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Melbourne International Comedy Festival

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So you want my arts job: Damian Callinan, comedian

There’s more to comedy than just making people laugh, Damian Callinan explains.

Features

Turning dark days into comedy

Three comedians explore how they tackle difficult autobiographical material in their festival shows.

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Comedy review: Matt Harvey, Wage Against The Machine

Making chuckles out of the not- so- funny realities of being a casual wage-earner.

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Comedy review: Lizzy Hoo, Who Cares?

A gentle trawling of her own and her family's quirks and peccadilloes for laughs.

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Comedy review: Ivan Aristeguieta, Happy Papi

Enjoying the business of making people happy.

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Comedy review: Anthony Locascio, Don't Call Me A Wog! (An E̶t̶h̶n̶i̶c̶ Comedy Story)

Peeling back the multi-layers of a Greek-Italian-Australian identity.

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Comedy review: Dilruk Jayasinha, Dil'icious

A gregarious pusher of boundaries and a spinner of tales.

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Comedy review: The Late Nite PowerPoint Comedy Showcase

A changing line-up of PowerPoint presenters fire up the software program to beguile, confuse and amuse.

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Comedy review: Zoë Coombs Marr, Dave the Opener

Gender bending comedy that takes a swipe at reprehensible male comedians.

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Comedy review: The Listies, Make Some Noise!

For the littlies the Listies are back with their repertoire of silly gags and bum jokes.

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