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“Harden Up”: Nazeem Hussain on Dangerous Comedy, Battling Nerves and Getting With the Times07 Sep 2023Entertainment The Melbourne comedian has never been one to shy away from topics many would find off limits. In partnership with The Kraken Black Spiced Rum, he’ll be taking it to the next level for The Darkest Show. We caught up with Hussain to talk TV versus standup, and how far he’s willing to go in the name of a laugh.

Posted on September 7, 2023

Pushing the limits onstage is as fun as it gets for Nazeem Hussain. But how does he know when a joke’s gone too far? “It’s the silence!” he says. This September, the…

Michelle Law’s Beauty-Pageant Comedy, Miss Peony, Breaks New Ground in Three Languages at Belvoir St Theatre05 Jul 2023Entertainment The “magical realist” show switches between English, Cantonese and Mandarin and is described as “a cross between Miss Congeniality and The Joy Luck Club”.

Posted on July 5, 2023

When actor and award-winning stage- and screen-writer Michelle Law was 12, she and her mum spent three months in Hong Kong visiting family. One evening her extended family of cousins, aunts and…