Aleksia Barron, Journalist

The 2013 Amp shortlist could be seen as a bit of a knee-jerk reaction to the criticism of the homogeny of last year’s list.

There’s no question that they’ll leave the night on such a relaxed note, though – after all, this is Hermitude.

Tobias Wegner didn’t intend Leo to be a full-length show that would take him around the world, but then he never intended to become a circus performer in the first place. He speaks to Aleksia Barron.

Plenty of local hip-hop in Aleksia Barron's best of 2012.

"They wanted me to answer, like, ten questions, but they said, ‘Don’t answer it as you. Answer it as Buddy Bradley."

Bring It Back proves that he doesn’t need indie songstress choruses or pop-based beats to deliver great tracks.

Urthboy is clearly not done surprising us with the depths of his talent, and in Smokey’s Haunt he has produced his most compelling work to date.

“I just remember the huge wave of laughter that erupted at the start of the show, and that sort of proved that the show was sort of the right tone... We took great comfort in the fact that the show got good laughs.”

“Stand-up is always a pretty lonely business. If you’re in a play, you’ve got the magic of theatre to help you out.”