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SWF Great Debate: We Can’t Handle the Truth

Wild and risqué Festival favourite event returns to open Pandora’s box

Matilda Boseley (Photo credit Ellen Smith)
Rhys Nicholson (Photo credit Julian Kingma)
Reuben Kaye (Photo credit Alan Moyle)
Jennifer Wong
David Marr (Photo credit Christopher Ireland)
Annabel Crabb
Yumi Stynes
Thursday 21 May 2026
8.15-9.30pm
Event Code: 46
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The pursuit of truth is a noble ideal, but what if the truth is larger, weirder or worse than we imagined?

In this Festival favourite event, ABC presenter Annabel Crabb and writer David Marr lead opposing teams in a saucy and suggestive comedy debate to answer the pertinent question of our time: Can we handle the truth? Hear arguments from reporter Matilda Boseley, comedian and drag artist Reuben Kaye and comedians Rhys Nicholson and Jennifer Wong. Hosted by Yumi Stynes.

Hear Annabel, David, Matilda, Reuben, Rhys and Jennifer gauge our appetite for the wild, unbelievable, unpredictable and sometimes unsavoury truth.
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