Stand-up comedy
From a Ratatouille musical and Kevin Rudd duet to the stage
Gabbi Bolt first found fame with her song for the unofficial Ratatouille musical and TikToks about Australian politics. Now she’s taking on a new challenge.
- by Hannah Story
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Cal Wilson: ‘I had terrible taste in men in my 20s. I was attracted to the bad boys’
The stand-up comedian met her now-husband and thought, “He could be a great fling.” Twenty years later, they are still together with a 14-year-old son.
- by Jane Rocca
Musical follows in footsteps of Hamilton and Six, with modern take on history
A wrap of the weekend’s live reviews, including comedian Josh Glanc, musical Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
- by Daniel Herborn, Peter McCallum and Joyce Morgan
Reuben Kaye makes triumphant return to Sydney after Project backlash
A wrap of the week’s live reviews, including Reuben Kaye, Bad//Dreems, Middle Kids, Romeo and Juliet, City of Angels and Live at the Great: 8 Seasons.
- by John Shand, Harriet Cunningham, James Jennings, Lenny Ann Low and Bernard Zuel
Comic’s disastrous marriage proposal ‘just one misstep after another’
Entertainer Fortune Feimster had no idea of the horrors that lay in wait when she decided to propose to her girlfriend.
- by Michael Lallo
Six comedians drive into a country town... no, really
Small towns, big laughs. These headliners are taking comedy on a blindingly funny tour.
- by Daniel Herborn
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Arts
The festival that shed its perception as ‘carnivalesque’ and ‘weird’
Sydney Fringe contributed more than $36 million to the local economy in 2022, according to a new report. And organisers are expanding what they do for artists and audiences in 2023.
- by Hannah Story
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Sydney Comedy Festival
Kiwi comedian wins $1500 top prize at the Sydney Comedy Festival
Guy Montgomery, a frequent guest on Have You Been Paying Attention?, has won Best of the Fest as the event celebrates its biggest year since before the pandemic.
- by Hannah Story
‘I owe you one’: Hannah Gadsby feels chipper in Something Special
Juggling a new memoir, curating an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum and making a genderqueer comedy special, the comic thinks it’s time for a feelgood show.
- by Lenny Ann Low
Jukebox Tina Turner musical lucky it has great songs
We wrap up the weekend’s reviews, including comedian Nikki Britton, the Tina Turner musical, and the plays, Suddenly Last Summer, Girl Band and Pony.
- by Joyce Morgan, John Shand, Daniel Herborn and Cassie Tongue
Comedian Kirsty Webeck’s stories are low stakes but impossible to dislike
A wrap of our favourite shows from the week, including immersive experience Darkfield, Clyde’s at Ensemble Theatre, and comedian Kirsty Webeck.
- by Lenny Ann Low, John Shand and Daniel Herborn