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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
- Opinion
- Five Minutes with Fitz
Celia Pacquola dropped the F-bomb at the Logies. Will she be invited back?
The Aussie comedian may not have her name tattooed on Larry Emdur’s backside, but she did enjoy hanging out with her best friend Luke McGregor.
- Peter FitzSimons
Concetta Caristo’s journey from Raw Comedy failure to grand final host
The stand-up comedian and Triple J host bombed out twice in Australia’s biggest open-mic competition, and now she encourages others to give it a go.
- Nicole Elphick
- Opinion
- Strata
It’s been a bad week to be a baby
You think being booted from a comedy show is unfair? Strata is stopping my kid from crawling on communal grass.
- Thomas Mitchell
- Dicey Topics
- Good Weekend
A comedian’s advice to their younger self: ‘Get a double bed and be more forward’
Rhys Nicholson discusses sex education, career death and going full Victorian nanny.
- Benjamin Law
Can babies and live comedy ever mix? We asked a bunch of comedians
Arj Barker asked a woman and her baby to leave his show. Would others have done the same?
- Nell Geraets
- Opinion
- Stand-up comedy
I want to have Arj Barker’s babies, but I wouldn’t take them to his shows
Arj Barker was entirely justified in throwing the mum and her baby out of his gig. In fact, a lifetime ban would have been in order.
- Michelle Cazzulino
- Updated
- Arts
‘Focus is a delicate thing’: Arj Barker defends decision to boot mum with baby from show
The popular comedian asked the mother and baby to leave his Saturday night Comedy Festival show, saying it was for people aged over 15 only and the baby was “disrupting” his performance.
- Elizabeth Flux
- Opinion
- Parenting
Arj Barker’s biggest joke was evicting a breastfeeding mum from his show
An expectation there be no noise is a high bar when applied to children if you consider the intoxicated heckles and liveliness among some comedy festival crowds.
- Brigid Meney
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/melbourne-international-comedy-festival-5zg