Aboriginal stand-up is a small, but increasingly recognisable, element of Australia’s comedy scene. Melbourne’s International Comedy Festival first held its Deadly Funny competition in 2007 and The ...

This article by Carol Hills for The World originally appeared on PRI.org on February 13, 2016, and is republished here as part of a content-sharing agreement. Aborginals aren't especially visible on ...

With some of the country’s best comedians together on one stage, Aboriginal Comedy Allstars guarantees a night of non-stop laughs and is the perfect way to wrap up your Adelaide Fringe season. There ...

MELBOURNE, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- An aboriginal comedy has taken top place at the 48th annual Australian Film Institute Awards in Melbourne. "Ten Canoes" was filmed mostly in the aboriginal language of ...

Though Canadians across the country are participating in National Aboriginal Day events Saturday, Yellowknife and Winnipeg are two hotspots for this year's celebrations. The star-studded annual ...

From the oldest culture on earth comes the freshest and funniest stand-up comedy around. From over 60,000 years of storytellers, joke makers and laugh providers, this show is cheeky, thought-provoking ...

In the NSW town of Taree during the early 1980s, a young Andy Saunders could often be found in his grandparents' lounge room. Television wasn’t the entertainment of choice: instead Andy would be the ...

The Aboriginal Comedy Allstars, including Kevin Kropinyeri, Shiralee Hood, Matt Ford and Dane Simpson will perform in Tennant Creek tonight and Katherine and Darwin over the weekend. Kevin Kropinyeri, ...

Perth's Kirsten Lynch will have to overcome her greatest fears if she's to compete for the crown in Australia's largest First Nations comedy competition at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival ...

'Deadly': Excellent/amazing/really good in Aboriginal terms. MC Kevin Kropinyeri explains this definition at the top of the show, and also the damming impact it had on a "Say no to drugs" type ...

The first Native American stand-up comic to perform for a wide mainstream audience was Charlie Hill back in the '70s on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Hill was the only one doing a schtick back ...

With sell-out seasons and five-star reviews in the UK and throughout Australia, the Allstars bring huge belly laughs from the heart of the wide brown land. Starring Sean Choolburra, Janty Blair, Kevin ...