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Trump is the gift that keeps on giving to SNL
Saturday Night Live unsurprisingly concluded the year with a Christmas special featuring Alec Baldwin as his favourite blonde in office, only this time Vladimir Putin was included in the act.
Saturday Night Live unsurprisingly concluded the year with a Christmas special featuring Alec Baldwin as his favourite blonde in office, only this time Vladimir Putin was included in the act.
Comedian Amy Schumer has cancelled her Australian stand-up tour just five days before she was due to perform in Perth.
Sam Simmons and his fight against beige is our hottest comedy export.
Dilruk Jayasinha left the heady heights of accountancy for sweaty live comedy.
Nath Valvo tickles with spiky wit.
There are no hecklers in the audience anymore for one of the world's most loved comedians who is on his way to Sydney.
Bill Bailey is one of the few modern comedians who avoids vulgarity or going dark for shock value (though there's the occasional brief bit of black humour).
The English stand-up comedian knows how it feels to be torn down by the tabloids, but it hasn't quite stopped him speaking his mind.
The master of observational comedy will perform Down Under for the first time in almost 20 years next August. But don't expect any cracks at Melbourne's expense.
Lawrence Mooney reflects on a year of living dangerously in his show Moonman.
Hundreds of Donald Trump fans have walked out of an Amy Schumer performance in Florida overnight after the comedian's show turned political.
Randy the Purple Puppet's new solo show is an excursion into enlightenment via laughter.
Sakdiyah Ma’ruf is an Indonesian stand-up comic challenging Islamic extremism
Michael Palin says he and the other members of the Monty Python comedy troupe will rally around Terry Jones as he battles dementia.
Returning from Edinburgh to an audience of nine, Joshua Ladgrove decides to improvise, to hilarious effect.
Wes Snelling's affecting vocals amp up the pathos for a singer who has seen better days.
The actors' fast wit and familiarity with the bard will please fans of Shakespeare and philistines alike.
Best known for their improvisation, the Sparrow Men shine brightest when they digress from this whodunit script.
A top notch local cast brings impeccable comic timing and wonderful slapstick to the classic comedy.
In the middle of her dynamic show, Amy Schumer swigged from a bottle of wine like a movie pirate and asked, 'Can I just tell you guys all my secrets?'
Penny Parsins is every white 20-something on a beach in a bikini on Instagram.
For years Zoe Coombs Marr felt out of place and uncomfortable working Australia's comedy club scene, now she is basking in the adoration of crowds at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh.
Being confined to a wheelchair hasn't slowed Tim Ferguson down. He's back in a reunited Doug Anthony All Stars, he's directed his first movie and he just might have a new TV show too.
The South African comedian's profile has risen quickly and he has broadened his material to match it.
Forget the Olympics. Our new national expertise is in taking the piss.
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