Based on the turnout at this week’s Comedy Vs Racism event in Sydney, All Together Now declares this event a success!
Each of the comedians gave a 5-minute performance, and were then joined by the panelists in deconstructing humour, race, and racism. Some of the themes included the expectation that audiences have from comedians of colour, and the power of telling stories about racism in a funny-but-serious way.
If you had your photo taken in the photo booth, please search for and tag your pic via our Facebook album.
If you missed the event entirely, check out the #ComedyVsRacism twitter feed, which was tweeted live on the night by the wonderful Grace Titioka who blogs over at withsomegrace.com.
Our sincere thanks to the following people who very generously offered their time to make this event super-special:
- Brenda Gaddi of 3C Digital who co-organised the event
- Jennifer Wong, comedian, who co-organised the event
- Ana Tiwary who runs Individual Films and filmed the event and side interviews with participants
- Susana Ng and Tereza Todorova from City of Sydney’s Living in Harmony festival, our partner organisation for this event
- Myles Evernden who took photos before, during and after the event
We’d also like to thank these volunteers who ensured the event ran seamlessly on the night:
- Grace Titioka who blogs over at withsomegrace.com
- Rezan Amiruddin
- Lisa Huang
- Chandra Banerjee
- Vaani Sukhija
- Margaret Antaki
- Priscilla Brice
- Aaron from Public Style
- Karen Blazquez
- Phillip Nguyen
- Rosie Kane
- Yue Ling Ho
- Bianca Manlulo
- David So (he manned the Town Hall steps)
- Anuar Valerdi
- Winmas Yu
And of course we’d like to thank the comedians and panelists who generously gave their thoughts and insights on the night:
