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30 Sep 2019

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Krack!n the Industry: Inclusion on Screen / Disability

With Alistair Baldwin, Kate McLennan, Jessica Walton and 1 other

Finally, Australian comedy is seeing a broader range of voices represented in writers’ rooms, on screen and behind the scenes. It’s making our entertainment funnier and sharper – and it’s enhancing its appeal for more Australians.

For Season Two of Get Krack!n co-creators Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney made inclusion and accessibility a production and creative focus. They co-wrote Episode…

18 Sep 2019

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Invasion of the Pod People

Stop Everything! / Performing arts & pop culture

With Benjamin Law, Beverley Wang, Lawrence Leung and 1 other

Stop Everything! is the ABC pop-culture podcast that's become a phenomenon in its own right. In addictive weekly episodes, co-hosts Beverley Wang and Benjamin Law press pause on the zipping zeitgeist to turn a critical eye on the big moments in culture and entertainment: from Get Krack!n to the Met Gala to the Game of Thrones finale.

In September, they’ll…

Podcast episode

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The Wheeler Centre

Comic In Tuition: Can Comedy be Taught? / Comedy

Wes Snelling, Steph Tisdell, Patti Fawcett, Meg Upton and Evan Watts at the Wheeler Centre

Are ‘funny bones’ something you’re born with, or can they grow with time?

In partnership with Melbourne International Comedy Festival, we look at ‘Nature vs Nurture’ in comedy. Schools around the country are now using comedy as an educational tool to improve literacy and confidence, and to explore different points of view. How can comedy help us learn? And what else can it teach?

With host Wes Snelling, our panel of comedians and educators – Steph Tisdell, Meg Upton, Patti Fawcett and Evan Watts – discuss mentoring and directing, comedy as a learning tool and its place in the school curriculum.

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Comic In Tuition: Can Comedy be Taught? / Comedy & humour

With Wes Snelling, Steph Tisdell, Patti Fawcett and 2 others

Are ‘funny bones’ something you’re born with, or can they grow with time?

29 Mar 2019

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Working with Words: Victoria Zerbst / Books, reading & writing

Guest post by Victoria Zerbst

Comedian and television writer Victoria Zerbst talks about the freedom of political satire, the neuroses of the rich and drafting tweets about loneliness.

11 Apr 2019

Past event

Take it From Me / Comedy & humour

With Jess McGuire, Nina Oyama, Vanessa Muradian and 1 other

Take it From Me returns in 2019, and is it any wonder? We have a 100% success rate of reversing dating disasters, uncrossing star-crossed lovers, rescuing hopeless cases and making everybody's wildest romantic dreams come true.

How does it work? Well, it works by a subtle and mysterious alchemy. First, you submit your anonymous romantic conundrum with our online form…

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