to celebrate International Women's Day.