Melbourne Comedy Festival Review 2006
By Tim Richards
THE AGE
April 26, 2006
AUSTEN Tayshus has been around long enough for people to ask to hear his old stuff. It's decades since Australiana went double platinum, but he can recite the wordplay on Australian place names without hesitation.
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By Stuart Borg
The Arts Centre
April 21, 2006
Just as there are numerous styles of cuisine, there are numerous styles of comedy and Austen's is particularly perceptive and dry. Now this isn't everyone's cup of tea but if you like your comedy dry, relevant and intelligent then Austen's your man.
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Shell Theatrette
Andrew Murfett, Reviewer
April 27, 2007
90 minutes of stand-up comedy. The sunglass-clad, perpetually self-deprecating Tayshus restlessly moves between jokes, and his shtick of frequently recycling gags only manages to drive his humorous points home further.
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Austen Tayshus: Australia Day Special
Jim Schembri
August 22, 2006
The disk includes a funny half-hour off-cut reel and two short films, including the fabulous Intolerance. Definitely not recommended for mixed company, but killer entertainment for everybody else.
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Austen Tayshus 'Australia's Comedy Superstar' first came into being in 1981.
Since that time he has performed all over Australia, the United Kingdom, Los Angeles, New York and Asia.

In 1983 he released the highest selling Australian single of all time “AUSTRALIANA”,
selling over 200,000 units and going double platinum.

In 1997, Austen wrote and starred in‘INTOLERANCE’ – film based on a true experience that developed into one of his stage routines. Intolerance won best film and Austen won the best actor award in tropfest.

Austen's recent appearance on Andrew Denton's Enough Rope on ABC TV was highly acclaimed and watched by over one million people around Australia.

Austen Tayshus will be appearing at the "Down Under New York Australia Day 2006" event at Irving Plaza in New York city performing alongside Colin Hay of Men At Work and his band and several local acts. This will be Austen's only appearance in the United States for 2006.

Currently Austen is co-writing his first lead-role feature film with Robert Lewis Galinsky entitled, "THE MUDROCK BRIEFS" which will be released in late 2007. The film is slated to be directed by veteran Scott Roberts (THE HARD WORD). He is also starring in ‘DOIN’ THE SPLITS’, an Australian-US Co-Production to be released in late 2008.

The SBS "AUSTEN TAYSHUS AUSTRALIA DAY SPECIAL" went to air on January 26, 2006 and was watched by over 100, 000 people despite being aired at midnight.

Austen Tayshus will be headlining the Melbourne International Comedy Festival from 4 April to 29 April 2007 inclusive at the Shell Theatrette, as seen on the poster below, don’t miss it if you can, direct booking line 03 9654-2540.

The Austen Tayshus season at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2006 was a sell-out and also a great critical success, see reviews.

The new Austen Tayshus DVD "Austen Tayshus Australia Day Special 2006" will be available nationally from Madman Entertainment from August 2006.

The Austen Tayshus season at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2007 was a sell-out and also a great critical success, see reviews.