Reviews
Funny Tonne – part two, MICF 2025
The second batch of reviews from the Funny Tonne, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's fledgling reviewers for 2025.
Comedy review: Chris Demos: Actually Kinda Hot, The Butterfly Club, MICF 2025
Want to hear some cringey dating stories?
Book review: Half Truth, Nadia Mahjouri
From Tasmania to Morocco, two women search for the truth about one man.
Theatre review: Big Girls Don't Cry, Belvoir St Theatre
1960s Redfern as seen through the perspectives of a group of Aboriginal women.
Book review: Everything is Tuberculosis, John Green
The author of 'The Fault in our Stars' looks at one of the deadliest diseases in the world in his…
Exhibition review: Tender, Ngununggula
An all-women exhibition explores both tenderness and strength, across a dynamic viewing experience.
Exhibition review: Wildlife Photographer of the Year, National Wool Museum, Geelong
London’s National History Museum collaborates with Geelong's National Wool Museum in spectacular fashion.
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.
Exhibition review: Blak In-Justice, Heide Museum of Modern Art
A powerful and sadly still timely exhibition.
Comedy review: Nazeem Hussain: You Paid for This, various venues, MICF 2025
Sri Lankan-Australian social media and TV star delivers the provocative goods.Â