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Josh Staley - Deception by Design
2+ hour ago (127+ words) by Kris Weber | Mar 26, 2026 Fresh from winning the award for Overall Best Magic at Adelaide Fringe and selling out shows across Perth and Adelaide, Josh Staley is bringing his brand-new show Deception By Design to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival'and…...
George Rigden wants his slice of that action...please
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (638+ words) by Kris Weber | Mar 24, 2026 In 2020, George Rigden was roundly (and rightly) cancelled, and his life fell apart. In 2025, he was finally diagnosed with autism, finally sobered up" and began to put his life back together. Now, more than half a…...
Katrina Mathers is pushing herself (and her Dyson) in a few different directions
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (582+ words) by Kris Weber | Mar 24, 2026 After a 23-year hiatus, double cancer survivor and previous Moosehead Award Recipient Katrina Mathers (The Wedge, Flipside, Footy Chicks) now returns to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Mathers had every intention of doing more shows from…...
Steph Crothers in Daddy Daycare
1+ week, 6+ day ago (741+ words) by Kris Weber | Mar 13, 2026 As seen on The Bachelor, Steph Crothers is stepping out of the reality TV closet and onto the Melbourne Comedy Festival stage with her debut solo hour, Daddy Daycare " a bold, risqu" clowning show that uses…...
Late Night Vice headlines The West End Electric from 19 March
1+ week, 6+ day ago (233+ words) by Kris Weber | Mar 13, 2026 Direct from sold-out seasons in Melbourne and Sydney, Strut and Fret, the masterminds behind'Blanc de Blanc Encore'are bringing'Late Night Vice'back to The West End Electric, featuring new cast! Audiences who attended the show's sold-out Brisbane Festival…...
Joseph Green Takes The Mushroom Lady Centre Stage at Melbourne Comedy Festival
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (156+ words) by Kris Weber | Feb 9, 2026 Joseph Green is a comedian and storyteller, he's performed stand-up across America, UK, Europe and India. An accomplished actor, Joseph appeared in the Superwog series Son of a Donkey (Netflix) and trained with the Atlantic Theatre…...
The self-possessed
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (503+ words) by Kris Weber | Feb 6, 2026 Raw, authentic and captivating, Countertenor Glenn McKenzie time travels with their beautiful singing as they unfold the life of 18th Century Castrato, Gaetano Guadagni, in this performance where vulnerability collides with disability and transmutes into beauty. "Neurodiverse…...
Jane Montgomery Griffiths talks Australian Open - An exciting inclusion in the Midsumma Festival
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (835+ words) by Kris Weber | Jan 19, 2026 Ambition collides with desire in playwright Angus Cameron's razor-sharp queer comedy, Australian Open. Described as a heady blend of queer comedy, sports theatre, and psychological drama, actor Jane Montgomery Griffiths says it's just a terrific script…...
MICF – Anything But The Dyson and Other Excellent Monologues
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (200+ words) by Kris Weber | Jan 6, 2026 After a 23 year hiaitus, double cancer survivor and previous Moosehead Award-winner Katrina Mathers (The Wedge, Flipside, Footy Chicks) now returns to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. She's wiser, healthier, and (thanks to menopause) hotter than ever…...
MICF 2026: 10 Years of Comedy, Domestic Abuse Survivor, London's Scandalous Socialite and More
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (468+ words) by Kris Weber | Dec 29, 2025 5 FOOT ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES LINE UP FOR MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL'S 40TH YEAR Australia's Favourite Funny Man and arguably Wagga Wagga's best export, Dane Simpson returns to Adelaide. After 10 iconic years on stage, Dane Simpson (AKA the King…...