The comedian, writer and actor is heading to Australia for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. He gives Broadsheet his hot take on why Melbourne is better than Sydney, how he grapples with ...

One of the biggest comedy festivals in the world is about to launch itself on Melbourne. Now in it’s 27th year, the annual Melbourne Comedy Festival kicks off March 27 for three weeks of big belly ...

Somewhere out there, a future comedy megastar is workshopping five minutes of material in front of their bathroom mirror. RAW ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Experience some of the most memorable and joyously unexpected shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. From 27 March to 21 ...

Comedians have been slammed for continuing to perform while a dying man was being treated inside the theatre during the first night of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. The Opening Night ...

A man attending the first night of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival has tragically died during the opening show. Ambulances were seen outside the Palais Theatre in St Kilda on Wednesday ...

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s opening night took a turn when a medical emergency led to the death of an audience member during the Opening Night Allstars Supershow at the Palais ...

The late Barry Humphries will receive “a fitting tribute” at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, after it stripped his name from an award in 2019 over transgender comments he had made a year earlier. The ...

John Kearns, Sarah Keyworth and Rose Matafeo are among the nominees for the biggest prize in Australian live comedy. Estonian clown Julia Masli – the hit of last year’s Edinburgh Fringe – and ...

Someone at a gig once asked me, is it harder to be a female or non-white comedian? While this hasn’t always been an easy answer, the truth is that right now, it’s a thrilling time to be both. Comedy ...

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