We chat to The People of Cabaret director Miss Cairo ahead of the event. Melbourne International Comedy Festival‘s Festival Club presents an extravaganza of glitz, glamour, hilarity and variety this Saturday April 17 as The People of Cabaret take over the beloved Forum Theatre for its Variety Spectacular. With alternative comedy, drag performances, cabaret scenes, […]
Zoe Coombs Marr: âStop doing it, straight people, youâre so weirdâ
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Every comedian may walk a tightrope between being bathed in a balmy wave of laughter and being flattened by the cold rock face of eviscerating silence. But Zoe Coombs Marr does
it while having to balance a seal, metaphorically, on her nose.
âIâd love to be able to just make jokes and be funny but I canât,â she says, âbecause Iâve got like a whole community of people that Iâm part of and representing, and I donât want to get laughs onstage and then have someone beat me up because they hate queers, because Iâve contributed to that.â