In any field there are the standards, the yardstick by which all others in that arena are measured and in musical theatre – many regard West Side Story as that benchmark.
Armed only with their wits and matching Elizabethan shirts, the Soothplayers will improvise a new, off-the-cuff play every night for the rest of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
The Great Annual Debate is such a cornerstone of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival it’s easy to forget the format of debating was ever meant to be serious.
Steinberg opens with a long, graphic diatribe about dating as a 53-year-old serial divorcee with a history of drug use and adversity to working for a living.
This glorious chaos would never make it past the kill button of live TV, so if you really want to witness what might happen on Q&A if people starting telling the truth, get along to #Kwanda.
This young musical talent, who drops scientific facts like the Kardashians drop brand names, is way too smart to be a truly dizzy space cadet.
Wil is now 45 and it’s time for the middle-aged, white, hetero men to have their say! This threatened species needs to reclaim its position in the world and find its voice.