If laughter really is the best medicine, then we definitely have a healing evening planned. This February, we’re bringing “It's Funny You Ask: Stories of Life's Most Hilarious Moments,” to Howler, where we’ll share the tales that keep us laughing well after the fact. From the awkward to the absurd, you can expect hilarious stories told by our dynamic community of multigenerational storytellers. Join us Wednesday, February 28th in Melbourne!
Our performer line-up:
Team 20s: Taylah Whelan is a writer and comedian. In 2023 she premiered her first solo comedy show A Pleasure to Have in Class at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Taylah performs stand up comedy multiple nights, weekly at comedy clubs across Melbourne. In 2024 she will return to MICF with a brand new show, this time with her dear friend and comedy partner Helena Hogan by her side.
Team 30s: Lena Moon has been working in Film and TV in various capacities for over a decade. A writer chameleon; her TV writing credits are varied in content, from adult skewed animated series YOLO: Crystal Fantasy (Adult Swim) to children’s sketch comedy series, Definitely Not News (ABC Me), as well as working in the script department of projects such as Thank God You’re Here, Utopia, Aunty Donna’s Coffee Cafe and Aunty Donna's Big Old House of Fun.
Team 40s: Taku Mbudzi is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and podcaster. When she's not writing or teaching, she loves performing. Her debut solo comedy show Shine My Light is a celebration of womanhood through humour, and plays at Melbourne’s La Mama Theatre in the week of International Women’s Day, 6-10 March 2024.
Team 50s: Mira Gladovic is the mistress of reinvention. After a science degree, she changed paths a number of times working in corporate, small business, entrepreneurship, disability before returning to her nerd roots as a digital and e-commerce professional. She contributed to her own generation of women by raising three daughters as a single mum.
Team 60s: Loretta Smith is a writer, committed feminist and environmental activist. Her best-selling biography, A Spanner in the Works: The extraordinary story of Alice Anderson and Australia’s first all-girl garage, was published in 2019 by Hachette. Her memoir, Corpus in Extremis will be released in mid 2024 by Spinifex
Team 70s: Jude Marshall. Married for 63 years with four children, I balanced family life with education and work. After raising my kids, I pursued higher education, teaching senior English until retirement. I then coached students and worked in palliative care. Now, my husband and I enjoy traveling the outback and spending time with family.
Generation Women is an award-winning cross-generational storytelling night founded in New York in 2017, Sydney in 2018, and Melbourne in 2020. Each month, six women of note read an original piece on a theme. Of those women, one is in her 20s, her 30s, her 40s, her 50s, her 60s, and her 70s+.
Hosted by Rebecca Lister. Produced by Donna Logue, Hopepunk Productions. Created by Georgia Clark.
7-11 DAWSON ST, BRUNSWICK VIC 3056
DOORS AT 6.30 PM, SHOW AT 7 PM
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