Culture
Comedy
Is laughter really the best medicine? Ask the comics standing up to trauma
Rachel Berger is one of many comedians putting the healing powers of comedy to the test.
- by Joanne Brookfield
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Forget open mic nights, TikTok is where aspiring comedians are trying to make it
The road to comedic success can be hard. But for today’s aspiring quipsters, there’s a new adage: If you can make it on TikTok, you can make it anywhere.
- by Najma Sambul
Swag on the Beat's TikTok comedy
The road to comedic success can be hard. But for todays quipsters, there’s a new adage: if you can make it on TikTok, you can make it anywhere.
Aspiring comedians like Aurelia St Clair are trying to make it on TikTok
The road to comedic success can be hard. But for todays quipsters, there’s a new adage: if you can make it on TikTok, you can make it anywhere.
‘Suffocatingly safe’: Where are all the young Australian comedians on TV?
Wil Anderson was just 27 when he started hosting The Glass House on the ABC. But he says that these days TV audiences are missing out on seeing the best new talent.
- by Meg Watson
Older, wiser, more empathetic: The Chaser team reunites for one last laugh
The original team of seven comedians is reuniting for the first time in over a decade. How do they reflect on 20 years of comedy?
- by Anthony Segaert
Opinion
City life
What happens to the Queen’s Birthday holiday when we no longer have a queen?
Maybe that’s the moment to reimagine the long-weekend exodus that traps so many of us in traffic jams.
- by Helen Pitt
Penn and Teller shipped their popular magic show to Australia. Then it disappeared
They are the longest-running headliners in Las Vegas history and have performed for almost 50 years, but the magicians “barely managed to get along” at first.
- by Sarah-Jane Collins
Why you should vote 1 against political satire
Modern satire is often just someone in a suit shouting ... and changing no one’s mind.
- by Demi Lardner