5 Good Reasons to See Julian O’Shea in You Can Do Anything

1. You like a cracker of a story along with your comedy. This is a true and crazy adventure including attempts to travel through time and human-powered flight.

2. You want to know where emoji come from. And how to make your own.

3. You’ve ever wanted to become a billionaire, but don’t want to do those pesky things like working hard or saving your money.

4. You like your comedy smart and just a little geeky. There’s at least two graphs in this show.

5. You think it’s funnier when it’s true.

You Can Do Anything is on at Tasma Terrace from March 24 to April 5
https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2020/shows/you-can-do-anything

5 good reasons to see Amir Rahimzadeh & Sharon Heywood in Don’t Trust me, I’m a Dentist

1. We don’t believe in long drawn-out scenes that bore you to death. It’s fast-paced and quirky, inspired by our love of sketch comedy.

2. It’s poignant and not just about dentistry. It’s about high flying lives that some think we should lead.

3. More than 87% of the script did happen for real. Yes, the strange patients do actually exist and they do say the strangest things at the dentist’s.

4. It’s therapeutic and has a big message. When you leave the auditorium, you may well want to change your life for good.

5. Once you’ve seen what goes on behind surgery doors, a visit to the dentist will never be the same again.

Don’t Trust me, I’m a Dentist is on at Meat Market from March 27 to April 19
https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2020/shows/don-t-trust-me-i-m-a-dentist

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