InReview
Ahead of the stand-up showcase Laughters is the Best of Meds, headliner Harley Breen talks about the intersection between mental health and comedy, and explains how a religious upbringing helped turn him into a funnyman.
InReview
When long-time friends Judith Lucy and Kaz Cooke decided to present a live comedy show about menopause combining jokes, stories and ‘useful chats’, they had no idea it would be embraced with almost evangelical fervour.
Brendan Goh’s first attempt at stand-up left him despairing that he wasn’t ‘Kathy Griffin funny’, but after finding the courage to try again and tell his own story, the Malaysian-born gay comedian has found his groove.
Making fun of a contestant’s nerd-factor is an artform Tom Gleeson has mastered in his knowledge-based game show Hard Quiz, and never has it felt so right to laugh with the tormenter. ★★★★ ½
Two psychiatrists walk into a bar… and then hit the mike for stand-up routines unlike any others at this year’s Fringe. Adelaide doctor and funny man Dr Kim Le and Kiwi Dr Joanna Prendergast present two very different comedy acts based on observations from their professional lives.
Three goes very amiably into one in Mono, a suite of gently comic monologues divided up and performed by some of Australia’s favourite funny people, past and present.
