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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.

Mel Buttle. Image is a head and shoulders shot of a smiling woman with a side parting and long wavy hair wearing red lipstick and a stripey T shirt under a blue and white jacket with a floral pattern on the chest.
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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…

Zoë Coombs Marr. Image is a woman wearing oversized rubber gloves, outside with a beach behind her, leaning on her elbows at a table. She has long brown hair and is wearing a brown T shirt.
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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.

Four people lie entwined in a group, they are all wearing white or cream coloured clothes. Closer. La Boite Theatre.
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Theatre review: Closer, La Boite Theatre

An enthralling tale about the contentious nature of love and lust.

Sydney Theatre Company. Into the Shimmering World. Image is a stage set of a farmhouse kitchen, set upon a platform with stairs up to it. Three of the four walls are missing and a man in farmer's clothes stands on the left of the platform with arms outstretched.
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Theatre review: Into the Shimmering World, Sydney Theatre Company Wharf Theatres

The brutality of the Australian landscape is evoked to tell a story of love, loss and renewal. 

David O'Doherty. A man wearing a plaid shirt and a blue, red and white striped beanie with a bobble holds a small keyboard in front of him obscuring the bottom half of his face and all of his chest.
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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.

Headshot of a woman of Asian appearance with glasses, red lipstick and a bun with strands of hair down each side of her face. Lizzy Hoo.
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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.

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The art of audio description

Accessibility doesn't start and end with wheelchair access and closed captions. Audio description can make a huge difference to the…

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Comedy review: Diana Nguyen: Sunny Side Up, Melbourne Town Hall, MICF 2024

What to do post-break up? Run to Spain and trek along the Camino de Santiago trail, of course!

Arj Barker. Image is an illustration of a male with a blue face and red tinged hair. There is a multicoloured glow emanating from his head.
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Comedy review: Arj Barker: The Mind Field, Athenaeum Theatre, MICF 2024

A protracted reliance on fart jokes derails the US comedian's latest show.

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