Grab your pillows, grab your blankies and build yourself a fort, because Amazon Prime Video is bringing another cracking streaming lineup to binge this April.
If you’re in need of a good chuckle, Prime Video is bringing a great lineup of home-grown Aussie comedy specials throughout the month.
This marks Amazon Prime Video’s next foray into local content produced by Aussies for Aussies. Launching from Friday 10 April, with two specials being released each week over a five week period, the line-up features Gold Logie-winner and celebrity Hard Chat griller Tom Gleeson, Celia Pacquola, Judith Lucy, and the reunion of iconic comedy duo Colin Lane and Frank Woodley.
If you’re after something a little more chilling, something that will glue you to your seat, then look no further than the mind-blowing Tales from the Loop, dropping all at once on the platform on Friday 3 April.
The first show of its kind, Tales from the Loop is adapted from the acclaimed artist Simon Stålenhag and focuses on the residents of a small town living about a machine built to break the conventions of reality and bring science fiction dreams to life.
Amazon Prime Video also has a whole bunch of movies coming to the platform including Downton Abbey, Good Boys and Unsane so you won’t run out of great content this April.
Coming to Amazon Prime Video in Australia this April
Tales From The Loop season one, 3 April
From executive producer Matt Reeves and based on the acclaimed art of Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag, Tales from the Loop explores the town and people who live above “The Loop,” a machine built to unlock and explore the mysteries of the universe – making things possible that were previously relegated only to science fiction.
In this fantastical mysterious town, poignant human tales are told that bare universal emotional experiences, while drawing on the intrigue of genre storytelling.
The series stars Rebecca Hall (Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The Town), Paul Schneider (Parks and Recreation), Daniel Zolghadri (Eighth Grade), Duncan Joiner (Waco) and Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes, Game of Thrones).
Amazon Original Australian Comedy Specials, 10 April (two specials released weekly)
Prime Video is bringing Australia’s unique approach to comedy to more than 200 countries and territories this April.
The roster of award-winning and nominated comedians includes Lano & Woodley, Zoë Coombs Marr, Judith Lucy, Tommy Little, Anne Edmonds, Tom Walker, Celia Pacquola, Dilruk Jayasinha, Alice Fraser and Tom Gleeson.
The Australian Amazon Original stand-up specials are produced by Guesswork Television and were filmed in Melbourne at the Malthouse Theatre.
The Amazon Original Australian Comedy Specials are exclusively coming to Amazon Prime Video from 10 April, with two specials being released each week over a five week period.
Full line-up below:
Bossy Bottom – Zoë Coombs Marr (launching Friday 10 April)
After returning to the stage as herself last year (after years of performing with a neckbeard in her award-winning guise as ‘Dave’), Zoë Coombs Marr earned a nomination for Best Comedy Performer at the 2018 Helpmann Awards with Bossy Bottom. Playful, surprising and a little bit silly, it was an absolute hit with fans and critics from Melbourne to Edinburgh.
Accolades: Nominated for the Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer 2018; Winner of the Barry Award for Most Outstanding Show, Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2016; Winner of the Golden Gibbo Award for Best Independent Show, Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2016; Nominated for Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Comedy Show, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016.
All Talk – Celia Pacquola (launching Friday 10 April)
Celia Pacquola’s All Talk was a highlight amongst the 600-plus shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, earning Celia a nomination for the 2018 Melbourne Comedy Festival Award for Most Outstanding Show. She also recently took home the Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer, beating out a star-studded line up of some of Australia’s top comedians. Celia is a multi-award-winning performer, but it is her genius as a writer that makes her stand-up so damn good, taking stories in unexpected and delightful directions. Sharp, frank, honest, deft and smart as hell, Celia is as good as it gets.
Accolades: Winner of the Best Comedy Performer, Helpmann Awards, 2019; Nominated for the Melbourne Comedy Festival Award for Most Outstanding Show, Melbourne Comedy Festival, 2014, 2018.
Self-Diagnosed Genius – Tommy Little (Launching Friday 17 April)
Idiot or genius? For many, the jury has been out on Tommy Little, but he’s here to set the record straight. I mean, would an idiot bungee jump nude on live TV? Or sign up to run one of the toughest marathons in the world, in minus 20 degrees Celsius in Antarctica with no previous experience or training? We rest our case. Despite not knowing how to spell the word genius, Tommy is without a doubt a genius. Miraculously, Tommy is back on Australian soil after surviving the Antarctic marathon and has a cracking story to share. A life of bad choices and dubious decisions has proven to be professional gold for Tommy, who effortlessly mines his life for big laughs across the country. His 2019 tour, Self-Diagnosed Genius, proved to be his biggest yet.
Savage – Alice Fraser (Launching Friday 17 April)
Alice Fraser’s critically-acclaimed solo show, Savage, is about life, death and paper towels – an hilarious and heartbreaking show that straddles the line between comedy and tragedy. In 2015, Savage sold out seasons and earned astronomical critical acclaim at comedy festivals in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra, as well as getting glowing reviews from some of the hardest critics in the business during Alice’s debut season at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Judith Lucy vs Men – Judith Lucy (launching Friday 24 April)
After reflecting on her entire history with men, Judith Lucy has concluded that maybe it’s time to shut up shop. “Whatever it is that I’m selling, a lot of straight guys simply aren’t that interested in buying it. And I’m including people like my father.” Judith Lucy vs Men toured in 2019, exploring stereotypes, Judith’s own desires and recounting her full history with the opposite sex, leaving it up to the audience to determine whether she should ever date again.
Accolades: Winner of the People’s Choice Award, Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2017; Winner, Best Comedy Performer, Helpmann Awards 2015.
Live – Dilruk Jayasinha (launching Friday 24 April)
Dilruk Jayasinha has quickly become one of Australia’s favourite comedians. So much so that he won the 2018 Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent. His small screen star may be soaring but Dil’s finest work is all on stage. His live shows have been received with popular and critical acclaim, and his most recent tour culminated in knockout performances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and London’s Soho Theatre.
Accolades: Winner of the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Popular New Talent, TV Week Logie Awards 2018.
Also coming to Amazon Prime Video in Australia this April
Woman In Gold, 1 April
Journey To The Centre Of The Earth, 1 April
Limitless, 1 April
Paper Planes, 1 April
Yes Man, 1 April
Birds Of Paradise, 1 April
Comedy Wave #3 S1, 1 April
Goodnight Mommy, 1 April
After, 2 April
Bibi & Tina S1, 3 April
Apollo 11, 4 April
Downton Abbey, 11 April
Superstore S1- S4, 15 April
Citizen K, 15 April
Four More Shots Please! S2, 16 April
Selah And The Spades, 17 April
The Equalizer, 17 April
Abominable, 18 April
Good Boys, 18 April
Comicstaan (Tamil) S1, 23 April
The Challenge: Eta S1, 24 April
Ride Like A Girl, 25 April
Unsane, 28 April
