Comedy
Comedy review: Wankernomics: Just Touching Base, Athenaeum Theatre, MICF 2025
In the rich comic vein of a Clarke and Dawe or 'Utopia', Wankernomics is balm for the soul for anyone…
Comedy review: Danny Bhoy: Dear World, Playhouse Arts Centre Melbourne, MICF 2025
A quarter of a century later, Danny Bhoy has certainly honed his craft.
Comedy review: Rhys Darby: The Legend Returns, Athenaeum Theatre, MICF 2025
Have you ever seen a dirty thought cling like a mad monkey to a vocal chord? Rhys Darby offers all…
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The Waiting Room, Born in a Taxi
Waiting Room is a site-specific, interactive, co-creation with the public. Six people, a small room, a door, a million possibilities.
Comedy review: Blak Holes, The Greek, Paw Paw Jump, MICF 2025
A new comedy duo with heaps of potential...
Comedy review: Han Arbuthnott: They/Hehe, Storyville, MICF 2025
Not short of dad jokes, Han Arbuthnott is one of a few trans comics in this year's MICF program.
Funny Tonne – part one, MICF 2025
The first batch of top reviews from the Funny Tonne, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's fledgling reviewers for 2025.
When comedians don't give up the day job...
Heeding the advice of a million parents, these comedians all have a career to fall back on – but is…
Comedy review: Anisa Nandaula: You Can't Say That, The Victoria Hotel
What's it like being a black girl in Australia?
Comedy review: Ting Lim: What I Really Think, QT, MICF 2025
Cheerful comedy from a stand-up on the rise.