This year marks the third year in a row that I won’t be going to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, not because I don’t want to – mainly because of COVID. They say what doesn’t kill you makes you […]
Personal Essays
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Growing up in Australia, before YouTube – the weekends were always to sleep in. School wasn’t a top priority for the next two days. For other people it may have been sport or a market, for us it was […]
Cats were made for the internet… you don’t need facts to explain it. Just ask anyone who has gotten lost in a vortex of cat videos that I watch. It was this morning, while on Twitter that I came […]
I have come to the realisation, of late, that Ted is much more than a pet. He is also an emotional support animal. Unlike the United States, Australia doesn’t account for emotional support animals, only assistance dogs (which includes […]
It is common knowledge that for every teenager of any generation there is always a band that makes their youth bearable. Today’s generation might cite One Direction or 5 Seconds of Summer in the future while people older than me may […]
Some people take drugs or alcohol to give them a high; I go and see stand-up comedy. Everything that I am today and everything that is dear to me can be linked to the art of stand-up comedy. If […]
I never thought I would want kids, I am a strong interdependent woman who doesn’t need… oh look at the kitty… For the last six months that I was living in Melbourne, the one thing (apart from my own […]
As a comedian we all know that there are those types of gigs that we love and those we hate. We get compliments all the time; constructive criticism and the compliments that make you remember why you are doing […]
On Friday 13th January 2012 I said a final goodbye to a show that without, I would not be the woman I am today. For those of you who are not Australian, Spicks and Specks was our version of UK’s Never […]
Even as I start to write this I am shaking. I am shaking with happiness and for the last 2 days have not been able to wipe the smile off my face. On Sunday I filmed the fanile for […]