4+ hour, 13+ min ago  (515+ words) Melbourne-based company Soothplayers returns to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for their 10th year, marking a decade of their signature improvised Shakespearean comedy. Over that time, they have created more than 200 original works and been a launching ground for notable former…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (487+ words) Fresh from a breakout, award-winning run at the Edinburgh Fringe, expectations for Sam Nicoresti's Melbourne Comedy Festival debut Baby Doomer are high. And they more than meet them. Baby Doomer took out the 2025 Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show, a…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (468+ words) Emma Holland returns to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival with her latest work, The Dog Dies At The Start. It takes a very special artist to draw so much laughter from such a profound emotional loss. But somehow, Holland manages…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (585+ words) With housing affordability reaching crisis point across Australia, the bold new comedy The Agent, written by Meryn Cooper and premiering 20 May as part of the Brisbane Anywhere Festival, is turning the spotlight on the people at the centre of it…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago  (646+ words) Swinging into Melbourne these April holidays, your favourite jungle friends are taking over The Capitol in the CBD in The Jungle Book: The Next Chapter, a fresh adventure inspired by Rudyard Kipling's classic tales. Mowgli is back to visit his…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago  (659+ words) Melbourne's leading independent theatre group, Theatrical Inc, is set to present Theatrical Symphony, a special three-night event at the National Theatre in St Kilda this April. This extraordinary celebration will feature an exceptional cast of the group's strongest up-and-coming musical…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago  (485+ words) Hannah Gadsby returns to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival with her newest offering, The Evening Muse. Described as "a talk show wrapped in a comedy show wrapped in an existential crisis," Gadsby's performance is chaotic and self-aware, blending razor-edged wit…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago  (628+ words) With Melbourne International Comedy Festival now in full swing, venues all across the greater metro are hosting a vast range of productions. Arriving at the Piano on Swan in Richmond, it was surprising to find that there was no backroom…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (469+ words) As far as we know, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle never envisioned his two famous detective characters, Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as comedians. Oh no. At no stage did Doyle portray them as capable of slapstick routines, ear-splitting banter or…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago  (559+ words) There's something immediately disarming about Triple J Weekend Breakfast host Jordan Barr's'Choir Girl. The show feels like you've just sat down for a slightly unhinged catch-up with a friend, rather than a formal performance. Jordan is charming, sharp, and just…...