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What’s good (and what’s great) at this year’s festival
From detours through surreal filthiness to unexpected underwear, here are our latest reviews of the comedy festival.
- by Cher Tan, Donna Demaio, Guy Webster, Hannah Francis, John Bailey, Lefa Singleton Norton and Nell Geraets
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Space has a PR problem. It’s time to make it great again
Using space as a stunt to recover from a failed album is just another nail in the coffin of the great black void’s reputation.
- by Patrick Lenton
It’s the comedy show Raygun didn’t want you to see. But is it any good?
Stephanie Broadbridge’s Breaking: The Musical had to overcome some legal challenges to make it to the Comedy Festival, where it’s just started its run. This is what the crowd can expect.
- by Karl Quinn
The best, the strangest, and the most daring of the comedy festival so far
From an Aunty Donna star to a performer who taps into Joan of Arc, here are our latest reviews of the comedy festival.
- by Cher Tan, Donna Demaio, Guy Webster, Hannah Francis, John Bailey, Karl Quinn, Lefa Singleton Norton, Mikey Cahill, Sonia Nair, Tyson Wray and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
If you know a Greg or are a Greg then this show is for you
Greg is an hour of absurdist sketch, improv and character comedy, taking as its starting point a pair of comedians’ fascination for a completely ordinary name.
- by Will Cox
How famously conflict-averse Luke McGregor handles curly questions
The everyman comedian has made a career of awkwardness – but then our lunch got a bit awkward.
- by Cassidy Knowlton
We need to celebrate the complexities of humanity: Rhys Darby
While the New Zealand comedian worries about AI, his advice is to turn off the news and keep your sense of humour.
- by Lenny Ann Low
How Ben Schwartz went from taking out the trash to being a comedy superstar
The Parks and Recreation star learned from some of the best in the business.
- by Rod Yates
Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2025
This year’s laugh-fest has kicked off, with over 1000 performers stepping up to the mic. Here, our writers take a closer look.
The comedy show aiming to prove that laughter really is medicine
There will be ice water and dad jokes – what’s the worst that could happen?
- by Nell Geraets
‘Sick of being passive’: Tony Armstrong launches ‘spell-check app for racists’
The former ABC News Breakfast presenter stars in a new viral comedy sketch that advertises a spell-check app for online trolls looking to insult him.
- by Thomas Mitchell
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