Culture
Comedy
Kevin Spacey’s Frank Underwood is back on Netflix. But there’s a catch
Eight years after Netflix cut ties with the House of Cards star, Spacey has revived his character for the streamer ... sort of.
- by Alexander Larman
Latest
I predicted the winner of MICF’s Most Outstanding Show eight months ago
This show was named best in the festival – and (probably) not just for the full-frontal nudity.
- by Tyson Wray
Kiss my Hass: Why Shepards are the superior avocado
I’m not usually one for patriotism, but preferring Shepards over Hass is basically a civic duty.
- by Jenna Guillaume
The best heckles, riskiest jokes and strangest moments from this year’s comedy festival
After a month packed with shows, our reviewers have come together to pick out the best (and most memorable) moments from this year’s comedy festival.
- by Donna Demaio, Guy Webster, Hannah Francis, Lefa Singleton Norton, Mikey Cahill, Sonia Nair, Tyson Wray and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
The good, the weird and the unmissable from this festival’s final week
From absurdist scribbling in a notebook to a show that digs into the dark recesses of the internet, and ChatGPT acting as matchmaker, here are our latest reviews.
- by Cher Tan, Donna Demaio, Hannah Francis, John Bailey, Lefa Singleton Norton, Sonia Nair, Tyson Wray, Vyshnavee Wijekumar and Nell Geraets
‘I guess I can’t ever do comedy again’: New mum Becky Lucas on the medical emergency that changed her
Stand-up star Becky Lucas worried she wouldn’t be able to write jokes again.
- by Nick Dent
The letter Q is lonely and purple is sassy: What can we learn from fonts and colours?
Former Saturday Night Live writer and cult comedy favourite Julio Torres has brought his newest experimental work to Australia.
- by Will Cox
Opinion
Political leadership
Call me cancelled, but our po-faced progressives need a good laugh
The war against wrong-think is as dangerous for the canceller as it is for the cancelled.
- by Anson Cameron
Space has a PR problem. It’s time to make it great again
Using space as a stunt to recover from a failed album is just another nail in the coffin of the great black void’s reputation.
- by Patrick Lenton
Guy Montgomery is everywhere, but he thinks he’s ‘pretty generic’
The New Zealander has written for others, appeared in films, done fundraisers, but he describes these ventures as “dream-adjacent.”
- by John Bailey
Ghosts, lies, and conspiracy theories: This festival has it all
From a show where musicals meet PowerPoint, to a trip back in time, here are our latest reviews.
- by Cher Tan, Donna Demaio, Elizabeth Flux, Guy Webster, Hannah Francis, John Bailey, Lefa Singleton Norton, Nell Geraets, Sonia Nair, Tyson Wray and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/culture/comedy