30 years of laughs at the MICF
Meet Butt Kapinski, private eye, aka Deanna Fleysher.
Meet Butt Kapinski, private eye, aka Deanna Fleysher.
It may not matter on a first date, but Mark Butler tells his comedy festival audience not to underestimate the importance of good grammar, writes Nick Harrison.
Tom Ballard’s Comedy Festival show goes beyond jokes and laughter to provide insight into homophobia in Australia, writes Tam Kendi.
Meet Butt Kapinski, private eye, aka Deanna Fleysher.
It may not matter on a first date, but Mark Butler tells his comedy festival audience not to underestimate the importance of good grammar, writes Nick Harrison.
Tom Ballard’s Comedy Festival show goes beyond jokes and laughter to provide insight into homophobia in Australia, writes Tam Kendi.
Melbourne comedian Dylan Cole is entertaining, but long stories and technical difficulties bring him down, says Sofia Monkiewicz.
Comedian Tom Ballard has come a long way in his 21 years of life. Sofia Monkiewicz paid close attention as he discussed his youthfulness, his manliness, and his first love.
Sofia Monkiewicz spent last Sunday night at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, where she laughed, cried, and found out the meaning of life.
Arj Barker brings his new show, Eleven, to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. As Khairun Hamid discovered, he’s almost as good at playing the harmonica as he is at telling jokes.
As a human rights lawyer and CEO of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Kon is a multi-talented man. Suzannah Marshall Macbeth reviews this hilarious story-telling gig at The Brunswick Green.
It’s that time of year again! The Melbourne International Comedy Festival kicks off today and the laughs will continue over the next three and a half weeks, say upstart’s Sofia Monkiewicz and Ashley Fritsch.
La Trobe Journalism and Media Studies graduates are landing on the their feet in some interesting places. Take Ryan Jon, for example.
The Pun, an online publication which provides coverage (reviews, news, interviews) of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, is on the hunt for contributors.
He’s only 19, but Tom Ballard is already a triple j presenter, stand-up comedian, and a law degree dropout. He talks to Tyler Cameron about a career that’s swiftly thrust him into the national spotlight.