Comedy
Malthouse Theatre eschews naturalism in its 2025 season
Addressing the cost of living and leaning into the theatrical, the Malthouse’s new season promises the epic and the intimate…
Comedy review: Arj Barker: The Mind Field, Gippsland Performing Arts Centre
The comedian is touring around Australia's regional and remote areas.
Comedy review: Tom Moran is a Big Fat Filthy Disgusting Liar, Trades Hall
Why has Tom Moran lied all throughout his life? The comedian-performer reflects on his penchant for fib-telling.
Theatre review: Classifried! The MKUltra Sitcom, The Butterfly Club
The theatre audience becomes a sitcom audience in this comedic offering.
Comedy review: Big Nose Big Dreams, Sydney Fringe Festival
A debut solo show from an Egyptian-Australian writer and comic who avoids the usual diaspora stories.
Comedy review: The Racist Immigrants, Sydney Fringe Festival
POC comedians indulge and take a swipe at ethnic stereotypes.
Late bloomers: going from corporate to comedy
There are those who are 'born in a trunk' and there are those who spend time in the corporate world…
Festival reviews: Susie McCabe, Todd Almond, James Barr, Stella Graham, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Four diverse, but excellent comedy shows at this year's Edinburgh Fringe.
Musical review: Murder for Two, Arts Centre Melbourne
Premiered in Australia in Sydney last year, this musical returns to bamboozle and amuse another round of crime mystery fans.
Festival review: I Wish You Well – The Gwyneth Paltrow Ski-Trial Musical, Edinburgh Festival Fringe
A parody musical that takes delight in skewering all things Gwyneth Paltrow.