Matt Harvey and Marty Atta have reached peak melbourne comedy festival – presenting a show that is part opportunity for stellar guest spots from talented performers, part live recording of the ‘Just for Funny’ comedy podcast. This show aims to…
‘I used to like the Dixie Chicks, but I just became a super-fan’. Famous first words from Monique, my stunned plus one, after the show was over. It was a superb sold-out performance with all the hits (and then some)….
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…
I attended the cabaret show Rogue Romantic, starring Anya Anastasia, held at The Melba Spiegeltent. A portable venue, it certainly transports you to a different time. My date and I entered this most extravagant of worlds lead on by the dulcet tones…
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…
The team behind We Are Kerala and Host Brunswick have joined forces to present a series of collaboration dinners, showcasing Indian food from the state of Kerala with a fusion twist. Mischa Tropp, together with Laura Neville, create a beautiful…
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…
You wouldn’t normally associate highbrow French filmmakers with pulpy genre films and familiar horror tropes. Least of all Olivier Assayas, whose last film, The Clouds of Sils Maria, was a highly unconventional take on a relationship drama and a study…