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Catch Anne Edmonds when she drops into Tasmania in September. She will perform at The Clubhouse at the Republic Bar in Hobart on September 17, and in Launceston for Fresh Comedy at Fresh on Charles on September 18.
WHAT: Fresh Comedy with Anne Edmonds, supported by Tracey Cosgrove, Kerri Gay, and Dylan Hesp. WHEN: September 18, doors open from 7.30pm.
WHERE: Fresh on Charles, Launceston.
TICKETS: Fresh Comedy is a regular sell-out event. Buy tickets online at Trybooking.com. Reserved seating $20, general admission $15. eating $20, general admission $15. Any door sales on the night are general admission and $20.
IT IS time to start watching your behaviour in public or you might just find your exploits part of a comedian's stand-up routine.
Melbourne comedian Anne Edmonds has been watching and listening to the people around her for as long as she can remember.
Somewhere along the way it because her comedic inspiration.
Edmonds, or Eddo, listens in cafes, on buses, on the streets - everywhere she goes, she's watching and listening. Not in a creepy way.
"One of my favourite things is to sit in a cafe, watching and listening," she said.
"I like finding the funny in the mundane. Big world events can pass me by, I don't catch onto them.
"I spend a lot of time in the weird hours of the day. When the weirdos are out - that seems to be between 11am and 2pm - that's when normal people have jobs to go to or things to do.
"During these hours you see all the leftovers. Or, for me, the interesting people."
She relayed the story of a couple she rubbernecked on in a cafe recently: the waitress came over to ask the couple - a man and woman - if they'd like a coffee.
"No, we're good for coffee," the man said on behalf of both of them, which hit a nerve with his female companion.
"And I just thought that coffee must have such a deeper meaning for their household," Edmonds said.
Edmonds confessed she was a latecomer to comedy, entering the scene around 28 years of age.
"I had a career and stuff. It was a bit of a shock for everyone who knew me when I decided to become a comedian," she said.
" I think [my parents] are proud of me, but they're also probably rightly concerned about if I'm going to end up dead or destitute in the gutter."
Edmonds is no stranger to Tasmania.
She has visited the state personally and professionally, especially in her role with Class Clowns, Melbourne International Comedy Festival's national comedy competition and workshop program for high school students.
She said she'd watched Tassie's comedy scene explode over the past few years.
"A lot of my comedy friends are from Tasmania lately, like Luke McGregor," Edmonds said.
"It's interesting to watch cities have those waves of comedians coming through. The most recent place it happened was Brisbane ... That seemed to happen with Tassie three to four years ago."
With comedy rooms welcoming fresh meat at both ends of the state, Edmonds said Tasmania was in an enviable position.
"Sometimes in Melbourne you don't get that stage time that Tassie has. I think it's really valuable," she said.
As for her personal comedy style, Edmonds said she likes to wing it — in an organised way.
She's also got a banjo she drags out every now and then, a hangover prop from a former life when she was a country music singer-songwriter.
"My way of writing comedy often happens on stage. You go on stage with dot points and an idea of a punchline, and then you sort of fill in the gaps. It seems to work," she said.
"It can be horrific as well. Everyone is staring back at you with this look on their face, like 'When is this going to be funny?' "