The Wire

Comedy can be a good way to tackle touchy topics and that’s exactly what Australian comedian Tom Ballard is doing in his two shows at this year’s Adelaide Fringe Festival.

Boundless Plains to Share is comedy-lecture that explores Australia’s complicated history with boats and what it is about them that we’re so afraid of.

Problematic tosses up the positive and negatives of political correctness, as Ballard tries figure out if anything be funny anymore.

Both shows are heading elsewhere around the country, full details can be found here.