Lisa Dib
Puggs in
Space
Lisa Dib and Angela Thompson run the very
successful ‘Puggs in Space’, a weekly comedy
night at The Imperial Hotel in Melbourne. Dib
how to run a successful room, that boasts a
great new lineup every week, as well as how she
produces shows for the comedy festival.
When asked how she got into producing comedy,
Dib explains that she used to work in the music
industry and has been putting on shows for a
number of years. She soon realised that she also
loved producing comedy shows, and so ‘Puggs
in Space’ was born.
Dib also produced two acts in the recent
Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Martin
Dunlop’s ‘Begs His God for Forgiveness’ and
Beau Stegmann’s ‘Here’s Looking at Me’, which
“both came about fairly serendipitously, where it
was like ‘I need a producer’, ‘I can do that!’”, she
explains.
Lisa admires the comedians she produces and
says that, “they’re really good at the creative
side and not as good at the admin stuff”, which is
where she steps in the lend a hand. “And that’s
totally understandable”, she smiles, “because
admin can just get super confusing and super
overwhelming if you don’t like doing it or if you
haven’t done it a lot before. Most comedians,
especially when they’re just starting to do comedy
in a professional way, aren’t used to do things
like how to deal with ticketing and registration.”
Dib is very humble and admits that she is always
learning; she enjoys producing and as such,
she’s forced herself to do it better.
Dib credits her ‘Puggs in Space’ partner Angela
Thompson for much of what she has learned and
continues to learn; “she is much better at this
than me, she has probably a million more acts
to deal with than I do and she’s been doing it for
a lot longer and she’s got degrees in this sort of
thing. I’ve been learning a lot from her”.
admitting that she doesn’t play any musical
instruments or speak any other languages, so
“it’s nice to have something to put in your own
little personal repertoire. I know how to produce
a thing! Go me!” she chuckles. “It’s not very
lucrative, but it is fun.”