Sydney Comedy Festival
‘High watermark of comedy’: One of the funniest shows of the festival
Michelle Braiser has hit comedy gold again with her latest show.
- by Daniel Herborn
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It is a laughing matter: Here are the comedians’ comedians
This year’s Sydney Comedy Festival provides a much-needed excuse to lighten up.
- by Daniel Herborn
‘You don’t do just easy things’: The rise and rise of comedian Aaron Chen
Despite the pandemic snatching almost two years of work away from live performers across music, theatre, comedy and the arts, the 26-year-old’s career has never been better.
- by Louise Rugendyke
Rising stars to catch at comedy festival (and tell everyone about)
From award-nominees to TikTok stars making it big and old hands making fresh comedy, there are the gigs you need to see (and then tell everyone you were there first).
- by Lenny Ann Low
★★★★½
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‘We’ve given the talking stick to stupid’
Luke Heggie has a long list of complaints - about everything.
- by Daniel Herborn
Clumsy comic plays expertly for laughs
Comedian Blake Freeman’s self-deprecating tales often cast him as a good-natured manchild.
- by Daniel Herborn
★★★★★
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Audience wowed by ‘miracle’ of a show
Nothing can prepare you for the pure magic of Michelle Brasier’s latest work.
- by Daniel Herborn
Kooky, unconnected sketches reveal pointed social commentary
Neither a small crowd nor a knee injury sustained in the “gayest way possible” can stop oddball gem Scout Boxall.
- by Daniel Herborn
★★★★
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Comedian Daniel Sloss is cocksure, cruel ... and very funny
Dark, prickly meta-humour may not be the most obvious path to mass appeal as a comedian, but it’s working for Daniel Sloss.
- by Daniel Herborn
‘Life is too short’: The tragedies driving Michelle Brasier
While her stand-up and television career has flourished with mesmerisingly high-energy and anarchic musical comedy shows, the comedian is staring down an uncertain future.
- by Lenny Ann Low
The best comedy festival shows to tickle your funny bone
Cack your dacks at this smorgasbord of comedy, featuring Fisk favourite Aaron Chen, Geraldine Hickey’s agapanthus and Adam Hills.
- by Lenny Ann Low