Comedians with a Punchline planned for Melbourne
Canberra comedians Jacquelyn Richards and Trish Hurley will be representing the Women's Room initiative at the Melbourne Comedy Festival next week with their new show, Punchline.
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Contesting the oft-repeated phrase that "women aren't funny", a group of Canberra comedians are taking the stage together for the Canberra Comedy Festival with a menacing-sounding show called Why Women Kill… at Comedy.
The People’s Princess takes centre stage in Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story, premiering at the Street Theatre soon, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
"Describing herself as a 'K-Mart Identifying Lesbian', she launched into a series of smart, sharp, wry, wise and hilarious observations about anything and everything." BILL STEPHENS reviews a cabaret performance by Jackie Loeb.
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Cole’s Little Tramp to tread the boards at Tuggeranong
At Tuggeranong Arts Centre this weekend, Marcel Cole is presenting his new physical comedy show, Smile, where he’ll play Charlie Chaplin’s Little Tramp, reports HELEN MUSA.
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Wharfies overboard, but not before one last show
The final season of The Wharf Revue opens in Canberra lat this month. HELEN MUSA talks with member Phillip Scott.
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Laura quit her job as a tour guide for a laugh
"Stand-up comedy is a difficult industry to crack, but that didn’t faze 25-year-old Laura Johnston, who quit her job as a tour guide at the Royal Australian Mint before she had even got on stage to try it out," writes KATARINA LLOYD JONES.
HELEN MUSA reviews Before and After, a Comedy festival performance by Caitlin Maggs and Sarah Stewart .
Standing up to make people laugh in public is a serious matter, but two Canberra mums have taken on the task with considerable success and will be showing off their comic skills during the coming Canberra Comedy Festival.
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