Fresh Finds: Class Of 2025 – Aussie Acts To Add To Your Playlist

Sam Baran, Journalist

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Briefs: Close Encounters (Sydney Festival)
"A self-described 'boylesque' extravaganza, featuring a troupe of bearded beauties."
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RIOT (Panti Bliss, Sydney Festival)
"Quite simply, a fabulous spectacle."
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Merciless Gods (Griffin Theatre, Little Ones Theatre)
"An experience that will leave you shattered, but reflective."
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Assassins (Hayes Theatre Co)
"If you like Sondheim and snappy, humorous black comedy, give Assassins a shot"
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Hir
"Taylor Mac's tongue-in-cheek dialogue is sharp and clever but can still leave you wriggling in your chair at the trauma unfolding on stage."
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Steen Raskopolous: The Coolest Kid In Competitive Chess (SCF)
"If rivetingly clever audience involvement is something you love to watch, you can't do much better."
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Carlo Ritchie: Cooking For No One (SCF)
"If you like weird stories told strangely, Carlo Ritchie's Cooking for No One is a good show to check out."
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Jack Gow: Just A Small Town Boy (SCF)
"A whirlpool of memories and musings about growing up in the small country town of Armidale."
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DeAnne Smith: Post-Joke Era (SCF)
"It's difficult not to love her."
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The Sydney Comedy Festival Gala
"A tasting menu cherry picked from the comedy smorgasbord on offer in the coming weeks"
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The Rasputin Affair
"So funny it won't need to poison and then shoot you several times to knock you off your feet."
Features / Arts
DeAnne Smith On How To Do Meaningful Comedy In The Year 2017
"In my mind a lot of comedians are struggling with what we're doing in a world where it feels we need to do so much more than get on stage and tell jokes."
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