Author Archives: Tom
59 – Nayuka Gorrie
Nayuka Gorrie is a Kurnai/Gunai, Gunditjmara, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta woman who’s passionate about progress for Indigenous Australians.
After reading her piece for Vice entitled Fuck Your Constitutional Recognition, I Want A Treaty, I scurried into her (beautiful) bedroom (with her permission) to talk about the problematic nature of recognition, the echoing trauma of the Stolen Generation, white Australia’s denialism, what an Indigenous treaty might look like and, of course, Andrew Bolt.
The World Keeps Happening at the Sydney Comedy Festival for TWO NIGHTS ONLY
My final blog for TheMusic.com.au, wrapping up MICF 2016
Nayuka on the Foundation for Young Australians
Maddee Clarke on twitter – @intoreceiving
Gregory Phillips: Should Australian Cities Bear Indigenous Language Names?
Causes of the Week: Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention & Legal Service (fvpls.org, Sisters’ Day Out), Seed Indigenous Youth Climate Network (seedmob.org.au)
58 – Sally Warhaft
Journalist, anthropologist and broadcaster Sally Warhaft is a former editor of The Monthly, host of The Wheeler Centre’s Fifth Estate podcast and mother to one-year-old twins.
In this wide-ranging chat, Sally diagnoses the current state of Australian politics, laments the lack of great political oratory today, explains why Malcolm Turnbull is politically “rooted”, shares her thoughts on the cruelty of the death penalty and her friendship with Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran and gives me a bit of an insight into anthropology.
I gots nominated for the 2016 Barry Award golly gee!
The World Keeps Happening at the Melbourne Comedy Festival
Boundless Plains To Share at the Melbourne Comedy Festival
The World Keeps Happening at the Sydney Comedy Festival
The 2016 MICF Great Debate on tenplay
Article: “I’ve cried researching my comedy show about refugees”
The Wheeler Centre’s Fifth Estate podcast
Well May We Say: The Speeches That Made Australia
Cause of the Week: Reprieve Australia (reprieve.org.au)
This Looks Like A Must-See
More info here: chasingasylum.com.au
The MICF Great Debate
I did this alongside the brilliant Urzila Carlson and Alex Edelman against the evil Joel Creasey, Nazeem Hussain and Sara Pascoe, all moderated by the legend that is Barry Humphries.
I even dressed up and everything!
I Got Nominated For A Thing
Today my two shows The World Keeps Happening & Boundless Plains To Share were nominated for a Barry Award at the 2016 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. It was all very lovely, particularly for Barry Humphries who, as this photo clearly shows, was stoked to meet his hero (me).
Congrats to all the other nominees and I say a big fat thanks to all the good people of Token Artists, the Moosehead Awards, my brilliant director Scott Edgar and my industrious and lovely producer Olivia Allen.
Just one week of #MICF left! I’d love you to come along if you can.
My spot at the 2016 MICF Opening Night Gala
Guardian Piece
When it comes to Australia’s treatment of refugees who arrive by boat, there’s at least one thing everyone agrees on: the seriousness of the dilemma. Laborites, Liberals, Greens, advocates and rightwing columnists alike always preface their comments on the debate with a sombre acknowledgement of just how “complex”, “difficult”, “uneasy”, “uncomfortable” and “heartbreaking” it all is.
I’m tempted to use another term: a term that begins with the sixth letter of the alphabet and rhymes with “ducked”.
The situation is ducked. It’s ducked up and it’s been ducked up for a long time.
A Chat With Susie Youssef at MICF
2016: The World Keeps Happening
Here’s my brand new stand-up show for 2016 hurrah hurrah. It’s about the state of this crazy ol’ world in which we find ourselves. And my phone. And drugs. And James Bond.
Please come!
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PERTH FRINGEWORLD @ THE GOLDDIGGER
Friday January 22nd – Saturday January 30th, 8:30pm (no show Tuesday Jan 26th). Tickets available here.
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ADELAIDE FRINGE FESTIVAL @ THE GARDEN OF UNEARTHLY DELIGHTS (STUDIO 7)
Friday Feb 12th – Sunday Feb 28th, 8:15pm (no show Monday Feb 15th). Tickets available here.
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BRISBANE COMEDY FESTIVAL @ THE BRISBANE POWERHOUSE (VISY THEATRE)
Tuesday March 15th – Sunday March 20th, 8:45pm (7:15pm Sunday). Tickets available here.
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MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL @ THE SUPPER ROOM, MELBOURNE TOWN HALL
Thursday March 24th – Sunday April 17th, 8:15pm (7:15pm Sunday. No show Mondays or Wednesdays.) AUSLAN-interpreted show on Thursday March 31st. Tickets available here.
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SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL @ THE COMEDY STORE
2 SHOWS ONLY! Thursday April 28th & Friday April 29th, 8:15pm. Tickets available here.
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