Finn McGrath, Johanna Cosgrove, Beat Boyz, Chelsea Heaney, Guneet Kaur, Lucas Meintjes, Conk, Handful of Bugs, and Hannah Camilleri at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Josh Thomas, Elf Lyons, Laura Davis, and Doug & Maxâit's been a big couple days at the fest with some hits and one big miss.
I saw Mel McGlensey's Normal and Tricksy Collins' Assigned Magician at Birth the other day and I really desperately need you to know about them.
A brilliant night of queer comedy and theatre at The Motley Wherehaus seeing Jenna Suffernâs Lobster in a Glass and Yoz Menschâs My Grandpa Doesnât Follow Me On Instagram
A diary of my first four show day at Melbourne International Comedy Festival, featuring peaches, pies, puns, and plenty of politics.
A night at the Motley Bauhaus catching Happy Birthday Taylah Whelan, Coco the Time Travelling Tart, and Caitlin Duffâs Freidah
Introducing a pop-up newsletter full of my coverage of Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2026
Out of the 234 shows I saw in 2025, these are the ones that left the biggest marks on me
A review of No Seasons by Oli Ayres, presented by Skint at Melbourne Fringe Festival 2025
Reviewing âDemocracy Repair Servicesâ by Noemie Huttner-Koros, directed by Martha Latham, presented at Melbourne Fringe in 2025
An angry review of a bad review of one of my favourite shows at Melbourne Fringe
One week down, two to go.
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A review of a book I've half read (Theatre Blogging by Megan Vaughan) and some new year's resolutions on the future of this blog.
Projects
A community of Melbourne theatre lovers seeing & chatting about theatre together, masks required.
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The whirlwind of Fringe is kicking off, Iâve seen some excellent theatre which made me very angry (positively and negatively), and somehow I am the Vice President of the Green Room Awards Association (wth?!)
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I turned 27, Lorde released a new album, and a friend gave me a free haircut. The world is as stubbornly cruel as ever, and Iâve also started soaking chickpeas overnight.
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On smelling like sh*t, the death of reading, militaristic theatre, and Nathan Fielderâs ever-brilliant âThe Rehearsalâ.
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Iâm late to the Andrea Long Chu fan club, currently obsessed with the âpoetic web,â and really hecking worried about the state of the world. How about you?
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So much good theatre, some shockingly bad theatre, and assorted musings on what it means to criticise theatre.
10 Reasons Why Iâm Bloody Tired, or a Personal Response to âFat Pigâ at fortyfivedownstairs | Presented by Forest Collective and BK Opera
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A whirlwind of a month filled with COVID, drowned iPhones, Green Room awards, and one of my absolute favourite series of art prints.
55 shows, 4 weeks, and 1 crepe. A data driven wrap up of my MICF 2025 viewing habits.
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A bee landed on my balcony and I didnât know what to do next.
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Winter is coming and Iâve never felt more alive, or, another dozen reasons to love Comedy Festival