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Comedy review: Geraldine Hickey, Meander, Fairfax Studio, MICF 2025
Seeing Hickey is like catching up with an old and genuinely beloved friend... who doesn't happen to know north from…

Comedy review: Jessica Barton: Dirty Work, The Motley Bauhaus, MICF 2025
Come clown around with this multitalented comedian in her debut show.

The 2025 Stand Up! grant recipients have arrived
Six years since being established, the supportive initiative is back to champion more rising comics.

Melbourne International Comedy Festival kicks off with the Gala
The MICF Gala is a time-honoured tradition that has the funny flying at you from 23 different directions.

Wellbeing tips for surviving a gruelling festival season Part 1: Adelaide Fringe
How do artists and arts workers juggle self-care with the rigours of Adelaide Fringe, including heatwaves, late nights and gigging…

Performance review: Dropped in It: Crime Scene Improvisation, Adelaide Fringe
An improvised crime scene comedy where one-liners and terrible puns could prove deadlier than any weapon.

Here You Come Again, the Dolly Parton musical, is dancing down to Australia
Bring your dancing shoes for a celebration of Dolly's biggest hits in a musical promising southern charm and a dazzling…

A master storyteller willing to connect: Rob Carlton
The Silver Logie winner is bringing his powerful and award-winning one-man show, ‘Willing Participant’ to MICF 2025.

Turning cancer on its head
Dr Jo Prendergast took her devastating diagnosis and said, ‘Yes, I can make a comedy show out of this.’

2025 summer festival highlights for your arts diary part 3: March
A hand-picked guide to some of the most intriguing cultural events on offer around the country in March 2025.