The Sydney Comedy Festival is thrilled to announce the full 2026 line-up, including brand-new events, incredible Australian exclusives and more than 400 shows in its biggest program ever, on from 13th April to 17th May. Everyone’s favourite, family-friendly outdoor comedy showcase, the Great Laugh in the Park, returns to Darling Harbour’s Tumbalong Park on Sunday…
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Sydney Comedy Festival Announces Lineup
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The Sydney Comedy Festival announces the latest round of homegrown and international talent joining its extraordinary 21st birthday festivities, as it gears up to spread laughter across the city from 13th April to 17th May. Adding to the bevy of local icons hitting Sydney’s stages in 2026 is multi-award-winning Australian stand-up comic, host of Network…
Tiffany Haddish & Natasha Lyonne Developing Film Project
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Tiffany Haddish announced today that she and her friend Natasha Lyonne are developing a major comedy motion picture featuring an all-women cast, writing and production team. “Making a film that features the power of women has been a dream of mine for many years, We’re going to show everyone that women can be just as…
Jon Lovitz to Star in Indie Comedy ManDate
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Jon Lovitz is taking aim at the male loneliness epidemic with his signature irreverent charm in ManDate, a new indie comedy from Second Chance Pictures.
Archie’s Final Project
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Archie Williams is a 17-year old media geek who has suddenly found himself the most talked-about kid in school. He has announced that he’s going to kill himself- on camera- for a class project.
Wrongfully Accused
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Director Pat Proft Starring Leslie Nielsen Rated PG Score 4/6 Ryan Harrison is framed for murder and must prove himself innocent by finding a mysterious one-eyed, one-armed, one-legged man after escaping from a bus accident on the way to jail. Okay, it’s been more then a few years since I last watched Wrongfully accused and…
Renfield
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Director Chris McKay Starring Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage & Awkwafina Rated R Score 4/6 Renfield, Dracula’s henchman and inmate at the lunatic asylum for decades, longs for a life away from the Count, his various demands, and all of the bloodshed that comes with them. As the meme goes ‘Nicholas Cage Now in stoic and…
The Machine
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Director Peter Atencio Stars Bert Kreischer, Mark Hamill, Iva Babic & Jimmy Tatro Rated MA Score 4.5/6 Bert’s drunken past catches up with him 20 years down the road when he and his father are kidnapped by those Bert wronged 20 years ago while drunk on a college semester abroad in Russia. I suppose I…
Fletch
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Director Michael Ritchie Starring Chevy Chase, Tim Matheson, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Score 5/6 Rated M Irwin M. “Fletch” Fletcher is a newspaper reporter being offered a large sum to off a cancerous millionaire, but is on the run, risking his job and finding clues when it’s clear the man is healthy. On a whim I brought…
Chris Rock to Perform First-Ever Live Comedy Special on Netflix
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Netflix have announced that legendary comedian, writer, director and actor Chris Rock will be the first artist to perform live on Netflix for the company’s first-ever live, global streaming event. The comedy special is set to stream in early 2023. Additional details will be announced at a later date. “Chris Rock is one of the…