Comedy
The funny side of being brown
Being brown is not the same as being black, as comedian Rowan Thambar found growing up as a Sri-Lankan Australian.......
New Comedy Series Divides Audiences Over Satirical Content
When is satire not satire? That is something critics and the audience are asking when viewing the first episode of......
Legless and Dateless – ARTS WITH A MESSAGE
“Look Mum…No Hands!!!”, is an awkward, hilarious but confronting experience of a group of wildly, quirky patrons and staff with......
Deadly comedy at Australia’s largest festival of laughs
As it enters its 11th year, Deadly Comedy continues to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander comedians. The competition gives Indigenous......
Three Blind Mice show tackles racism and hoarding
Victoria College of the Arts graduates, Ruby Johnston, Izabella Yena and Benjamin Nichol knew they wanted to create a show......
When comedy and politics collide
Comedy can be a good way to tackle touchy topics and that’s exactly what Australian comedian Tom Ballard is doing in his two......
Bryan Dawe – A Satirist’s Journey
Comedian Bryan Dawe escaped from high school at 15 and went on to become one of Australia’s finest satirists. But......
Is a comedy show about rape ever funny?
A woman walks into a comedy club. American comedian Daniel Tosh is there and he’s making jokes about rape. “Actually,......
Seeing the world through different eyes
The world as we know it seems to be changing. Big corporations, global affairs, cultural identity, religion and the media......
Are we just white trash?
Telling people your accountant smells is rude. Telling people all accountants smell is an incorrect generalisation. Telling people that every......