It’s been a bad week to be a baby
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It’s been a bad week to be a baby

You think being booted from a comedy show is unfair? Strata is stopping my kid from crawling on communal grass.

  • byThomas Mitchell

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Arj Barker asked a woman and her baby to leave his show. Would others have done the same?

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I want to have Arj Barker’s babies,but I wouldn’t take them to his shows

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Arj Barker was entirely justified in throwing the mum and her baby out of his gig. In fact,a lifetime ban would have been in order.

  • byMichelle Cazzulino
‘Focus is a delicate thing’:Arj Barker defends decision to boot mum with baby from show
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‘Focus is a delicate thing’:Arj Barker defends decision to boot mum with baby from show

The popular comedian asked the mother and baby to leave his Saturday night Comedy Festival show,saying it was for people aged over 15 only and the baby was “disrupting” his performance.

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Arj Barker’s biggest joke was evicting a breastfeeding mum from his show
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Arj Barker’s biggest joke was evicting a breastfeeding mum from his show

An expectation there be no noise is a high bar when applied to children if you consider the intoxicated heckles and liveliness among some comedy festival crowds.

  • byBrigid Meney
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It’s the final weekend of the comedy festival:Here are the shows not to miss

It’s the final weekend of the comedy festival:Here are the shows not to miss

From an existentially challenging joke about bin bags to the Norwegian clown who won Britain’s Got Talent,here are our latest reviews.

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Sarah Keyworth takes top gong at Melbourne comedy festival awards

Sarah Keyworth takes top gong at Melbourne comedy festival awards

English comedian Sarah Keyworth has reigned supreme at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival,winning the Most Outstanding Show award on Saturday.

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The best heckles,riskiest jokes and most tender moments from this year’s comedy festival

The best heckles,riskiest jokes and most tender moments from this year’s comedy festival

After a huge month packed with shows,our team of reviewers has come together to pick out the best (and strangest) moments from this year’s comedy festival.

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Sydney Comedy Festival 2024:our guide to the best laughs

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The stand-up veteran admits it’d be far more lucrative to join those complaining that they “can’t say what they want to”.

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