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‘I owe you one’: Hannah Gadsby opens up her heart in feel-good show
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‘I owe you one’: Hannah Gadsby opens up her heart in feel-good show

Gadsby wants to talk about love, and her new show is just as masterful and personal as Nanette.

  • by Lenny Ann Low

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Here’s the funny thing about mental health ...

A spell living on the streets for the SBS series Filthy Rich and Homeless has inspired comedian Ciaran Lyons to stage a massive comedy gala.

  • by Daniel Herborn
International stars back on the line-up for comedy festival

International stars back on the line-up for comedy festival

With border restrictions lifting, international comedians will return to next year’s comedy festival. Are the locals entirely happy about that?

  • by Nick Miller
Tim Ferguson wants comedy revolution – with his wheelchair out the front

Tim Ferguson wants comedy revolution – with his wheelchair out the front

The DAAS star says modern comedians are often too scared to tackle topics that might get them cancelled.

  • by Nick Miller
The ‘slightly mad’ show for people who don’t normally go to the theatre

The ‘slightly mad’ show for people who don’t normally go to the theatre

Part slapstick, part cabaret, all laughs: all aboard for Ash Flanders’ latest show, the SS Metaphor.

  • by Kerrie O'Brien
Homemade formula, mum-shaming and orgasmic births: The real story behind the comedy series on friendship after kids

Homemade formula, mum-shaming and orgasmic births: The real story behind the comedy series on friendship after kids

Friends Victoria Thaine and Petra Yared mined their own lives for their comedy series about best friends who think they know each other until they become mums.

  • by Jewel Topsfield
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Why this year’s Wharf Revue has all the makings of a comedy classic

Why this year’s Wharf Revue has all the makings of a comedy classic

The shenanigans of the past 12 months have presented what military types might refer to as an unusually target-rich environment.

  • by Nick Galvin
Remember laughing? These 10 live shows will get you back in the habit

Remember laughing? These 10 live shows will get you back in the habit

After a notably unfunny few months, live comedy is back with a vengeance.

  • by Daniel Herborn
Comedian and actor Bill Bailey goes in search of the new normal

Comedian and actor Bill Bailey goes in search of the new normal

Bailey has been taking stock of how the world has changed during the pandemic and where we go from here.

  • by Lenny Ann Low