Nina Oyama is responsible for a lot of funny television. Every week she appears on Channel 10’s Taskmaster, and has previously been part of ABC’s Utopia and Tonightly with Tom Ballard. She has writing credits for animated series Koala Man and Class of ’07 , and is the co-creator of SBS’s Latecomers.
Next month Oyama is swapping the screen for the stage at the Sydney comedy festival, alongside Jude Perl. But whatever the venue, the Sydneysider relies on one item to keep her comedy career running smoothly: her backpack, which is stuffed with everything she (or anyone around her) could need in a pinch. Here, Oyama tells us why she can’t function without that capacious bag, as well as the stories behind two other personal belongings.
