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Garry Starr.

Can this elite clown save literature with some full-frontal nudity?

Damien Warren-Smith is bringing his comedy creation – Garry Starr – back to Melbourne for an hour of rapid-fire gags, puns and physical lunacy.

  • Tyson Wray

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Did you know the average person blinks 17 times a minute? I did. Because I Googled it at 3am.

At 3am, I should be asleep. Why not revisit my biggest regrets instead?

A perfect window to take stock of all the terrible decisions you’ve made in the past and the many horrors that still lie ahead.

  • Thomas Mitchell
Our always-on culture is out of control, but with the proper out-of-office response, it’s possible to claw back some of your sanity

I’ll respond when I return (and other lies I tell in my out-of-office email)

Congratulations! You’ve escaped the crippling always-on culture for some much-needed time off. All that remains is to craft the perfect auto response. 

  • Thomas Mitchell
I am stuck in a vicious cycle of attempting to recycle, and no amount of colour-coded bins can save me.

Red, yellow or green? The stress of putting the wrong thing in the wrong bin

I am stuck in a vicious cycle of attempting to recycle, and no number of colour-coded bins can save me. 

  • Thomas Mitchell
Dramatic as it may seem, we are in the grips of a public toilet crisis and need to do something about it.

A public service announcement on the public toilet crisis

With cafes limiting toilet use to paying customers and public toilets seemingly impossible to find (or too horrific to face), we need answers on what to do when nature calls.

  • Thomas Mitchell
Iliza Shlesinger

Stand-up comedian spills the beans on the secret to a good joke

With six Netflix specials under her belt, Iliza Shlesinger says she knows the trick to making people laugh – and it’s all about fear.

  • Daniel Herborn
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Jenna Owen (left) as Nicole Kidman, Vic Zerbst (right) as Greta Goldman and Charles Firth as Ian Randell in Optics.

The new ABC series that will give you hope for the future of local comedy

Created, written by and starring Freudian Nip’s Jenna Owen and Vic Zerbst, along with The Chaser’s Charles Firth, Optics is a delightfully cynical, whip-smart comedy.

  • Kylie Northover
Magicians Penn & Teller perform at Hamer Hall, January 21, 2025.

Stranger than Trump? Penn & Teller provide the best performance art of the day

In a tour celebrating their golden jubilee, the duo showed a packed Hamer Hall exactly why their act is so enduring and beloved.

  • Cameron Woodhead, Jessica Nicholas and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
It might seem petty, but there is great power in creating imagined competition with a collection of sworn enemies.

Forget making friends; the key to a happy life is many enemies

It might seem petty, but there is great power in creating imagined competition with a collection of sworn enemies.

  • Thomas Mitchell
Jenna Owen (left) and Vic Zerbst are the writers and stars of new ABC comedy Optics, which is set in crisis management company.

The new TV comedy unpicking the dark art of crisis PR

Jenna Owen and Vic Zerbst rise to the top in Optics, a comedy about the people who mop up other people’s messes.

  • Louise Rugendyke

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