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I don’t want you to like me for my morality: comic Gianmarco Soresi

The musical theatre student-turned-stand-up understands that the line between skewering the sacred and being plain mean is a wobbly one.

  • John Bailey

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Nina Oyama’s balancing act between naughty and nice

The comedian, actor and writer has just voiced a role in an animated kids’ film – a world away from her edgy stand-up material.

  • Kylie Northover
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‘People either get it, or they don’t’: Brooke Satchwell is thriving in her second act

The actor has found a new purpose in her 40s – and roles that push all sorts of buttons and boundaries.

  • Louise Rugendyke
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‘Load had been lifted off’: Why Hoodoo Guru Dave Faulkner is finally digging his own scene

After years of self-doubt, the charismatic frontman has learnt the biggest lesson of his life with the Gurus.

  • Michael Dwyer
Cabaret artists Reuben Kaye and Meow Meow define what makes a good 'diva'.
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Cabaret artists Reuben Kaye and Meow Meow on what makes a 'diva'

Cabaret artists Reuben Kaye and Meow Meow define what makes a good 'diva'.

  • Pablo Barnes

‘People are paying’: Why The Simpsons co-creator James L. Brooks believes in happy endings

The Oscar-winning screenwriter and director draws from his own life story for his first new film in 15 years.

  • Michael Idato
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Black – at age 22 – who was just 13 when her pop video went viral for all the wrong reasons.

When Rebecca was 13 she was mocked over her viral video. Now the joke’s on the haters

Rebecca Black went viral for all the wrong reasons with her song Friday – then she found her own people and became a queer icon.

  • John Bailey

Mushrooms have had a bad rap lately, but they might just save the planet

British mycologist Merlin Sheldrake (yes, that’s his real name), one of the world’s foremost authorities on fungi, wants us to rethink the place of fungi in our world.

  • John Bailey
Midnight Oil drummer Rob Hirst.

I can’t really thrash the drums any more: Midnight Oil’s Rob Hirst

The Midnight Oil warrior faces the fight of his life as he deals with stage 3 cancer, armed, as ever, with songs.

  • Michael Dwyer
Izzard’s new show is something of a greatest hits, spanning 35 years of stand-up.

You couldn’t come out as trans 40 years ago and be ... negative: Suzy Izzard

The comedian, actor, political activist and marathon runner believes the future won’t be as bad as it might seem right now.

  • John Bailey

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