A dark and doomed and desperate occupation

Update: 2016-11-24

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Corporate gigs, hecklers, mining tours, audience indifference, silence, it takes a toll. How can comedians protect their sanity from the stresses of the comedy life? Sami speaks to Associate Professor and psychiatrist Dr Steve Ellen to find out.

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Plaything for a sheikh

2016-12-0132:10

A dark and doomed and desperate occupation

2016-11-2419:06

Blindfolded on a ladder

2016-11-1728:52

She mouthed sorry and walked out

2016-11-1036:14

No laughing on site

2016-11-0332:45

Don't bring a gun to a comedy night

2016-10-2833:58

Comedy is too serious to be funny

2016-10-2033:54

Claire Hooper

2016-10-1431:19

Immigrant Comedians

2016-10-0530:02

Corporate Gigs

2016-09-2936:25

Maz Jobrani

2016-09-2230:45

INTRODUCING — Laughing Dead

2016-09-1908:15

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A dark and doomed and desperate occupation

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A dark and doomed and desperate occupation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

A dark and doomed and desperate occupation