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Token artists star in nominations for 2017 Screen Producers Australia Awards

A number of Token artists have featured in the nominations for the 2017 Screen Producers Australia Awards. Announced today by Screen Producers Australia, these awards recognise excellence in the categories of film, television and interactive productions. The final…

Luke McGregor, Celia Pacquola and Anne Edmonds win big at the 2017 AWGIE Awards

Luke McGregor, Celia Pacquola and Anne Edmonds have taken home a gong at the 50th annual Australian Writers’ Guild AWGIE Awards. The AWGIE Awards recognise and reward excellence in performance writing. In the years since their inception, the…

Hannah Gadsby announced as joint-winner of Best Comedy Show at Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Hannah Gadsby has completed an unheard of comedy trifecta, having today been announced as winner of the Best Comedy Show at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, revealed as the first-time ever joint winner with John Robins. The award is the…

Hannah Gadsby nominated for Best Comedy Show at Edinburgh Festival Fringe

The accolades keep coming for Hannah Gadsby’s self-described swansong Nanette, having today picked up a nomination for Best Comedy Show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The nomination comes hot on the heels of Gadsby winning the 2017 Helpmann…

Hannah Gadsby takes out the 2017 Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer

Hannah Gadsby has beaten out a star-studded field to win the 2017 Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer for her acclaimed show Nanette. Having recently won the Barry Award for Best Show at the 2017 Melbourne International Comedy…

Peter Helliar and Dilruk Jayasinha to star in new game show CRAM

Peter Helliar has been today announced as the host of CRAM, a new weekly game show that will launch on TEN and WIN Network later this year. A Gold Logie nominee, children’s book author and star of The…

Zoe Coombs Marr to bring ‘Trigger Warning’ to the 2017 Brisbane Festival

Zoe Coombs Marr is bringing her hit show Trigger Warning to Queensland as part of the 2017 Brisbane Festival. Trigger Warning, which took home the Barry Award for Best Show at the 2016 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, sees…

Josh Thomas, Luke McGregor, Celia Pacquola and Anne Edmonds pick up AWGIE Award nominations

Josh Thomas, Luke McGregor, Celia Pacquola and Anne Edmonds have all been tapped on the shoulder for the 50th annual Australian Writers’ Guild AWGIE Awards. The AWGIE Awards recognise and reward excellence in performance writing. In the years…

Hannah Gadsby and Tom Ballard pick up Helpmann nominations for Best Comedy Performer

The nominees for the 2017 Helpmann Awards have been announced. Now in its 17th year, the Helpmann Awards celebrate Australia’s live performance industry. Having recently taken home the Barry Award for Best Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival,…

Hannah Gadsby to bring ‘Nanette’ to the Sydney Opera House and Arts Centre Melbourne

Hannah Gadsby has announced that she is bringing her award-winning and self-described swansong Nanette for a season at the Sydney Opera House; alongside two special encore performances at Arts Centre Melbourne. Nanette, Hannah’s masterpiece, saw the adored comedian take home Australia’s…