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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.

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Comedy review: Chris Demos: Actually Kinda Hot, The Butterfly Club, MICF 2025

Want to hear some cringey dating stories?

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Comedy review: Nazeem Hussain: You Paid for This, various venues, MICF 2025

Sri Lankan-Australian social media and TV star delivers the provocative goods. 

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RAW Comedy National Grand Final 2025 winner announced

Peter Josip has taken the prize in a highly competitive field.

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Comedy review: Carmelo Costa: Homecoming, Coopers Inn 2, MICF 2025

What's it like to move back to your parents' place when you're in your 30s?

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Comedy reviews: Mark Watson: Before It Overtakes Us, Lower Town Hall, Charlene Kaye: Tiger Daughter: ACMI, MICF 2025

The fast-taking Englishman returns to MICF and a Chinese-American singer/songwriter rocks on stage.

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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…

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Comedy review: Danny Bhoy: Dear World, Playhouse Arts Centre Melbourne, MICF 2025

A quarter of a century later, Danny Bhoy has certainly honed his craft.

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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…

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Comedy review: Blak Holes, The Greek, Paw Paw Jump, MICF 2025

A new comedy duo with heaps of potential...

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