Culture
Comedy
From stand-up to the Supreme Court: did this comedian’s joke go too far?
This past week, the question of whether a comedian has the constitutional right to offend came under the spotlight at Canada’s Supreme Court.
- by Dan Bilefsky
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Eddie Perfect serves up hilarious insight into his Broadway nightmare
Eddie Perfect’s new cabaret show is a brilliant display of his songwriting talents - he’s a lyrical tall poppy nobody would want to cut down.
- by Cameron Woodhead
Opinion
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It’s mortifying! How the soundtrack of my youth took a very dark turn
They were the tunes that mattered, that rallied a young generation, that we sang with glee, occasionally pushing the boundaries of comedic possibilities. The jingles of genius from a golden age.
- by Danny Katz
Opinion
Sex & relationships
The evolutionary stage of couple names: a Valentine’s Day dissertation
If a couple starts calling each other “silly moo-moo tiger-twinky”, you can be sure they’ll split up and start calling each other names ending in “wit”.
- by Danny Katz
Best of the week: What to see, hear and do from February 7-14
From pandemic karaoke with Sam Simmons, to singing lessons and a night in with two violins, we have your week in Sydney covered.
- by Lenny Ann Low
Why a ‘deliciously funny’ old Australian news show has Dan Ilic hooked
The host of comedy news podcast A Rational Fear has been stepping back in time with satirist Clive Robertson.
- by Lenny Ann Low
‘It’s the price I pay’: the line Judith Lucy can’t cross with Denise Scott
The longtime friends and sometime comedy partners found there was a fraction too much talk of friction when putting together their new stand-up show.
- by Louise Rugendyke
How Anne Edmonds survived lockdown in a one-bedroom apartment
Watching renovation shows, listening to Lucinda Williams and developing an appreciation of jazz helped the comedian carve out her own space.
- by Lenny Ann Low
Queen Fatima brings Western Sydney Lebanese sass to the stage
Playwright James Elazzi explores the body and beauty conscious origins of Queen Fatima at this year's Sydney Festival.
- by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen