John Lombard is a playwright, actor, arts journalist, producer, comedian and occasional burlesque performer. His play The Literary Monogamist won the People's Choice Award at Short+Sweet Canberra 2014, and his play The Bell Coffin was performed on Radio National's program Radiotonic. He started Canberra's pun slam Capital Punishment, has written arts reviews for Canberra Critics' Circle, and has acted for Lakespeare and Canberra Repertory. He writes a story every month for his podcast, A Crisp Moment of Unease.