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Hannah Story, Journalist

News / Film & TV
EXCLUSIVE: Tim & Eric To Release New TV Series In 2020
“It's really, really funny.”
Features / Arts
The Wickedly Dark Comedy That Lured Yael Stone Back To The Sydney Theatre Stage
Actor Yael Stone and director Paige Rattray talk to Hannah Story about the urge to break free and the festering grudges that underpin Martin McDonagh’s 'The Beauty Queen Of Leenane'.
Features / Music
Coda Conduct Always End Up Freestyling About Sex & Food, Which Is Inherently Funny
Gagging For It is a way for Hannah Story to find new things to laugh at every fortnight. This week, she speaks to rap duo Coda Conduct.
Features / Arts
I Ended Up On Stage With Sydney Dance Company & I Absolutely Didn’t Belong
Our Arts Editor, a woman known for being both unathletic and clumsy, mustered up the courage to take part in Sydney Dance Company's 'Us 50'.
Features / Music
'You Don't Have To Conform To Be A Pop Star': King Princess Is Queering Pop Music
King Princess, aka Mikaela Straus, talks to Hannah Story about crushing the urge to self-censor, escaping the "eternal sad vortex", and finding collaborators interested in "perpetuating [her] lesbian shit, [her] gay-ass shit".
Features / Film & TV
Sarah Kendall Once Dropped Her Mate With Such Force Bits Of Carpet Ended Up In Her Teeth
'Gagging For It' is a way for Hannah Story to tease out the things that make everybody laugh. This week, she talks to Sarah Kendall.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Stella Donnelly
"Cheeky [and] joyous."
Features / Music
'There's A Reason Why Music Is Important': Foals Are Anxious About The Environment Too
Foals will release the second part to their 'Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost' project this week. Frontman Yannis Philippakis speaks to Hannah Story about how he wanted to use the record to "express a sense of anxiety about the environment and about things being precarious".
Features / Arts
Spend Even Two Nights At MIAF & Prepare To Have Your Perceptions Challenged
We spent two nights at Melbourne International Arts Festival, and found ourselves provoked and entertained in equal measure.
Features / Music
Dan Sultan Thinks We Could All Be A Little More Like Homer Simpson
Gagging For it is Hannah Story’s attempt to define and celebrate the things that make us all laugh. This week, she speaks to Dan Sultan.
Features / Arts
Here’s Everything We Packed Into Three Nights At Brisbane Festival
At Brisbane Festival, there’s an emphasis on community and connection – through the work and through the audiences’ relations with each other.
Features / Arts
'I'll Still Be Laughing At Fart Jokes On My Death Bed': What Gives Anne Edmonds The Lols
'Gagging For It' is a way for Hannah Story to work out if the things she finds funny are normal or not. This week she talks to Anne Edmonds.
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