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Feeling socially awkward at the circus
The Festival Sessions

Feeling socially awkward at the circus

9 January 2023

Have you ever experienced the loneliness of being at a party where you don’t know anybody? Melon the Human brings this feeling to life in his debut Fringe show.

Reading time • 8 minutesComedy
Aliya Kanani. Photo: Aliya Kanani A woman in a green and black stripy dress holds a mauve paper aeroplane in one hand. In front of her is an orange paper aeroplane that she has just thrown. Tales of fitting in, sticking out and standing up
The Festival Sessions

Tales of fitting in, sticking out and standing up

9 January 2023

The question “Where are you from?” can make you roll your eyes if you’ve heard it too many times. But Aliya Kanani has turned this vexed enquiry into a one-woman comedy show.

Reading time • 9 minutesComedy
Reading time • 2 minutesComedy
Lawrence Leung Lawrence Leung sits in what looks like a room in his home, at his computer. On the screen we can see audience members on Zoom. He looks animated, as though he mid-sentence. Poignant magic from Lawrence Leung
Reviews

Poignant magic from Lawrence Leung

17 September 2022

At once freaky and heart-warming, Lawrence Leung’s Connected gives audiences much more than the comedy they might be expecting, and Varnya Bromilow is charmed.

Reading time • 6 minutesTheatre
A person with long brown hair stands in front of a bright red wall, wearing black jeans, tight black tshirt and with hands stretched out and a WTF grimace on their face What to SEE: Perth Comedy Festival
Features

What to SEE: Perth Comedy Festival

13 April 2022

Perth Comedy Festival 2022 offers audiences a much wider range of laughs than just the cliches. Claire Coleman has some tips on uproariously funny shows that also pass the sniff test.

Reading time • 9 minutesComedy
Pictured is Laura Davis, she leans on her forearm and looks away from the camera. There is a toy London double decker red bus on the table in front of her Comedian captures this moment in time
Reviews

Comedian captures this moment in time

27 January 2022

Laura Davis makes her return to Fringe after an international foray, and Erin Hutchinson welcomes her style of “positive pessimism”.

Reading time • 4 minutesFringe World Festival
Man in striped shirt sits inside a plastic bubble, seated next to another man leaning against a table in a white shirt. Bubble trouble
The Festival Sessions

Bubble trouble

27 January 2022

Fringe World favourite Luke Bolland is back with a Perth-centric stand-up show inspired by WA’s COVID-19 bubble.

Reading time • 6 minutesComedy
Three performers are on a stage against a backdrop of a giant green star. Two of the performer stand with their arms and legs spread wide while they hold the legs of the third, who is doing a handstand between them Rising stars have it all
Reviews

Rising stars have it all

25 January 2022

Stardom is an elusive dream, as the cast of ALLSTARS make clear, but David Zampatti sees plenty of evidence to suggest this exciting trio have what it takes.

Reading time • 5 minutesFringe World Festival
Reading time • 4 minutesFringe World Festival
A man wearing a Bunnings uniform and a Shakespearian ruff stands brooding. Bogan take on Caesar is comedy gold
Reviews

Bogan take on Caesar is comedy gold

22 January 2022

For its seventh Fringe World season, the Bogan Shakespeare gang tackles Shakespeare’s most overrated play and gives it the DIY makeover it so richly deserves, says David Zampatti.

Reading time • 5 minutesComedy

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