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No, political correctness is not killing stand-up comedy
"The people who say PC culture is killing comedy don't come to these shows," says comedian Geraldine Hickey. "They all just sit at home and whinge."
- by Michael Lallo
Melbourne Comedy Festival
'I've been in tears more than once': Comedian Anne Edmonds on stage fright
She's a multiple nominee for Melbourne comedy's top prize and a TV favourite, but Anne Edmonds still knows what it's like to get big-time jitters.
- by Karl Quinn
Melbourne Comedy Festival
Warning to the woke: MICF is coming and the PC will be offended
Provocation is usually the point of the punchline as hordes of comedians descend upon the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
- by Tim Ferguson
Stand-up comedy
The funny thing about cancer ... how a shock diagnosis led to comedy gold
On the eve of his Fringe Festival show in Perth, comedian Michael Shafar reveals how he found his cancer something to laugh about.
- by Nick Galvin
Melbourne Comedy Festival
Melbourne International Comedy Festival announces new partnership with The Age
The Age newspaper will once again be the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s major media partner after a 10-year hiatus.
- by Broede Carmody
Stand-up comedy
Ange Lavoipierre's show mines religion and its metaphors for comedy
Lavoipierre has created a work about leaving God behind and embracing her inner heathen.
- by Lenny Ann Low
Arts
With just a lectern, papers and a pencil, Sedaris enthralled
The American humorist unpacks human nature with a wry wit - and a lo-fi performance.
- by Michael Harry
Bushfires
Melbourne bushfire fundraisers sell out within minutes
Musicians and comedians are expected to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for the bushfire relief effort this week.
- by Hannah Francis and Broede Carmody