Links of the Week (or WHAT? You mean there’s more to cyberspace than just me?!)
Just for the sake of being honest, I should let you know I’ve been clambering through a rather thick fog of depression lately. No real...
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Jenny Wynter Blog
Apr 29, 20122 min read
Postcard from Destination Burn Out
My monkey. So apparently I’m the only one who’s surprised by my collapse, physical and emotional, this week. I feel stupid to have not...
Apr 22, 20123 min read
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Tour Diary: No Sleep Til Brooklyn! (Brooklyn = End of Festiv
The roller coaster is almost at its end. I am utterly exhausted in each and every way. I heard some terribly sad news today about a...
Apr 16, 20123 min read
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Tour Diary: Lightning, Big Hair, Auslan & Kitson
If it weren’t for energy drinks and Melbourne coffee, I would be in a coma right now. Highlights of the past few days: – undoubtedly...
Apr 13, 20123 min read
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Tour Diary: Highs and Lows
I finally get why they call it "teasing". Because that shizz is NASTY. I know I sing it onstage every night, but life really is an...
Apr 8, 20122 min read
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Tour Diary: An Unexpected (Expected) Return
Above: nice little piece in Beat Magazine. If you’re mad keen – and why wouldn’t you be? (I’M TALKING TO YOU, HUBBY-WHO-NEVER-READS-MY-PU...
Apr 5, 20122 min read
5 Exciting Announcements!
1. The stomach bug has left the building! Huzzah! It’s at least had the courtesy to take turns between us here family members, meaning...
Apr 2, 20123 min read
From Standing Ovations To Stomach Viruses: An Unexpected Variety Show
Me and my siblings. Can you see the resemblance? This weekend was personally epic on several levels. 1. It was my hubby’s and my 10th...
Mar 30, 20121 min read
The Comedian and The Interpreter (or From Good Intentions to Action!)
The wonderful Ruth Sullivan interpreting the fabooshy Tripod boys at Woodford Folk Festival. You know when you have an idea of the “that...
Mar 29, 20122 min read
A Quick Postcard from Reality
Only a ginger, can call another ginger "Ginger". (Thanks Tim Minchin.) Hey guys, So reality has hit hard, as it usually does...
Mar 20, 20122 min read
Adelaide Fringe Festival Tour Diary: THE END!
Barrio, a very bizarre, cool, surreal and rocking art party destination during the Fringe. I couldn't decide if I loved it or was just...
Mar 13, 20122 min read
Adelaide Fringe Festival Tour Diary: A Quick Snap-Happy Update!
This amazing woman was hilarious onboard the Tour of the Unexpected Bus. I love her! Crazy times, dear Tour Diary, crazy times....
Mar 9, 20121 min read
Adelaide Fringe Festival Tour Diary: Amazing Women You Should See This Fringe
I’m a little late in coming to the party on International Women’s Day Celebrations, but hey, I’ve been busy being a woman, yo! As I type...
Mar 7, 20122 min read
Adelaide Fringe Festival Tour Diary: A Personal Lifetime Highlight
Backstage before the show. Not much comedy in this post, but I just want to share it for what it is. Anybody who has seen “An Unexpected...
Feb 28, 20122 min read
Adelaide Fringe Festival Tour Diary: Bad News and Caring Too Much
Trying my hand at "Skee Pong" on set with Jason Chong at Festival Fishbowl As I was heading into the Light Hotel this avo to get ready...
Feb 27, 20124 min read
Adelaide Fringe Festival Tour Diary: Improv, Sheer Loveliness, the Mayor of Salisbury and the Guilt/
Rockin out at the Fringe Caravan on the Mall Today was a little nuts, in theme with the rest of the festival itinerary thus far. I’m so...
Feb 26, 20123 min read
Adelaide Fringe Festival Tour Diary: Premature Marathon Fatigue and Opening Night
Lights! Adelaide Fringe lights! Preeeety! On day two of the Adelaide Fringe, I feel as though I’ve psyched myself up for months to run a...
Feb 25, 20123 min read
Adelaide Fringe Festival Tour Diary: Opening Nights!
Fringe Fireworks! I say “nights” because while technically, last night was the Opening Night of the Fringe, as I type this, my own...
Feb 24, 20124 min read
Adelaide Fringe Festival Tour Diary: “And So It Begins.”
Kids on a plane! AAAAGGGHHHH! If you’re one of these folks with an appetite for sympathetic glances from strangers, then might I...
Feb 23, 20121 min read
Directors’ Note on “An Unexpected Variety Show.”
Gary Austin and I in LA 2011. Jenny Wynter’s solo show is magic, compelling and entertaining. An Unexpected Variety Show implies what...
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