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No pants Penguin comedy show makes a triumphant return

The award-winning Classic Penguins returns to the comedy festival. Its star, Garry Starr, might need to put his pants back on - he's pitching for television.

AAP · Mar 28

‘OK, talk, but don’t make any sound!’: Philippe Gaulier’s illustrious students on his clowning glory

Comedians, theatre-makers and actors including Rachel Weisz, Sally Phillips and Simon Munnery recall the late teacher’s alarming lessons

The Guardian - UK · Feb 18

The 20 best theatre, musicals, dance and opera shows in Australia in 2025

Guardian Australia critics pick the best live stage experiences of the year, including Beetlejuice, The Talented Mr Ripley and a nude ode to literature

The Guardian - AU · Dec 28, 2025

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‘Stupider than everyone else’: one comic’s semi-naked bid to perform dozens of Penguin novels

In a riotous show, Garry Starr dons a tailcoat, flippers and little else to re-enact a bookshelf full of classics. Would you help him bring The Jungle Book to life?

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2025

The best theatre, comedy and dance of 2024

Sarah Snook put Succession behind her, Hofesh Shechter found horror in Albion and Rhod Gilbert was ecstatic to be alive, in our critics’ picks of the best stage shows of the year

The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2024

Garry Starr: Classic Penguins review – brilliantly ticklish riff on a stack of literary tomes

Dressed as the publisher’s emblem, in orange flippers and not much else, the ingenious comic delivers a dizzy series of droll visual routines

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2024

At the fringe with your kids? Edinburgh festival shows for families

Younger audiences can choose from fart jokes, dancing lizards, acrobatic bees and plenty of other monkeying around

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2024

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Winter comes alive in Canberra this weekend

The Truffle Festival and Winter in the City are happening.

The Canberra Times · Jul 2, 2024

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