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Image is a yellow backdrop behind a woman of Asian appearance with long dark wavy hair and smiling eyes, with her face partially obscured by a large sunflower.
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Comedy review: Diana Nguyen: Sunny Side Up, Melbourne Town Hall, MICF 2024

What to do post-break up? Run to Spain and trek along the Camino de Santiago trail, of course!

Thuy On

Apr 6, 2024
Arj Barker. Image is an illustration of a male with a blue face and red tinged hair. There is a multicoloured glow emanating from his head.
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Comedy review: Arj Barker: The Mind Field, Athenaeum Theatre, MICF 2024

A protracted reliance on fart jokes derails the US comedian's latest show.

Thuy On

Apr 6, 2024
Against a black background a woman has one arm stretched out to the side and the other above her head. She has a mask of an oversized mouth on the bottom half of her face and is leaning to the left. Nina Conti
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Comedy review: Nina Conti, Your Face or Mine, The Capitol, MICF 2024

The endlessly entertaining woman with nerves of steel and a hand up a monkey's bottom is back...

Madeleine Swain

Apr 6, 2024
Image is a red background with a chest-up shot of a middle aged man wearing glasses, suit and tie and looking out at the camera with a neutral expression, behind a sheet of shattered glass.
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Comedy review: Ed Byrne: Tragedy Plus Time, The Malthouse, MICF 2024

The Irish comic proves that no subject is too dark for humour... if you approach it right.

Madeleine Swain

Apr 6, 2024
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Comedy review: Kirsty Mann: Skeletons, The Malthouse, MICF 2024

Comedy from a genuinely kind person...

Amy Loughlin

Apr 5, 2024
Hannah Gadsby. Image is a woman with short hair and a black jumper with a big green image of an open mouthed ghost on the front. She is holding a microphone and smiling.
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Comedy review: Hannah Gadsby: Woof!, Arts Centre Melbourne, MICF 2024

The star of global hit show 'Nanette' makes a welcome return to the stage.

Thuy On

Apr 5, 2024
A colourful pink and yellow striped background behind three headshots: on the left a woman with dark wavy hair, in the middle a man doing a 'Home Alone' face holding his cheeks and on the right a curly headed man. Melbourne International Comedy Festival. MICF 2024
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Comedy review: New Order, Powder Room, Town Hall, MICF 2024

A trio of UK-based comedians – Josh Jones, Celya Ab and Dan Tiernan.

Madeleine Swain

Apr 5, 2024
Reuben Kaye. Man with huge open mouthed lipsticked smile and extravagant eyelashes is under a striated spotlight.
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Comedy review: Reuben Kaye, Apocalipstik, The Malthouse, MICF 2024

A force of deliciously bent nature, Kaye delivers again.

Madeleine Swain

Apr 5, 2024
MICF 2024. Kirsty Webeck. Image is shot of a woman with short curly-ish hair wearing a purple T shirt and a pendant and smiling up at the camera, which is positioned overhead. There is a pink background.
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Comedy review: Kirsty Webeck, I'll Be the Judge of That, The Westin Three, MICF 2024

She may be vegetarian and not drinking any more, but she's trying to be less judgemental all the same...

Madeleine Swain

Apr 4, 2024
MICF 2024. Catherine Bohart, Again With Feelings. Image is a woman sitting on a chair, with her body facing the left side. Her right leg is kicked up in the air and she has a doleful expression on her face. She is against an orange background, has long wavy red hair and is wearing a green dress and high heeled shoes.
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Comedy review: Catherine Bohart, Again, With Feelings, The Westin Three, MICF 2024

Irish stand-up Bohart brings the blarney and the banter.

Madeleine Swain

Apr 4, 2024
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