Culture
Comedy
‘Always a question about our sex life’: Edmonds and Langford team up
The comedic couple dissect their relationship in a new live stage show.
- by Michael Lallo
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What’s it about? Who knows? But with this comedy duo it’s good
Lano and Woodley have a masterful way of patterning humour so it seems spontaneous and responsive to the moment.
- by Cameron Woodhead
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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Review
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