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A spotlight on a brick wall and in the middle a stand with an old fashioned microphone. Comedy festival season.
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How comedians prepare for festival season

Next year’s comedy festival season may seem an age away, but for Australian comics, it’s very much begun.

Woman with glasses and rust coloured shirt and auburn hair, smiling. Bec Melrose.
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Late bloomers: going from corporate to comedy

There are those who are 'born in a trunk' and there are those who spend time in the corporate world…

comedy. A woman of Asian appearance is on stage with a microphone, leaning forward and smiling.
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Building a following in comedy

In an ever-growing sea of comic performers and stand-ups, how do you cut through and grow your audience?

A concert venue with three raised hands reaching upwards fro the crowd, through purple and yellow spotlights. Wellness comedy.
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Wellness during comedy festival season

As a stand-up comedian you need to look after your audience, but to do that properly you need to look…

Career Advice

Fringe benefits: does playing Edinburgh really help your career?

Four Australian artists reflect on their trip to the world’s biggest arts festival and consider whether the benefits of attending…

A woman hatches from a a giant egg, with some of the shell worn as a hat. She wears a quizzical expression and holds one hand up to gesture at her egg-hat.
Career Advice

How to make the most of a Fringe festival

Three Fringe festival veterans on why they love Fringe and their advice for newcomers.

Comedian Rachel Berger looks into the camera. She has wavy brown hair and wears large hoop earings and an orange jacket.
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How stand-up comedy is helping cancer patients tell their stories

The therapeutic possibilities of comedy are being explored at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre through workshops run by Rachel Berger.

Career Advice

Building a career in comedy

Four comedians talk to ArtsHub about the challenges and triumphs of building a career in this competitive industry.