Bring It On The Musical
Get your pom poms ready! Bring It On The Musical is touring Australia and the first stop is Melbourne! If your thinking “hang on… isn’t Bring It On the name of that cheerleader film from the 2000’s?” Well you would…
Category: comedy
Dom Chambers: RanDom at Melbourne Magic Festival
The Melbourne Magic Festival is casting its spell across Melbourne once again from June 30 to July 13 with over 300 performances of 75 different shows including international guest magicians from all over the world! For our first show of…
Murder Village: An Improvised Whodunnit at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2019
Detective stories, murder mysteries, and legal thrillers: these are among the most widely-read genres in literature, immortalised in the classic board game Cluedo and now a popular way to spice up a traditional dinner party. We love these kind of…
Mark Gambino – The Return of Grazie Fibonacci at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Mark Gambino is a renowned improv legend; starring in a plethora of troupe formats each festival, and reminding us of how talented he is at the boldly character driven style that can take a scene in a successfully new direction….
Medicated Panic Dream Girls – Mindful-mess at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2019
Medicated Panic Dream Girls invited us all “to rethink your overthinking, caress your regrets and reawaken your mistakes with the foolproof coping mechanism of comedy” at Mindful-mess. As my +1 has subjected me to mindfulness videos, a show that pokes…
Anya Anastasia: The Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2019
Rumours of cabaret superstar Anya Anastasia retiring have been dispelled, if not postponed, as she brings The Show to the MICF. Sometimes superstar means earning innumerable five-star reviews, and not the kind of fame that comes with fortune. Anya has to…
Jimeoin – Result! at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2019
Jimeoin is back to make us laugh again, and he’s still not too classy to do his own introduction. He struts his way on stage to Donna Summer’s disco hit ‘Hot Stuff’, just as he did last year. Why not?…
Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2019: Gillian English- 10 Things I Hate About The Taming of The Shrew
Millenium update: this is one lady you can’t tame. Like a seer from Greek tragedy who shoots the bullshit at 150 paces, in her self-described Shakespearean takedown, unforgettable Gillian English in 10 Things I Hate About The Taming Of The…
Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2019: Damian Callinan’s The Merger
Will the new players cope with pre-season training whilst fasting for Ramadan? With themes as far apart as refugee migration and footy change rooms, Damian Callinan’s The Merger surprises on a range of levels. That one man alone on stage…
Sophie Joske’s ‘Woman of the Hour’ at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
There are many forms and styles of comedic presentations one may stumble upon during the festival, and some of the most impressive involve one performer taking on all of the roles in their self-made tales. Sophie Joske explores such a…