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Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2025 – top picks

Wondering what MICF 2025 show to catch next? ArtsHub has you covered.

ArtsHub

Apr 20, 2025
MICF 2025 award winners group photo; Garry Starr (aka clown Damien Warren-Smith) reclines at the front.

Garry Starr wins Most Outstanding Show award at Melbourne International Comedy Festival

A one-man clown show about Penguin Classics has won MICF 2025's Most Outstanding Show award; a range of other comedians…

Richard Watts

Apr 20, 2025
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Arts news watch: this week's trending topics

We report it – you read it. Keep your eye on this week's top arts news stories.

Gina Fairley

Apr 18, 2025
A life-size lego version of C3PO with its creator Ryan McNaught, standing next to it with a white top and black pants.

LEGO Star Wars: The Exhibition to open at Melbourne Museum

The first and only LEGO 'Star Wars' exhibition premieres in Melbourne.

Thuy On

Apr 17, 2025
'Night Visions' promotional image.

Illuminate Adelaide reveals centrepiece work Night Visions in first 2025 program tease

A sensory journey through Adelaide Botanic Garden created almost entirely by Australian artists will be the centrepiece of Illuminate Adelaide…

Richard Watts

Apr 17, 2025
Phones cripple creativity, but it is possible to break our addiction. Image: Mika Baumeister on Unsplash.
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5 tips for breaking your phone addiction

Almost every study finds that phones impair rather than boost creativity. Here are some quick tips to get you off…

David Burton

Apr 17, 2025
Nominees for MICF 2025 Most Outstanding Show and Best Newcomer. Front Row (L-R): Rosie Dempsey, Olga Koch, Ahir Shar, Lou Wall and Anisa Nandaula. Middle Row (L-R) Nicola Dempsey, Brett Blake, Greg Larsen, Scout Boxhall and Garry Starr. Back Row (L-R): George Fouracres, Robyn Reynolds, Meg Jäger, Kura Forrester, Rapha Manajem and Ethan Cavanagh.
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Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2025 award nominees announced

Nine shows are in the running for MICF’s Most Outstanding Show award this year; nominations for Best Newcomer were also…

Richard Watts

Apr 16, 2025
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Opinions & Analysis

Exclusive: Letter to the Minister for the Arts, Tony Burke MP: Reinstate Khaled and rebuild trust in Creative Australia

This open letter to the Hon. Tony Burke MP, Minister for the Arts, has been provided exclusively to ArtsHub; its…

Reinstate Khaled Collective
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Opinions & Analysis

The undercutting of industry standards: how low pay is eroding fair wages in the arts

The misuse of sector jobs sites by companies with the resources to pay fairly needs to end.

Daniel McBurnie
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Why Australia needs to embrace ‘conscious casting’

With DEI facing a backlash in certain parts of the world, perhaps it's a good time to go even further…

Alison Fowler and Stephanie Pringle
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When I left school I made a terrible career choice

Why I became an electrical engineer and did a 180-degree turn, becoming a published author...

Andrea Barton
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The impact of art: does it reside with the public’s perception without regard for the artist’s intent?

Statements made at the Senate estimates hearing over the Creative Australia Board’s Venice Biennale decision raise questions about how the…

Jo Pickup

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Comedy Review: Stephen Hall, For the Term of His Natural Lies, MICF 2025

Part-film, part-voiceover and completely silly, Stephen Hall delivers a comedy festival show like no other.

George Dunford

Apr 18, 2025
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Comedy reviews: Sofie Hagen: Banglord, The Greek, Pierre Novellie: Must We?, The Westin, MICF 2025

A Danish and an English-South African comedian tell tales true and strange.

Thuy On

Apr 18, 2025
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Comedy review: Chanel Ali: Relative Stranger, The Westin, MICF 2025

US comedian’s Australian debut hits the ground running.

Ash Brom

Apr 18, 2025
Three trapeze artists swinging in the air. They are wearing red leotards. In the background the word 'Oz" can be seen.
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Circus review: Circus Oz: Non Stop, Main Hall, Town Hall, MICF 2025

Circus Oz bringing us, as ever, funny, daggy, clever, exhilarating Australian circus.

Beth Child

Apr 17, 2025
Two panels. On the left is Eugen Bacon, a black woman with cropped hair wearing a cream top. On the right is the cover of her book "A Place between Waking and Forgetting." It features an illustration of a landscape i nshades of brown, yellow and orange.
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Book review: A Place Between Waking and Forgetting, Eugen Bacon

Speculative fiction that incorporates elements of African culture and folklore.

Dorcas Maphakela

Apr 17, 2025

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Arts news watch: this week's trending topics

We report it – you read it. Keep your eye on this week's top arts news stories.

Gina Fairley
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Poll: 50 women making an impact in the visual arts sector

Recognising 50 Australian women leading the visual arts sector today.

Gina Fairley
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Arts news watch: this week's trending topics

We report it – you read it. Keep your eye on this week's top arts news stories.

Gina Fairley
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Arts news watch: this week's trending topics

We report it – you read it. Keep your eye on this week's top arts news stories.

Gina Fairley
Melbourne International Comedy Festival logo 2025. A bright and colourful stylised image of a jocular human-animal hybrid in yellow and blue against a bright red background.
Features

Wellbeing tips for surviving a gruelling festival season Part 2: Melbourne International Comedy Festival

How do comedians, clowns, cabaret artists and festival directors juggle self-care with the rigours of MICF?

Richard Watts

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