Lenny Ann Low

Lenny Ann Low

Melissa McCarthy on the power of funny: "Use it and never apologise for it"

Lenny Ann Low Comedy, Melissa McCarthy says, is power. Especially for young girls grappling with growing up.

Western Sydney migrant women find bonds in Mother's Spice at ICE in Parramatta

Yamane Fayed from Lebanon, Nasrin from Iran, Adiba Kasha from Iraq and Nisha Shrestha from Nepal.

Lenny Ann Low Western Sydney migrant women tell their stories of leaving home for a new life in Australia via food, family and friendship.

Miranda July on avoiding predictability, finding reality in fiction, and the 'total shock' of motherhood

Miranda July.

Lenny Ann Low Listing the accomplishments of artist, writer, actor and filmmaker Miranda July means falling into a boundless wormhole of prodigious creative output.

Caroline Bowditch on falling in love with art, disability and Frida Kahlo

Caroline Bowditch says her performance Falling in Love with Frida is about the

Lenny Ann Low Performer Caroline Bowditch highlights the joys, challenges and parallels between her life and Frida Kahlo's as an artist with a disability.

Philippines may ban Madonna after singer "ridiculed" flag on stage

Madonna

Lenny Ann Low Madonna has been lambasted by a Filipino government representative for allegedly violating laws prohibiting use of the national flag as a costume.

Anne Frank's father and the inspiring letters he sent to her diary's readers

Anne Frank.

Lenny Ann Low After The Diary of Anne Frank was published, many people wrote to her father Otto Frank. Two of them were Australians.

John Cleese and Eric Idle on why it's the last chance to see Monty Python's "old farts"

John Cleese and Eric Idle.

Lenny Ann Low John Cleese was 23 when he first encountered Eric Idle, a 19-year-old freshman at Cambridge University.

Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall wedding plans announced

The happy couple: Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hal declared their love late last year in the announcements pages of <i>The Times</i>.

Lenny Ann Low Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and former supermodel Jerry Hall have announced their wedding plans.

Kanye West hits back over Taylor Swift 'bitch' comment in 15-tweet rant

Kanye West.

Lenny Ann Low Kanye West has tweeted eight reasons why he was right to call Taylor Swift a bitch.

Australian Art Quartet receive electric shocks to distort live classical music performance

The Australian Art Quartet

Lenny Ann Low The Australian Art Quartet's 2016 season features its musicians receiving electric shocks while playing live.

NFL 2016 Super Bowl 50: Coldplay, Beyonce and Bruno Mars marshal love in half-time show

Beyonce, Coldplay singer Chris Martin, and Bruno Mars perform during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl 50 football game Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Lenny Ann Low Coldplay, Beyonce and Bruno Mars melded history, love and kaleidoscopic colour in a joyous Super Bowl halftime show.

NFL 2016 Super Bowl 50: Lady Gaga belts out 'best' Star Spangled Banner ever

Lady Gaga performs during Super Bowl 50 between the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers at Levi's Stadium on February 7, 2016 in Santa Clara, California.  (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Lenny Ann Low Lady Gaga wore a red sparkle-covered suit and belted emotion into the American national anthem for the NFL 2016 Super Bowl 50

Sydney Symphony Orchestra's TuneED-UP program helps teachers strike a chord for students

Teachers Belinda

Lenny Ann Low An intensive music program for primary school teachers is helping to enrich children's learning.

Grizzly Adams star, Dan Haggerty, dead at 74

Dan Haggerty, star of the Life and Times of Grizzly Adams.

Lenny Ann Low Dan Haggerty, star of TV show The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, has died.

Sydney Festival 2016: Sunny Ray and the Magnificent Moon glows bright to delight

Sunny Ray and the Magnificent Moon at the Sydney Festival.

Lenny Ann Low Sunny Ray and the Magnificent Moon is a radiant children's show with a glowing global story.

Sydney Festival 2016: Invisible Dot Cabaret wobbles between Josie Long, Steen Raskopoulos, James Acaster, Mae Martin and Sam Campbell

Comedian Sam Campbell, Invisible Dot Cabaret, Sydney Festival 2016

Lenny Ann Low The Invisible Dot Cabaret, a collection of international and Australian comics, wobbles between brilliant lunacy and fluctuating energy.

Judith Lucy's Helpmann-winning Ask No Questions of the Moth returns with a Sydney Opera House season

Judith Lucy.

Lenny Ann Low From bed Judith Lucy ponders red carpet stress, ten-pin bowling in Geelong and being mistaken for her partner's mother

Sydney Festival's Invisible Dot Cabaret showcases hottest comedy talents: Josie Long, Steen Raskopoulos, James Acaster, Mae Martin and Sam Campbell

2016 Sydney Festival: The Invisible Dot Cabaret MC and comedian Josie Long.

Lenny Ann Low The Invisible Dot Cabaret, curated by the UK's most innovative comedy outfit, promises an eccentric variety night of funny people.

Funny man

Adam Hills on being a journalist, giving up comedy and dealing with children on a plane

Lenny Ann Low Adam Hills would be a writer if comedy hadn't been so successful.

Cranston Cup grand final's glittering addiction of improvisation and comedy

Bridie Connell, Kate Coates, Sam Jenkins, and Jon Williams are all competing in the 2015 Theatresports Cranston Cup Grand Final.

Lenny Ann Low The Theatresports Cranston Cup, the glittering annual prize of impro comedy in NSW, has drawn a record 30 teams competing throughout 2015.