We had a chat with Honor Wolff from Hot Department about sketch comedy, creative sparks, and what it means to push boundaries in humor. From their award-winning webseries to their unique writing process, these comedic superstars know how to make people laugh while keeping it smart!
He’s an Australian national gay treasure with a grin that could light up a city and bangs that any ’80S girl would kill for. We interview Bob Downe. Australia’s Clown Prince of Polyester
Nigel Featherstone has never been one to follow the rules. The celebrated gay Australian novelist, playwright, librettist, and music maker is known for pushing boundaries, blending genres, and telling stories that are as intimate as they are political. From his award-winning wartime novel Bodies of Men to his new play The Story of the Oars, Featherstone’s work is fuelled by questions of truth, silence, and what it means to live freely as a queer person in Australia.
As one of Shakespeare’s least performed plays, Coriolanus is startlingly relevant under Trump 2.0. Coriolanus by Bell Shakespeare is playing in Sydney and Melbourne 20 June until 10 August.
Llewellyn Hall echoed with heartbreak, harmony, and a bold reimagining of history as Qwire presented These Precious Hours – Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas Reimagined.
Canberra Comedian Holly Hazlewood puts the tea in TransFat with a savage and cutting look at coming out, misogyny, queer dating, chasers, toxic masculinity and what it's like to age backwards. We chat to Holly in the lead-up to her new show and this year's Comedy Festival, which draws talent from all over the country.
Gay icon Princess Diana communicates from the heavens in this unbelievably campy comic depiction exploring all things Princess of Wales. With our irreverent Australian comic nature, this show is expected to be an absolute hit here in Oz! We chatted with the show's creator and drag actor, Linus Karp, about how he and his partner brought Diana back to tell the story that never was!
Holden Sheppard on Invisible Boys and Writing Without Fear. Author Holden Sheppard is set to achieve a major career milestone with the highly the TV adaptation of his award-winning debut novel, Invisible Boys.
