Lyle Brennan
- Journalist
Press clippings
Focus on: Luke McQueen
Lyle Brennan finds an unpredictable interviewee in peak physical form.
Lyle Brennan, Fest Mag, 4th August 2015Nish Kumar: A man of reason
Everything is subjective, but these things Nish Kumar knows: nobody can tell him how to discuss race; his dad will always wish he'd been a lawyer; and The Big Bang Theory is tripe.
Lyle Brennan, Fest Mag, 15th August 2014Target practice
Audience participation needn't mean putting the screws on the crowd. This year, lord of misrule Ben Target experiments with a new approach: being irresistibly nice.
Lyle Brennan, Fest Mag, 25th July 2014Outside the comfort zone
As a fresh crop of ingenious formats dares comics to show us what they're really made of, Fest meets the people throwing down the gauntlet. There's no filter, no script - and no guessing what could happen.
Lyle Brennan, Fest Mag, 25th July 2014Claudia O'Doherty: After the laughter
Aussie standup Claudia O'Doherty is leaving comedy behind; she's decided to get into Serious Theatre. Only her new show, The Telescope, keeps going horribly wrong. Lyle Brennan investigates.
Lyle Brennan, Fest Mag, 21st August 2012Sam Simmons: Champion of the Weird
Treading the fine line between genius and idiocy, Sam Simmons has found his audiences are finally getting the joke. Lyle Brennan journeys into the absurd with the off-the-wall Australian.
Lyle Brennan, Fest Mag, 9th August 2011