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Apr 26, 2021 | News Madeleine Taplin Sydney is without a doubt one of the busiest cities in the world. With plenty of activities, events, festivals and more happening around the clock, it can be pretty easy to totally miss hearing about them! With school back in session, it is time to start planning those special events to keep both parents and kids happy until the winter break. Here are some things you should check out now. Sydney Comedy Festival: Looking for a good laugh? Sydney’s biggest annual comedy festival is ready to kick off, taking over the city to present the very best of stand-u...

Geraldine Hickey nabs Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s top gong We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement Comedian Geraldine Hickey has taken home the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s top honour thanks to her latest offering, What a Surprise. The award, which up until two years ago was named after veteran satirist Barry Humphries, recognises each festival’s most outstanding show. This year, Hickey gave audiences a hilarious snapshot of her relationship with her now-wife. The sh...

And Daniel Sloss takes People's Choice Geraldine Hickey has won the top prize at the the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. The comic scooped the prize for most outstanding show for   What A Surprise, which told how she had found happiness in life at 40 with a job and partner she loved. It received a slew of glowing reports including five stars from Melbourne newspaper The Age and four from Chortle.  Accepting Hickey award she said it took her ‘many, many years,’ to get where she was, adding that she would dedicated the accoade to ‘anyone who’s in the middle of their career an...

Don't show me this message again✕ Les Misérables: The Staged Concert returns to the West End in June (Alan Davidson/Shutterstock) It’s felt like an age since we were last able to visit the theatre, but the industry’s future is beginning to look hopeful again as venues are permitted to reopen this spring. Under the step three of the government’s roadmap out of lockdown, indoor and outdoor theatres in the UK are currently scheduled to reopen from 17 May. However, there will be limits on how many people can attend events, with most venues requiring tickets to be booked within household...

Pandemics aren’t the only punchline in Melbourne The Melbourne International Comedy Festival returns. Performer Sam Taunton. Photo courtesy: Grant Gibbins April 11, 2021 For the past three weeks, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival has heralded Victoria’s return to live arts. An array of local acts and international headlines have taken to the city’s stages in one of Australia’s first international events since the start of the pandemic. Local acts like Wil Anderson, Tom Gleeson and Gen Fricker were joined by international comics freshly out of quaran...