The stage
Desperate and dateless: Luke McGregor

Review: Luke McGregor – My Soulmate Is Out of My League

Luke McGregor may behave awkwardly in the dating game, but if chicks like a guy who can make ‘em laugh, call him Casanova.

Tito contains multitudes in The Trial And Death Of Socrates.

Review: The Trial And Death Of Socrates (No Relation)

The title character in Joel Tito’s comic theatre piece is a pathetic loser, but thankfully this one-man show has a larger, stranger, funnier cast.

Hannah Gadsby

Review: Hannah Gadsby – Happiness Is A Bedside Table

Hannah Gadsby truly finds her voice in this ambling, intimate and ultimately profound catalogue of the routine humiliations that sculpt our outlook on life.

Leung on the mean streets of Melbourne.

Review: Lawrence Leung’s Part-Time Detective Agency

It’s the Case of the Youthful Prank and diligent dick Lawrence Leung is all over it in this well-done mystery show.

This chorister definitely has 'personality': Sarah Collins as Susan

Review: Choir Girl

Writer/performer Sarah Collins presents an affectionate, hilarious and finely crafted vision of suburban community choirs… aided by a decidedly weird 14-member backing choir.

Getting antsy (L-R): sdsd

Review: Idiots of Ants – Model Citizens

This likeable English sketch comedy troupe offers meat-and-potatoes skits, performed with flair… and a few twists.

Arj Barker

Review: Arj Barker – Go Time

Why bother going to see MICF stalwart Arj Barker this far in? Because he’s still adorable, funny, and enormously personable.

Jennifer Wong: on the write track

Review: Jennifer Wong Is Spineless

Wannabe author Jennifer Wong had a bad night, but she’s still a charming performer whose handling of race in Australia is more intelligent than average.

Frickin' awkward: Genevieve Fricker

Review: Genevieve Fricker – Party Pooper

Sydney hipster Gen Fricker deadpans and strums her way through a disjointed and only occasionally funny Melbourne debut.