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Comedy review: Akmal: Red Flags, Athenaeum Theatre, MICF 2024

A MICF stalwart returns to the stage and continues to impress.

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Comedy review: Crazy Funny Asians, Kicks Bar, MICF 2024

Asian comedians in a high-energy show foster moments of genuine connection and lighthearted laughter.

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Comedy review: Best of Europe: Comedians of Europe, The Oxford Scholar, MICF 2024

Three comics hailing from Europe regale us with their stories of being far and away.

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Comedy Festival, Sh!t-faced Shakespeare, Athenaeum Theatre, MICF 2024

Mix one completely inebriated player into the cast of 'Macbeth' and see what mayhem ensues.

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Comedy review: Circus Oz: Smash It! Arts Centre Melbourne, MICF 2024

This new Circus Oz production is as lively as ever, but a pared down version of previous shows.

Three young circus performers wearing clean white clothing perform acts on a stack of milk crates. One is holding the crates while another is performing the human flag, and a third is climbing on top of the tower. In the background is a wall of crates in black, green, red and blue, with the back wall covered with newspapers.
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Daring and intergenerational circus acts on the festival circuit

Circus shows from performers ranging from youths to sexagenarians are heading for MICF and Adelaide.

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Laughing or crying? Comedians reading our moods in heavy times

When the outside world has you crying on the inside, what kind of live comedy can you handle?

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Comedy review: Akau Jambo, Looking for a Visa, The Rubber Chicken, MICF

A South Sudanese comedian makes his Australian debut.

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Comedy review: Dylan Moran, We Got This, Hamer Hall, MICF

A shambolic and disappointing show from a cult favourite.

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Vale Barry Humphries

Humphries, whose reputation was tarnished in later years, is nonetheless remembered as a comic genius.

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