Bron Lewis

With impeccable timing and fantastic observational humour. Bron Lewis talks about her family, attacking magpies, her hometown. A recurring theme is avoidance and how it, as a coping with life mechanism, is not perhaps a good choice. Better perhaps to aspire to be the 1980’s Chico Roll lady.

Lewis is a natural storyteller, and ‘Obviously’ is packed to the brim with Bron’s hilarious anecdotes of times when she has found herself stumbling through moments of complete confusion with her fingers crossed and a smile on her face. From joining a mother’s group and sitting next to the patchouli mum to being held hostage in Africa by a man with a plastic police badge, Bron is no stranger to pretending everything is under control. Because obviously it is. Never shying away from an act-out, Lewis’ comedic physicality and formidable stage presence brings every story to life, and ‘Obviously’ will be an hour of laughter you don’t want to miss. Obviously.

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Ever wanted to know what your high school teacher actually thought of you? Or whether she believed your excuses? Or what she wanted to say to the Year 8 boy who refused to leave the class? Well, you’re going to want to see this show. Before Bron Lewis was one of Australia’s most promising new comedians, she was a high school teacher for almost a decade. It was an era where she both nurtured young hearts and encouraged kids to be brilliant, but also made some lifelong enemies. You’ll hear more about them this show than the nerds. Bron became a teacher because she hates learning – she would rather saw off her own legs then learn a new card game, and in her opinion whoever coined the term ‘board game’ was bang on. Bron raises the question: what happens when someone tries to avoid learning at all costs? They teach. Sit down and get ready to learn.

It's Grand Final Day and in a suburban police station about to be replaced by an AI 'Terminal', the two remaining cops (Nicolette Minster and Ray O'Leary) are tasked with babysitting a drug dealer for 24 hours.

Bron's life is complete, utter chaos. Three kids – an emotional tweenager, a four-year old stalker and the middle one. Just when things couldn't get any harder, she bought a puppy. A million plates in the air, even more smashed on the ground around her feet. Bron wears the battle scars of an ex high-school teacher and is still reeling from the initial shock of motherhood 12 years ago. Tackling juggle-parenting, teaching, career change and flailing mental health, if you've ever thought 'if one thing goes wrong, we're all dead meat' this is the show for you.

Topical comedy-quiz show featuring five guests competing to see who can remember the most about events of the week. A fast-paced, funny look at international affairs, politics, sport and entertainment news, we test just how well our contestants have been paying attention.

Major news stories, not-so-major news stories, stories involving cats, entertainment, sport and viral videos, it’s a Reader's Digest of world events for a generation who simply don’t want to read.

Topical comedy-quiz show featuring five guests competing to see who can remember the most about events of the week. A fast-paced, funny look at international affairs, politics, sport and entertainment news, we test just how well our contestants have been paying attention.

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