Comedy

Hobart to host new comedy festival in 2024
Building on Hobart’s strong local comedy scene and presented by the team behind Dark Mofo, the new festival will run…

Performance review: FEAST Festival, Adelaide
Adelaide's LGBTQIA+ Festival is here, and showcasing some incredible local talent.

Improvention
Canberra International Improv Festival
Australia's original and largest international festival of unscripted theatre arts, with guests from 5 continents in every performance style imaginable.

Comedy review: Wang In There, Baby! – Phil Wang, Astor Theatre, Perth
Phil Wang's comedy explores cultural differences between East and West.

Performance review: Spooktacular, Sue Benner Theatre
A cabaret treat on the spookiest night of the year.

Performance review: Bacon, A Dodgeball Named Desire, Melbourne Fringe Festival
Navigating self-acceptance and homophobia in one show, dodging a slew of balls in another, with sport versus arts.

Riverside Theatres
A Cracker Kransky Christmas
A Crock Pot of Cracker Hits

Performance reviews: Access, Dougie Baldwin and Aza: stories of grief in diaspora, Melbourne Fringe Festival
An hour of anarchic clowning, emotional experimentation and diasporic mourning at Melbourne Fringe 2023.

Breaking news: Critical Stages goes into liquidation
The Board of Critical Stages Touring has placed the company into liquidation, with the company ceasing to trade and staff…

Comedy reviews: Wil Greenway: The Ocean After All and Scout Boxall: Pork Chop, Melbourne Fringe Festival
Two comedians ply their craft at Trades Hall for Melbourne Fringe Festival.