Comics Lawrence Mooney, Tom Ballard, Hannah Gadsby explore mental health struggles at Melbourne International Comedy Festival

By Jill Stark
Updated April 8 2015 - 10:23am, first published March 29 2015 - 12:15am
Comedians Lawrence Mooney and Hannah Gadsby will talk at the Wheeler Centre on how comics use humour to deal with the dark side of life. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer
Comedians Lawrence Mooney and Hannah Gadsby will talk at the Wheeler Centre on how comics use humour to deal with the dark side of life. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer

Often the biggest laughs come not from life's triumphs but from moments of human frailty.