Category: MICF 2020

5 Good Reasons to see ‘Sri Lankan Fireteam: The Power of Song’

1. It’s a show full of tanned multi-talented firefighters who heroically strive to protect a troubled island nation, through song! Need I say more?

2. If you’re feeling really down in the dumps about foreign intervention (i.e. America’s most recent atrocities in Iran, or America’s most recent atrocities anywhere else), you’ll be glad to hear that you won’t need to suffer alone. Think of ‘Sri Lankan Fireteam’ as a kind of gleeful yet morbidly comedic immersive therapy.

3. Too busy to go on a real holiday? Well when you come to see ‘Sri Lankan Fireteam’ you’ll get to leave dreary Melbourne behind and escape to the orient for just about an hour! It’ll be quite a serene getaway.

4. If you can suspend your disbelief watching Scarlett Johansson playing a Japanese cyber-human, you can certainly watch an all South-Asian cast playing smart-talking characters from across the globe. Come along and support diversity in the arts!

5. If you think you’ve seen all the musicals ever made by man to date, then you’d be wrong! You haven’t seen this one! Come and see this stellar original comedy musical during this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

The Power of Song is on at The Butterfly Club from March 24 to March 29
https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2020/shows/sri-lankan-fireteam-the-power-of-song

5 Good Reasons to See Jacqueline Mifsud in Muffstud

1. Because you’re the best and you want a show that’s also the best and everyone will admire and respect you for going.

2. The government gave Jacqueline money to do this so it must be good, right? Or did she spend all the money on fancy bedsheets and a suitcase full of turmeric?

3. Muffstud is a badass buttkicking babe and she will teach you how to crush life and keep it tight.

4. If you don’t see the show you might get super sad and cry heaps and get dehydrated.

5. Jacqueline is very funny and silly and loves making people laugh so if you’re into that you should probably come watch.

Muffstud is on at Crowded In The Vaults from April 6 to April 19
https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2020/shows/muffstud

5 Good Reasons To See Bec Sandys in ‘Role Model’

1. It features a bogan/hippy from Ashvegas NZ

2. It has a ukulele song

3. Urzila Carlson said I was funny – so I’m running with that

4. The show is 99.9% true – up to you to find that .1% that isn’t

5. In Australia, I have an accent – so that will make for some interesting misinterpretations

Role Model is on at Tasma Terrace from March 31 to April 9
https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2020/shows/role-model

5 reason to see Sweeney Preston & Ethan Cavanagh in Very Mature

1. PRICE. This is the cheapest we’ll ever be, ever. ($17-20). Either due to imminent success or more likely, inflation.

2. LEARNING. If you’re in your 20s, ever have been, or ever will be, this is the perfect how-to guide. Or rather, the perfect how-not-to guide.

3. ACCESSIBILITY. The material is relatively inoffensive. You can bring your mum, your friend’s mum, or your neighbour’s mum. Just don’t bring our mums, they’re sick of our shit.

4. SAFETY. We’re not gonna spend 10 minutes picking on you if you’re in the front. We’re like spiders, more terrified of you then you are of us.

5. CONTRIBUTING TO DIGGING US OUT OF A HOLE THAT WE, OURSELVES, CREATED. We drunkenly told a bunch of people from our high schools that we’re on an extensive national tour so we need to sell these tickets to visit more than two cities.

Very Mature is on at Crowded In The Vaults from March 24 to March 29
https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2020/shows/very-mature

5 Good Reasons to See the Law Revue: One Writ Wonder

1. The Revue is produced, written and starring members of the legal profession

2. Don’t worry, all cast members have comedic training and know what they’re doing

3. The Revue is at an ideal after-work-commercial-precinct location – come on down to Campari House for a beer, wine or cocktail while you enjoy some serious laughs to destress

4. The show is a little bit saucy, a little bit naughty, maybe sometimes political, but guaranteed good laughs;

5. The Revue gets its name from the time honoured tradition of sketch comedy that has produced some of the big names in Australian comedy.

One Writ Wonder is on at Campari House from March 25 to March 29
https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2020/shows/law-revue-one-writ-wonder

5 Good Reasons to see Taylor Griffiths in Seabaths

1. Seabaths is an hour of hilarious and heartbreaking character comedy and story telling.

2. It’s full of coastal nostalgia with original music produced by Hadyn Noble.

3. It’s a love letter to people with gambling parents.

4. The centrally located venue, Pilgrim Bar, is nestled next to Fed Square and offers many delicious drinks!

5. Taylor Griffiths (Completely Improvised Potter) is mentored and directed by the brilliant Ben Russell (The Grub, The Tokyo Hotel).

Seabaths is on at Crowded In The Vaults from March 25 to April 5
https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2020/shows/seabaths