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Aussies in Edinburgh

Julia Morris and Sarah Kendall are regulars on London's stand-up circuit and have both won the Glasgow Herald's Herald Angel award for the past two years. Paul McDermott was once nominated for the Perrier along with the rest of the now-defunct Doug Anthony Allstars. Arts Hub speaks to the Down Under darlings of this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

8 Aug 2003

Michelle Draper

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Performing Arts

London-based comic Julia Morris reckons that if she was still living in Australia, she would have been scraped from the bottom of the celebrity barrel to appear on This is Your Life by now.

‘I would’ve had my ‘this is my life’ now for sure!’ Morris, 35, purrs over the phone from Edinburgh, where she is preparing to stage her third Fringe show. ‘So, I decided to do my own This is Your Life, and not interview anyone else except me, and I just sort of surprise myself backstage…and there’s no red book involved!’

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Michelle Draper

About the Author

Michelle lived and worked in Rome and London as a freelance feature writer for two and a half years before returning to Australia to take up the position of Head Writer for Arts Hub UK. She was inspired by thousands of years of history and art in Rome, and by London's pubs. Michelle holds a BA in Journalism from RMIT University, and also writes for Arts Hub Australia.