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Circus review: Cirque Alice, Concert Hall, QPAC

A high-energy, Las Vegas-styled spectacular featuring some of the world’s best circus artists lands in Brisbane.

A four-panel art work of a figure being arrested, sent to prison, committing suicide and being buried. There is an Aboriginal flag in the centre of the panels. Death in Custody. Robert Campbell Jnr.
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Exhibition review: Blak In-Justice, Heide Museum of Modern Art

A powerful and sadly still timely exhibition.

A Sri Lankan-Australian man with his mouth open and eyes closed. He's wearing an orangey red puffer jacket.
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Comedy review: Nazeem Hussain: You Paid for This, various venues, MICF 2025

Sri Lankan-Australian social media and TV star delivers the provocative goods. 

A brunette man with a moustache in white short and a tie askew is holding onto a spraying champagne bottle.
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Comedy review: Carmelo Costa: Homecoming, Coopers Inn 2, MICF 2025

What's it like to move back to your parents' place when you're in your 30s?

A man with wavy, brunette hair and a beard wearing a black top.
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Comedy reviews: Mark Watson: Before It Overtakes Us, Lower Town Hall, Charlene Kaye: Tiger Daughter: ACMI, MICF 2025

The fast-taking Englishman returns to MICF and a Chinese-American singer/songwriter rocks on stage.

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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…

A man wearing a white t-shirt under a charcoal shirt.
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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.

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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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Comedy review: Blak Holes, The Greek, Paw Paw Jump, MICF 2025

A new comedy duo with heaps of potential...

A (trans) man wearing a navy blue hoodie, white sneakers and black pants against a sky blue background.
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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.

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