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MICF: Mozart-182: A Musical Comedy Concerto

After seeing this raw and energetic show you will truly understand the humorous connection between Mozart and pop-punk trio Blink 182. Also know that it really doesn’t matter. Just laugh at the

April 19, 2024

Performing Arts Review

MICF: Daniel Connell’s ‘Little Aussie Battler’ Is Not To Be Missed

If you’re in dire need of a good laugh, Daniel Connell’s ‘Little Aussie Battler’ is your prescription. Straight off the OXFAM Gala stage, Connell brings his trademark wit and charm to the

April 19, 2024

Performing Arts Review

MICF: Michael Shafar’s New Show – The Return Of Shafar

One of the country’s funniest and most vaccinated comedians, Michael Shafar, is making his grand return to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Double-dosed with AstraZeneca (because he’s not a coward) and boosted

April 15, 2022

Performing Arts

MICF: Michael Shafar’s 110% – It Provides What It Promises

He promised 110% and that’s exactly what he gave. Michael Shafar’s comedy is clever, and at times quite the gut-punch, and you can see him now at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival

April 15, 2021

Performing Arts

MICF: Scott Limbrick’s ‘The Last Blockbuster On Earth’

Have you ever hired a video that wasn’t quite right..? The Last Blockbuster on Earth by Scott Limbrick, in store now! The Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) 2021 has been running across

April 15, 2021

Performing Arts

Faulty Towers The Dining Experience Brings Laughs, Mayhem And Madness To MICF

The international smash-hit, Faulty Towers The Dining Experience is returning to Melbourne from 8 April to 18 April at The Duke of Wellington Hotel as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

April 5, 2021

Performing Arts

Cancer Survivor To Give 110% At The Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Guest post by Michael Shafar 2020 was a pretty rough year for humanity. Australia had its worst bushfire season in years, we faced a global pandemic and Gal Gadot sang Imagine –

March 24, 2021

Performing Arts

Silent Comedy Is Back On Deck At Arbory Bar & Eatery

Get ready to laugh out loud (but to yourself) at Arbory Bar & Eatery’s popular Silent Comedy Festival which returns after a year hiatus, as part of the official program of the

March 22, 2021

Arts & Culture

MICF: Matt Harvey Presents ‘Minimum Wage Survival Guide’

They sell survival guides for robot uprisings, zombie apocalypses, time travel, even how to survive in a southern gothic novel. But nothing to help the over 13% of Australians who live in

March 10, 2020

Performing Arts

Australian Conversation: Michael Shafar, Comedian and Writer at The Project

Following a sellout 2019 season, comedian Michael Shafar returns to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2020 with a brand-new show. Building on the success of his previously sold out shows Jewish-ish,

March 3, 2020

Australian Conversation·Performing Arts

If You Like Funny, Dirty Stand Up, You’ll Enjoy Jez Watts at MICF

In Jez Watts’ own words, “if you like funny, dirty stand up”, you’ll enjoy Absolute Zero. In Watts’ MICF debut, he fuses punchy, gritty comedy with music and self-deprecating anecdotes like his

April 20, 2019

Performing Arts

Matt Harvey’s Tales of Woe Woo Audiences at MICF

Melbourne comic and writer Matt Harvey is not lying when he says he is more storyteller than stand up. I Got Bit By a Monkey Once is an intimate exploration of five

April 17, 2019

Performing Arts Review