Reviews
Comedy review: Han Arbuthnott: They/Hehe, Storyville, MICF 2025
Not short of dad jokes, Han Arbuthnott is one of a few trans comics in this year's MICF program.
Theatre review: Dear Elena Sergeevna, Old Fitz Theatre
A theatrical experiment examining moral actions and clashes of ideology.
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.
Theatre review: A Girl's Guide to World War, Cremorne Theatre, QPAC
A remarkable story of the bravery of female medical pioneers, exploring the strictures of the early 20th century within a…
Exhibition review: Wedgwood: Artists and Industry, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
This exhibition is an incredible coup, and it delivers on this rare opportunity in spades.
Book review: Mother Tongue, Naima Brown
Motherhood, womanhood and the power of words.
Comedy review: Anisa Nandaula: You Can't Say That, The Victoria Hotel
What's it like being a black girl in Australia?
Event review: Parrtjima – A Festival in Light 2025, Alice Springs Desert Park
Parrtjima offers joy and hope in a dazzling display of storytelling through light.
Comedy review: Ting Lim: What I Really Think, QT, MICF 2025
Cheerful comedy from a stand-up on the rise.
VR immersive review: Titanic: A Voyage Through Time, 206 Bourke Street, Melbourne
Glitches need to be ironed out, but this VR experience will transport you back to 1912, to the majesty and…