Just for Laughs: the world’s favourite comedy festival has no room for women
Sydney Opera House announced its ‘Just for Laughs’ line up, but they didn’t bother announcing any women. I got mad and wrote a Daily Life opinion piece about it. Published 16 July 2014. This morning I got an email from the Sydney Opera House informing me that I could buy tickets to “the world’s favourite comedy […]
interview: maeve marsden, lady sings it better
This interview appeared on lipmag.com on 19 September 2013, in the lead up to Lady Sings it Better’s Melbourne Fringe season. Kicking off its run at the Melbourne Fringe Festival later this month, Lady Sings it Better is blackcat productions’ pièce de résistance. The performance sees a troupe of 4 women ‘take on the western world’s […]
Farewell sweet friend of mine…
We met in 2006. You arrived just when I needed you. Bringing comfort and support, giving me space, complimenting me perfectly. Together we toiled 7 days (and nights) per week at the Edge Theatre where the stars trod the boards 10 minutes apiece in efforts to prove their potential fame and entertain Newtown’s masses. Incognito, […]