{"id":189961,"date":"2026-06-28T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=189961"},"modified":"2026-06-25T12:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T02:39:10","slug":"calling-all-cranky-women-with-a-grievance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/living\/calling-all-cranky-women-with-a-grievance\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling all cranky women with a grievance"},"content":{"rendered":"

AN Australian comedy veteran wants to know what is bothering the women of Geelong.<\/p>\n

Byron Bay-based comedian and teacher Mandy Nolan wants will bring her Cranky Woman’s Comedy Course to the Bellarine next month.<\/p>\n

The two-day workshop invites women to turn their grievances with the world into a five-minute stand-up routine performed at the end of the course.<\/p>\n

With former student Hannah Gadsby going on to have two Netflix specials, Nolan is confident she can help anyone bring their story to the stage.<\/p>\n

“Whatever comes up for my students, we turn that into stand-up comedy,” Nolan said.<\/p>\n

“If you’re not someone who has sense of humour, I can’t teach that, but comedy has a pretty basic setup and I can show people how to edit.<\/p>\n

“I tell people don’t try and be funny, just tell me what you think about this topic.”<\/p>\n

Giving women an opportunity to step into the spotlight is particularly important to Nolan.<\/p>\n

Whether speaking to women’s issues or the drama at the local grocery store, she said comedy humanises lived experience.<\/p>\n

Over her time delivering the course, Nolan has seen women reframe personal challenges and injustices through humour.<\/p>\n

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Mandy Nolan believes no topic is too taboo to be funny. Photo: supplied.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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“Sometimes people will cry when they tell me [what they’re cranky about] and later we’ll go off and turn something in that into comedy,” she said.<\/p>\n

“It’s about what’s real for them and very often what we can laugh at, we can survive.”<\/p>\n

Nolan said audiences also benefit from hearing hyper-local stories on stage.<\/p>\n

“It’s so refreshing to listen to people who haven’t quite got there or who’ve failed at something or who are admitting something that’s really challenging them,” she said.<\/p>\n

“Comedy gives you a space to do that, because let’s be honest, super successful, high achieving people, they’re not funny.”<\/p>\n

With more than 30 years’ teaching experience, Nolan says she can guide any interested participant from “cranky to comic”.<\/p>\n

No prior performance experience is required.<\/p>\n

The Cranky Woman’s Comedy Course runs on Saturday 18 July, with a performance night on Sunday 19 July at Tin Shed, Barwon Heads.<\/p>\n

Nolan will also perform her own show on Friday 17 July as part of her weekend-long visit to the region.<\/p>\n

For more information, head to mandynolan.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AN Australian comedy veteran wants to know what is bothering the women of Geelong. Byron Bay-based comedian and teacher Mandy Nolan wants will bring her Cranky Woman’s Comedy Course to the Bellarine next month. The two-day workshop invites women to turn their grievances with the world into a five-minute stand-up routine performed at the end […]<\/p>\n

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