Melb Comedy Festival (MICF) Discussions (24/3 - 18/4) [VIC]

anastasiastarz on 26/03/2021 - 01:27
Last edited 26/03/2021 - 17:01 by 1 other user

Hi,

Thought I'd just start a forum for MICF discussions, we've been going for about 4-5yrs now and a few of the comedians also perform at Fringe. Got spreadsheets of who we like/don't. Ideally we'd see 3-4 shows a night.

As an ozbargainer I'll be buying most of my tix on promotix (<$10 a pair) and https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/mitsubishi-diamond-advanta… ($20+bf).

So far we've booked for Christian Hull (as seen on social media) for his first show, and Karen from Finance (hilarious drag queen, we've seen her before). I'll be posting the shows that we see in the comments as we see them, please do the same.

Gala: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/melbourne-comedy-festival

Please post reccomendations/not reccomendations.

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  TheMindsetTraveller on 26/03/2021 - 11:27

  Flying down on the 9th, staying at my fav hotel chain W at their brand new Melbourne property; surprisingly we are going to see Arron Chen lol

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    Shadowsfury on 26/03/2021 - 12:37

    Make sure you go to the bar (Curious?)

    I myself just have one ticket - Akmal.

    2019 I went to maybe 3 shows - Akmal, Dave Hughes (I think), and someone not as famous.

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      TheMindsetTraveller on 26/03/2021 - 13:47

      Have met Akmal a couple of times around 15 years ago … how time flies!

      Thanks for the Curious suggestion - our rate has some hotel credit so we'll definitely go there for a drink or three.

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  afoveht on 26/03/2021 - 16:53

  I've never been, don't mind seeing comedians here in Syd.

  I watched the gala on ABC last night and found it all pretty underwhelming. My fave Arj Barker didn't really do it for me but Joel Creasy seems to be getting funnier every time.

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  anastasiastarz on 27/03/2021 - 01:10

  +1

  Here's my running list, show names change:

  Yes
  Aidan Jones - The Abersham Flat
  BEST OF THE EDINBURGH FEST (UK)
  CAL WILSON- Hindsight
  CAM KNIGHT- Get Rich or Die Crying
  Dirty Diana
  GARRY STAR CONQUERS TROY
  Improvised shakespeare
  Jeff Green 30 (UK)
  Randy - Randy's Anti-Crisis
  society - yes
  SPLASH TEST DUMMIES- MICF
  Steve Bugeja - Summer Camp
  TOM CASHMAN - XYZ

  No
  Annie louey
  Charisa Bossinakis - maybe she's gotten better this year?
  DANIEL TOWNES - The World is Amazing and Everyone's a Winner
  EMILY TRESIDDER - No, You Hang Up
  LUKE MORRIS: Love, Sweat and Science - One of the worst shows we've seen…
  MATT OKINE - The Hat Game
  NATALIE HARRIS - Babycino

  Meh/Maybe
  Comedy Up Late - Varies but this is underground, crammed and just the venue and over enthusiasic clapping/cheering was awful. Filmed for tv I believe.
  Go To Bed, Jessica
  JOE SHAFFER - Here's Looking at You, Squid
  Michael sharfar - meh, funny but could be better, we've given him 3 gos cause friends like him
  RUVEN COVENDER - Brown Panther

  I do believe comedy to be subjective though. The worst ones fumble and don't have a strong sense of direction, oh and then there's comedians who use this space as therapy (Laura Davis - Marco Polo) forget the money, I just want my hour back. Alas the show won awards, but you know we don't all like the same thing.