Entertainment
Comedy
Rose Callaghan helps you help yourself
MICF review: Callaghan takes a knife to self-help listicles.
- by Emma Koehn
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Melbourne Comedy Festival
A night of one-liners for the sports tragics
Titus O'Reily has cleverly transferred his irreverent style from the written word to the stage.
- by Daniel Cherny
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Melbourne Comedy Festival
Amos' famous banter is best off the cuff
MICF review: Stephen K Amos is at his best when he breaks from his routine and engages with the audience
- by Warwick Green
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Melbourne Comedy Festival
Gleeful double act brings anarchic fun to the table
Michelle Brasier and Laura Frew have so much fun together on stage, it’s hard not to get carried away with them.
- by Hannah Francis
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Melbourne Comedy Festival
Fat chance you'll be disappointed with Dilruk
MICF review: Rising star Dilruk Jayasinha continues to entertain, this time with a sometimes moving but always entertaining show about his battle with the bulge.
- by Daniel Cherny
Melbourne Comedy Festival
Brilliant and bleak, Cassie Workman blends fantasy, music and comedy
"Pedant first, trans second", Cassie takes down online bigots by ridiculing their misspellings, and deftly weaves the fictional with the personal.
- by Joe Hinchliffe
Melbourne Comedy Festival
Little pay-off from Tommy's long-winded jokes
Tommy Little may be one of the hottest tickets at this year's festival but audiences will likely be disappointed.
- by Michael Harry
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Arts
Tim Minchin, you're a hypocrite. But I still love you
Our wild-haired musical son is Back - and his genius for musical comedy is intact.
- by Cameron Woodhead
Melbourne Comedy Festival
Candid memories lead to promising comedy career
MICF review: Sarah Keyworth's bawdy brand of comedy is off to a good start.
- by Michael Harry
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Melbourne Comedy Festival
MICF review: Don't judge a man by his mullet
Brett Blake's Bogan Genius proves that a VB and a bad hairdo are not always signs of an idiot.
- by Charlotte Grieve
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Melbourne Comedy Festival
Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2019: Fringe Wives Club is back with a bluegrass band
The patriarchy is thrown overboard with raw talent and wild exuberance.
- by Cameron Woodhead