The full lineup for Perth Comedy Festival’s 2023 season has been launched, featuring more than 65 hilarious new shows across town from 24 April – 21 May. The month-long event takes over multiple venues including the Riverside Theatre, Perth Concert Hall, the Regal Theatre and Chorus Room, the Astor Theatre and Lounge, The Rechabite/Goodwill Club, […]
Comedians Rhys Nicholson and Joel Creasey are set to reunite for a comedy tour that’s bringing them home to Perth and Melbourne this Christmas. The RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under judge and TV & radio star are teaming up for Rhys & Joel’s Family Christmas, coming to the Astor here in Perth, and the Thornbury and National Theatres […]
Australia’s favourite music trivia show Spicks and Specks is back for a new season this August, along with a slew of LGBTQIA+ guest stars. Host Adam Hills and team captains Myf Warhurst and Alan Brough return with mystery songs, one-hundred clues and forty guests trying to figure it all out. Hidden within each of the 10 new […]
The ten queens who will be battling it out to claim the crown of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under season two have just been revealed. RuPaul, Michelle Visage and Rhys Nicholson will be returning to select a champion out of these drag performers from across Australia and New Zealand. Entering the ring will be Spankie Jackzon, […]
Australian streaming service Stan has revealed the next season of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under is coming very soon. RuPaul, Michelle Visage and Rhys Nicholson will be joined by an all-new cast of queens as the best talent from Australia and New Zealand battle it out for the crown. A message from RuPaul herself has confirmed […]
Stan has today confirmed that iconic Drag Race veteran judge Michelle Visage and renowned Australian comedian Rhys Nicholson will be back for a brand new season of the Stan Original Series RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under. Returning alongside RuPaul, Michelle and Rhys will be on deck to critique and mentor a new slew of outrageously […]
The much anticipated Australia & New Zealand spin-off of the RuPaul’s Drag Race franchise has announced the first judge who’ll be joining RuPaul and Michelle Visage on the panel. Comedian Rhys Nicholson will be judging the queens as they sashay down the runway in the debut season of Drag Race Down Under. Nicholson has drawn international acclaim […]
Over 50 comedians will be converging on Perth this April and May to tackle the real issues ahead of the impending federal election. Canada’s Mark Forward, Malaysia’s Jason Leong and the South African All Stars join Aussie comedians Charles Firth, James Schloeffel, Cassie Workman, Steve Hughes, Daniel Townes and more on the massive line-up. LGBTIQ+ […]
Comedian Rhys Nicholson has shared that he was recently threatened with death while catching pubic transport in Melbourne. The comedian posted the story to his Twitter account sharing that on Friday night he’d been catching a train, wearing his headphones, when he noticed four men board the train. Soon one of the four began targeting […]
The hilarious Rhys Nicholson returns to Perth after two successful Fringe World runs with his latest full-length show, I’m Fine. Having toured the world with his unique brand of comedy, and appearing multiple times on Australian TV, the comedian has formed a strong bond with his fellow queer comics (and jokes they have formed a […]
