Melbourne International Comedy Festival comedian Q&A: Kelly Fastuca, Worst First Dates: The Live Podcast

All’s fair when it comes to dating and sex stories in this live version of the Worst First Dates podcast by comedians Kelly Fastuca and Brett Blake.

Kelly Fastuca Melbourne Comedy Festival 2019.

What can people expect from your show at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival?

This show is the live version of the podcast, Worst First Dates, where people reveal their worst dates/relationships/break-ups, nothing is sacred and everyone gets a roasting for the absolute crook breakup stories.

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Before the show, Kelly and Brett take each other on the worst dates, the more uncomfortable the better.

In December we had the first ever live show with Celia Pacquola, Adam Richards and Karl Chandler and after selling out in three days, it was a smash hit.

As Celia lives with host Kelly Fastuca, she was able to recount the famous ‘drive by breakup’, where Kelly was broken up with in a car which was in idle with the engine on.

Celia thought Kelly was taking the bins out, turns out her real estate agent boyfriend was making a quick getaway.

Big guests, crook-as dating stories and surprises ’til the end.

All proceeds to the live show goes to Kelly freezing her eggs. Not kidding.

What can you tell us about you?

In just over 12 months since it’s debut, Worst First Dates has had over 100,000 downloads, made 24 on the Apple iTunes Comedy chart and voted one of the best comedy podcasts in Junkee magazine.

The two hosts, Brett Blake and Kelly Fastuca, are seasoned performers with the Melbourne comedy festival but this is Worst First Dates debut.

Brett is an exciting and energetic stand-up comedian who has performed extensively across Australia and the UK.

With sold-out shows at Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Edinburgh Comedy Festival, you’re in for a wild ride with this loveable, mulleted man.

You may have seen him on Channel 10’s Common Sense or heard him on the Little Dum Dum Club

Kelly is an Australian-born comedian who was based in New York City from 2010 to 2016 and has played rooms there such as The Comedy Cellars, Fat Black Pussy Cat, The Stand, Stand up New York and Carolines.

She gigs regularly around Melbourne and has guested on shows that include Frocking Hilarious and a cast member of Geraldine Hickey’s That’s My Show for the 2018 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

She has worked on TV shows such as Rosehaven (ABC), The Logies (Channel 9) and Out of the Question (Channel 7) and guested on podcasts including Don’t You Know Who I am?, I love Green Guide Letters and Keith and the Girl.

Guests on her podcast ‘Get your hand off it’ have included Jane Kennedy, Charlie Pickering and Celia Pacquola.

She featured on triple J’s Matt and Alex, which helped her sell out the entire Adelaide 2016 season.

Who should see your show, and why?

If you date and are single and hopeless and lonely and clueless and out there, this is the show for you.

All the latest dating advice, find out where Kelly and Brett are in finding love and maybe make friends with a WFTer for a drink after the show?

The mixture of guests ensure the show will be a riot, no one is safe.

Past episodes have been Brett and Kelly have gone to therapy together, speed dating, a dominatrix, so many crook stories.

What’s your No.1 tip for people coming to see a show at the comedy festival?

Don’t bring your kids, we talk about sexy stuff.

Show is at 5pm Sundays, make friends at the show and go for dinner and drinks after and still be home in time for 60 Minutes.

Don’t drive around looking for a park, book one in advance.

Go to the Waiter’s Club for the best Italian food in melbourne, like my mum makes it.

Which other comedians/shows are you keen to see at this year’s festival, and why?

Maria Bamford s the QUEEN.

Judith Lucy because I have seen her work the hour for the last siz months and I am LIVING for it.

What do you love about Melbourne?

Being Melbourne born and bred and having lived in New York City for six years, it has the same cool attitude and a mixture of night-life where anything could happen.

The late night shows are amazingly crazy and can’t be missed.

Years ago where Zoe and Rhys got married was an absolute highlight.

Who or what is your comedic inspiration, and why?

Judith. She is at the top of her game right now.

Anything else you want us to know about you or your show?

This show is fun, the guest list is always stellar and we want people to learn about sex, relationships and love, be strong and feel good about themselves.

This podcast is sex positive where everyone deserves a chance for love, we help each other and feel confident again.

Come and be an idiot with us!

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