Comedy festivals are in full flight. So, how healthy is our appetite for laughter right now? Image: Shutterstock.
If you’re feeling on edge about the times we’re in right now, you’re not alone.
Stand-up comedians are often at the coalface of audiences’ rawest emotions. Their jobs are largely about cracking open punters’ emotional shells to unleash the vast wonderlands of less inhibited feelings underneath.
‘It’s like you’re sharing a little secret with people, because you’re all in a room together and only those in the room are there to witness it,’ the comedian tells ArtsHub.
ArtsHub's Arts Feature Writer Jo Pickup is based in Perth. An arts writer and manager, she has worked as a journalist and broadcaster for media such as the ABC, RTRFM and The West Australian newspaper, contributing media content and commentary on art, culture and design. She has also worked for arts organisations such as Fremantle Arts Centre, STRUT dance, and the Aboriginal Arts Centre Hub of WA, as well as being a sessional arts lecturer at The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).
