Culture
Comedy
It’s the final weekend of the comedy festival: Here are the shows not to miss
From an existentially challenging joke about bin bags to the Norwegian clown who won Britain’s Got Talent, here are our latest reviews.
- by Lefa Singleton Norton, John Bailey, Sonia Nair, Mikey Cahill, Hannah Francis, Tyson Wray, Cher Tan, Cameron Woodhead, Donna Demaio, Vyshnavee Wijekumar and Guy Webster
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Sarah Keyworth takes top gong at Melbourne comedy festival awards
English comedian Sarah Keyworth has reigned supreme at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival, winning the Most Outstanding Show award on Saturday.
- by Tyson Wray
The best heckles, riskiest jokes and most tender moments from this year’s comedy festival
After a huge month packed with shows, our team of reviewers has come together to pick out the best (and strangest) moments from this year’s comedy festival.
- by Guy Webster, Hannah Francis, John Bailey, Lefa Singleton Norton, Mikey Cahill, Sonia Nair, Tyson Wray and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
Opinion
Comedy
The everyday debates guaranteed to start an argument
Do you stack your cutlery in the dishwasher pointy end up or down?
- by Richard Glover
Spare me the Goop: Judith Lucy and Kaz Cooke make sense of menopause
Gwyneth Paltrow is nowhere to be seen as the no-nonsense duo take aim at underwear magnets and other guff.
- by Michael Lallo
Sydney Comedy Festival 2024: our guide to the best laughs
The Sydney International Comedy Festival kicks off on April 22. Here’s a preview of what you could bring your nan to and when best to leave her at home.
- by Daniel Herborn
Opinion
Musings
Building a flower bed: how hard can it be?
I made my flower bed, I’ll lie in it.
- by James Colley
Opinion
Comedy
The clever everyday objects that will baffle future historians
As the world changes we are forgetting that eggcups, soft drink bottles and coat hangers once had a whole host of other uses.
- by Richard Glover
The joke’s on us: Five shows not to miss at the Brisbane Comedy Festival
We asked Phoebe Meredith for her picks of the 135 shows coming to Brisbane for the four-week festival.
- by Courtney Kruk
‘I could Joe Rogan it up’: is Wil Anderson embracing the anti-wokers?
The stand-up veteran admits it’d be far more lucrative to join those complaining that they “can’t say what they want to”.
- by Kylie Northover
Puppeteering and tiny tombstones? This festival has it all
From lurid family histories to Excel-lent stand-up, this year’s comedy festival is in full swing. Keep an eye on our ever-growing list of reviews here.
- by Sonia Nair, Lefa Singleton Norton, Hannah Francis, Tyson Wray, Stephen A Russell, Cameron Woodhead, Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Donna Demaio and John Bailey