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The Age 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival reviews

I’m reviewing Melbourne International Comedy Festival for The Age again this year. Here’s the round-up of my published pieces: Anna Piper Scott | None Of That Queer Stuff Piper Scott treads masterfully into delicate territory to tease out entertaining truths. As she reassesses which labels she’s shedding and which she’s…

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The Age 2023 Melbourne Fringe Festival Reviews

It’s Fringe Fever time in Melbourne and I’ve been reviewing shows for The Age. I was particularly pleased to be able to cover so many disabled performers for the festival; our sector is going from strength to strength. Reviews on The Age: Rainbow History Class with Rudy Jean Rigg and…

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MICF Review 2015 – Stuart Bowden: Before Us

The latest tale from storyteller Stuart Bowden delivers a melancholic and bittersweet hour of entertainment. Before us were our parents, and our collective human race. Before the lime green bulbous creation on stage before us were also her parents, her collective race, but they’re all dead now she tells us.…

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