British Comedy Guide

Lyle Brennan

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Focus on: Luke McQueen

Lyle Brennan finds an unpredictable interviewee in peak physical form.

Lyle Brennan, Fest Mag, 4th August 2015

Nish 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 2014

Target 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 2014

Outside 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 2014

Claudia 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 2012

Sam 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

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