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Queer comedians wed to highlight marriage inequality

A gay man and a lesbian walk into a bar – and marry one another, since they can’t marry their actual partners.

12 Apr 2016 12:00

Richard Watts

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Comedians Zoë Coombs Marr and Rhys Nicholson will get married at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Festival Club this Friday, with their nuptials staged to highlight marriage inequality – neither is currently able to marry their own same sex partners under Australian law.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts