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ANNUS HORRIBILIS: Sharnema Nougar


  • Grouse Melbourne 171 Smith Street Fitzroy, VIC, 3065 Australia (map)

This is not a clown show. This is a devastatingly beautiful story. Stop laughing. It's not funny.

If this were a clown show, there wouldn’t be anything too intelligent coming out of my mouth. I would wrap myself up in many layers of hair, like a babushka doll made of merkins, sing an aria and dance on the grave of my uterus. But this is not a clown show.

This is not a miserable plea-for-attention show. This is not a show about hot flashes, and womb removal. It's all of those things. And wigs. Silliness, foliage affected faces, songs about the dead end in my vagina. A bombastic nana shuffling along in a hot girl suit. Comedy from tragedy. And tits. But this is not a clown show.

Multi-award winning Sharnema Nougar (Two Little Dickheads, Fringe Wives Club) is known for her unbearably sexy clown comedy. But this, and I cannot stress this enough, is Not A CLOWB SJOW.

I am, however, extremely sexy (it’s genetic).

★★★★★ “Dumbfounding, incredibly clever and hilarious” - The West Australian

★★★★ “Incredible clown powerhouse” - FEST Mag (UK)

★★★★½ “Nougar is sensational” - The Music

“Nougar is the new cougar” - Urban Dictionary

Sharnema is the director of your favourite shows: Mel McGlensey is Motorboat, Boklesque, Rage Bait, Feminist Trash and more.

WINNER Best Comedy, Perth Fringe, 2018 (Director)

WINNER Best Comedy, Adelaide Fringe, 2024 (Director)

WINNER Best Comedy Weekly Award, Perth Fringe, 2024 (Director)

WINNER Inspiration Award Prague Fringe, 2014, (Performer)

Twice Nominated Golden Gibbo, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, 2024/2025 (Director)

Nominated Most Outstanding Direction, Cabaret, Greenroom Awards 2025

Created and Performed by Sharnema Nougar

Directed by Laura Trenerry

Presented by We Did Good

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