We're Nuts About Australian Comedy
1Â – A 5.30 timeslot means you can see a show and have wines with your workmates on a school night
2 – It’s the Melbourne premier of Temporary and may never be seen here again
3Â – It will make you feel better about finding Susan from HR super annoying
4Â – It will give you the confidence to ask out the office heart throb
5 – You’ll realise your job isn’t that bad
Katie Lees performs Temporary at The Butterfly Club Sept 16 – 22
1. Brag to your friends that you experienced A R T at its very core (A R T is when I play an upsetting version of Mumbo Number 5 that I made)
2. The potential for you to be dressed up as a giant tooth who is also a police officer called “Tooth Cop”
3. You will make Morag McNair feel less anxious about her daughters confusing and tumultuous career path.
4. You will witness the true and long forgotten meaning of “silly billy”
5. For 55mins you can witness to the human embodiment of “finger guns”. A R T 2.0.
Frankie McNair performs Frantasia at The Rattlesnake Saloon Sept 19 – 24
1. LOTUS is a comedy cabaret about Chi Nguyen’s outrageous life as a Vietnamese immigrant living in Australia.
2. Chi will be making rice paper rolls and Vietnamese coffee for you during the show.
3. The opening song is a rap called Things White People Say To Me.
4. Chi’s mum will video call Chi mid-show asking her to translate something from Vietnamese to English, and then Chi’s dad will interrupt seeking instructions on how to use Skyscanner to book cheap flight tickets.
5. LOTUS will make you laugh and move your soul.
Chi Nguyen performs LOTUS at Trades Hall from Sept 12 – 20
1) The creators of Creatures Lost won Best Cabaret at Melbourne Fringe Festival last year for Creatures of the Deep.
2) $1 from every ticket sold will be donating to fighting animal extinction.
3) Our company is environmentally conscious and creates all props and costumes from recycled and upcycled materials.
4) We have 12 original songs that will get you thinking about the animals we are so lucky to have on this earth.
5) Where else at Fringe will you get to see a 5ft singing orangutan?!
Picked Last For Sport perform Creatures Lost at The Butterfly Club Sept 16 – 22
1. This is the latest side project from PO PO MO CO founder and master mischief maker Lily Fish.
2. It’s basically a live action, one person Itchy and Scratchy cartoon.
3. It’s an hour of total theatrical anarchy and serious stupidity.
4. Old school meets new school clowning.
5. You might literally wet yourself.
Lily Fish performs Jofus and the Plank at The Burrow – Studio Sept 24 – 29
1. Tickets are only $20!! Which is a great price, considering how many people want Jon. Jon is wanted in more than 12 countries, by authorities.
2. It’s very silly. Seriously, ok? NO ONE is going to get away with suggesting that this show isn’t silly. Serious right now, the show is very silly. It is no-nonsense nonsense. Do you understand? Good.
3. Jon will insult himself, so you don’t have to! Convenient!
4. It’s his first ever debut show, so he’s been preparing for this his entire life, whilst on the run from authorities
5. Jon is 1/3 of sketch group Bombastic JOE, performing to sell-out shows in both the 2018 and 2019 MICF. After being described by Funny Tonne as “a roller coaster careening out of control”, Jon wrote a formal letter of complaint to the MICF requesting that they refrain from publishing comments about his personal life.
Jon O: the Long Boy is on at Crowded in the Vaults – Vault 10 Sept 11 – 16
