2+ hour, 32+ min ago  (425+ words) by Kris Weber | Mar 27, 2026 Opening night for this year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival could not have been, well'any more Melbourne. Bucketing down with rain, the only bright spot in Thursday evening's miserable weather was Claire Cooper's opening zinger where even…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (15+ words) Chaos, catharsis and cracking jokes: Jayne Steer's Addikted hits the Melbourne Comedy Festival'Theatre Matters...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (127+ words) by Kris Weber | Mar 26, 2026 Fresh from winning the award for Overall Best Magic at Adelaide Fringe and selling out shows across Perth and Adelaide, Josh Staley is bringing his brand-new show Deception By Design to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival'and…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (244+ words) by Kris Weber | Mar 23, 2026 Winner of the 2008 Green Room Award for Best New Writing (Independent Theatre)and the2007 R.E. Ross Trust Development Award, this May Theatre Works brings audiences Tom Holloway's powerful and poetic story about family, silence, and finding hope in…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (264+ words) by Allison Hilbig | Mar 24, 2026 Producers today have announced the stellar cast of the hit Broadway musical Tootsie which will make its highly anticipated Australian premiere at Teatro at the Italian Forum in Sydney. Directed and choreographed by Award-winning director and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (921+ words) by Kris Weber | Mar 19, 2026 After smash hit sell-out runs in Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane, the award-winning festival favourite Murder Village: An Improvised Whodunnit returns to Arts Centre Melbourne for the 2026 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. A unique experience wherein no…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (582+ words) by Kris Weber | Mar 24, 2026 After a 23-year hiatus, double cancer survivor and previous Moosehead Award Recipient Katrina Mathers (The Wedge, Flipside, Footy Chicks) now returns to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Mathers had every intention of doing more shows from…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago  (741+ words) by Kris Weber | Mar 13, 2026 As seen on The Bachelor, Steph Crothers is stepping out of the reality TV closet and onto the Melbourne Comedy Festival stage with her debut solo hour, Daddy Daycare " a bold, risqu" clowning show that uses…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago  (233+ words) by Kris Weber | Mar 13, 2026 Direct from sold-out seasons in Melbourne and Sydney, Strut and Fret, the masterminds behind'Blanc de Blanc Encore'are bringing'Late Night Vice'back to The West End Electric, featuring new cast! Audiences who attended the show's sold-out Brisbane Festival…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (159+ words) by Kris Weber | Feb 23, 2026 Merrigong Theatre Company is delighted to launch its annual independent artists" program MERRIGONGX, featuring four original works and a stunning line-up of local talent from the Illawarra region. MERRIGONGX places artists and their practices at the…...