Comedy
Comedy review: Alex Hines: Putting on a Show, Malthouse Theatre, MICF 2024
Stand-up, sketch and musical comedy, this production has it all.
Comedy review: Geraldine Hickey, Don't Tease Me About My Gloves, Arts Centre Melbourne, MICF 2024
Don't tease her and don't say 'oh yeah' when Hickey tells you why she's wearing gloves...
Comedy review: The Ghostlight League - Shakespeare Ghostbusters, St Martin's Theatre, MICF 2024
If you liketh the bard and the busters of ghosts this is the comedy for you.
Comedy review: Headliners with Joel Kim Booster and Zainab Johnson, Melbourne Town Hall, MICF 2024
This unlikely pair of Americans dazzled at this year's MICF.
Comedy review: Brown Women Comedy, Trades Hall, MICF 2024
A different line-up of six South Asian comedians take to the stage each night.
Funny Tonne – part one, MICF 2024
The first batch of top reviews from the Funny Tonne, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's fledgling reviewers for 2024.
Comedy review: Mel Buttle, Not Here To Put Socks On Centipedes, Town Hall, MICF 2024
Whether it's admitting that parenthood isn't always 100 percent rosy or dealing with a rowdy crowd member, Buttle's timing is…
Comedy review: Zoë Coombs Marr, Every Single Thing In My Whole Entire Life, Town Hall, MICF 2024
Coombs Marr proves once again she gets just as many guffaws out of drag as she does in it.
Comedy review: David O'Doherty: Ready, Steady David O'Doherty, The Capitol, MICF 2024
The funny Irishman returns for another entertaining gig of music and stories.
Comedy review: Lizzy Hoo: Hoo's That Girl?, The Victoria Hotel, MICF 2024
Relationship splitsville, online dating and a mishap during a radio interview, Hoo's recent life is rifled for laughs.