Ruby Wax returned with a short, yet glorious run this year with another one-woman show full of quips, insights, and engaging information. Based on her similarly entitled book, A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled, this version of Frazzled engages the…
Gillian Cosgriff has a very uncanny ability to consistently deliver a solo show of extremely high calibre. It should not be too long before her reputation as a phenomenal cabaret writer and performer gets the wider circle of knowledge it absolutely deserves….
The question: do dogs and comedy equal a winning combination? I was curious to find out in I Wish I Owned a Hotel for Dogs. A one woman show by Claire Sullivan, this performance is nothing short of bizarre. One…
Comma Sutra already sets the bar high by its title alone. A cabaret about the love for grammar, it is indeed matched by the content within. Louisa Fitzhardinge proves she is a performer with many attributes. An adept writer, a…
Girls Night is back at MICF 2017. Curator Cath Styles has handpicked thirty or so of the crème de la crème, and the best comics in town… who just happen to be women! Bias intentional: comedy is seeing a big…
John Leung’s 2017 comedy outing has the best title of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Say it aloud three times and you will know what the show is about, too — The Cunning Linguist. Yes, that’s right: etymology, phonetics and the…
Melbourne is truly the festival city. And it just ramps up in the autumn. From the Brunswick Music Festival to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, it’s non-stop. Adding into the mix is the City of Melbourne’s Cultural Diversity Week , running 18…
It’s already March, which means that we are now officially into the month in which the Melbourne International Comedy Festival is about to kick off. It’s an epic fixture of the Melbourne performing arts experience. Many of last year’s favourites are…
It’s no secret The Plus Ones are fans of The Butterfly Club. In fact, one of our Cassanova writers ranks the venue as a top date spot. With good reason. The performing arts space ticks all the boxes. It’s in…
The BrewCult Bar is a trendy new attraction in Brunswick that is quickly pulling in the punters with its delicious array of locally-brewed beers and dedicated social events. After its opening in November, it’s already standing out as one of the…