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Nick Schuller: Dry Think, Therefore Dry Am Review MICF
2+ hour, 43+ min ago (230+ words) USE THIS SPACE TO PROMOTE Type: Comedy Festival, Stand Up, Dry If You Liked: Ray O'Leary, Annie Boyle, Deadpan Humour Schuller tried out some crowd work and got a bit stumped when immediately stumbling on a family of a Magistrate,…...
JKS: A Comedy (?) Review " The Censorship of Comedy - MICF
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (259+ words) USE THIS SPACE TO PROMOTE The discussion of what's deemed acceptable in comedy returns once more to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. JKS: A Comedy (?) falls very quickly into intense and tiring argument between its characters surrounding the supposed censorship…...
Sez: Sorry, What? Review - Musical Comedy of the Absurd
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (323+ words) USE THIS SPACE TO PROMOTE Type: Comedy Festival, Stand up If You Liked: Gabbi Bolt, Mel & Sam, Bob Dylan, Audience Participation Niche internet celebrity Sez flexes her comedic muscles once again in Sorry What? , her latest show at the Melbourne…...
Abby Howells: The Cave Review - Selective Unpredictability
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (272+ words) USE THIS SPACE TO PROMOTE Type: Comedy Festival, Stand Up, Selective Chaos If You Liked: NZ Taskmaster, Lou Wall Abby Howell's The Cave feels less like a structured stand-up set and more like a guided tour through a brain that…...
Alex Ward: Literally Anyone Review - Charitably Funny Comedy
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (480+ words) USE THIS SPACE TO PROMOTE Type: Comedy Festival, Stand-Up Comedy If You Liked: Melanie Bracewell, Mish Wittrup It's difficult to review a one-hour stand-up set without spoiling the very surprises that make it work. Single-line verdicts like "Must watch!" or…...
Tom Ballard: Be Funny Challenge (Impossible) Review - MICF
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (283+ words) USE THIS SPACE TO PROMOTE Type " Comedy Festival, Political Comedy If you liked " Hannah Gadsby, Rhys Nicholson, Mark Humphries In 2025 Tom Ballard decided he would like to take a break from comedy. He was going to wrap up his show,…...
Jordan Barr: Choir Girl Review - Hard to Find a Fault
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (364+ words) USE THIS SPACE TO PROMOTE Type: Comedy Festival, Stand Up Comedy If You Liked: Frankie Mc Nair, Nina Oyama One comedian worth your hard-earned money is Jordan Barr, whose latest show, Choir Girl, is a genuine treat worthy of your…...
Nikki Britton: Not To Be Dramatic Review
1+ week, 3+ day ago (119+ words) USE THIS SPACE TO PROMOTE Type: Stand Up, Dramatic Comedy If You Liked: Hannah Gadsby, Anisa Nandaula, Gillian Cosgriff One of the exciting and fun things about festivals like the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) is finally getting along to…...
Why Are You Here? Review - A raunchy, multi-faceted standup
1+ week, 4+ day ago (310+ words) USE THIS SPACE TO PROMOTE Type: Solo Show, Politically Minded If You Liked: Izzy Goessens: Crumble, Comedians of Europe Ever since moving to Amsterdam with her girlfriend in 2022, Bronwyn Isaac's had one question thrown her way more than any other,…...
Bette & Joan Review - Hilarious, bitchy, and deeply moving
2+ week, 9+ hour ago (193+ words) USE THIS SPACE TO PROMOTE Type " Dramatic comedy If you liked " Feud: Bette and Joan, "Golden age of Hollywood" films, Who"s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The play is set in 1962 during the filming of Robert Aldrich"s What Ever…...