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Funny Tonne – part three, MICF 2025
The third batch of reviews from the Funny Tonne, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's fledgling reviewers for 2025.

Comedy review: Brown Women Comedy, fortyfivedownstairs, MICF 2025
A smaller, tighter line-up is a smart move for this ongoing comedy collective.

Comedy review: Reuben Kaye, The Party's Over, Comedy Theatre, MICF 2025
The whirlwind returns, managing to squeeze in another couple of superb shows even while performing in a blockbuster musical down…

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.

Exhibition review: Blak In-Justice, Heide Museum of Modern Art
A powerful and sadly still timely exhibition.

Comedy review: Wankernomics: Just Touching Base, Athenaeum Theatre, MICF 2025
In the rich comic vein of a Clarke and Dawe or 'Utopia', Wankernomics is balm for the soul for anyone…

Comedy review: Rhys Darby: The Legend Returns, Athenaeum Theatre, MICF 2025
Have you ever seen a dirty thought cling like a mad monkey to a vocal chord? Rhys Darby offers all…

Comedy review: Blak Holes, The Greek, Paw Paw Jump, MICF 2025
A new comedy duo with heaps of potential...

Funny Tonne – part one, MICF 2025
The first batch of top reviews from the Funny Tonne, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's fledgling reviewers for 2025.

Comedy review: Ting Lim: What I Really Think, QT, MICF 2025
Cheerful comedy from a stand-up on the rise.