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Sydney Comedy Festival review: Ange Lavoipierre chips away at the patriarchy
After half an hour with Ange Lavoipierre, you probably won't look at shopping trolleys or the stained teal carpets of RMS branches quite the same way again. And, depending on your particular peccadilloes, you might even be grateful.
- by Reviewed by Michael Ruffles
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Politics
'Wouldn't change a word': Michelle Wolf defends White House roasting
The comedian says she achieved exactly what she set out to do.
- by Broede Carmody
Real life
The Chaser's Andrew Hansen on family, and releasing a children's book
Andrew Hansen reflects on his career and the women who have influenced him.
- by Robyn Doreian
Tessa Waters: 'There's a place for all of us in the apocalypse'
Do not call Tessa Waters when the apocalypse arrives. "I would be the first person people would eat if it did go down," she says.
- by Louise Rugendyke
Good Weekend
Dicey Topics: Nazeem Hussain on politics, death and bodies
The 32-year-old stand-up comedian, TV star and comedy festival favourite chats with Benjamin Law about subjects we're told to keep private.
- by Benjamin Law
Melbourne Comedy Festival
Sam Campbell wins Melbourne comedy festival’s prestigious Barry Award
Sydney comic Sam Campbell has won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s prestigious Barry Award.
- by Hannah Francis
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Melbourne Comedy Festival
MICF 2018 Review: A seminal performance from Rhys Nicholson
The young comic is so quick to the mark, there's a joke for every joke.
- by Henrietta Cook
Review
Melbourne Comedy Festival
MICF 2018 review: A hilarious jaunt through the history of theatre
Garry Elizabeth Starr is on a mission to save theatre.
- by Hannah Francis
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Melbourne Comedy Festival
MICF 2018 review: Alex Edelman tackles tribalism with edgy comedy
The New York-based comic roves from gorillas to white nationalists in his Barry Award-nominated show.
- by Cameron Woodhead
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Melbourne Comedy Festival
MICF 2018 review: Tasty bites from Michael Shafar's Kosher Bacon
The comedian tackles various topics through a lens of 'Jewishness' in a show that's accessible to all Melburnians.
- by Nassim Khadem
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Melbourne Comedy Festival
MICF 2018 review: The outrageous spectacle of Helen Bidou
Anne Edmonds' new character is wickedly wrong.
- by Hannah Francis