Black is the New White
What a delightful breath of fresh air is playwright, Nakkiah Lui. Her writing is witty, perceptive, informative and deliciously entertaining; her characters, believable, charming and very funny. In Black is the New White...
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MICF: The Kagools – Kula
Sometimes we all need a change of scene. English mime duo The Kagools have this in mind in their new show Kula. The result is a very funny expedition to the frontiers of physical comedy. Last in Melbourne with highly mem...
MICF: Dead Men Tell No Jokes
The title of this parody of the Pirates of the Caribbean series – Dead Men Tell No Jokes – doesn’t tell the whole story; the living can have some problems too. These were sometimes technical; some players had...
The Importance of Being Earnest
One of the qualities of good writing is its resilience. Despite the inadequacies of an abysmal production, good writing persists. So, when good writing is put in the hands of talented artists who know what they’re doing,...
MICF: Sean Patton – Number One
In a programme of about 600 shows at MICF 2018, it helps to have a point of difference. Sean Patton has the hook of being from the ‘drunken voodoo pirate city’ of New Orleans. Given that upbringing, we might have expecte...
MICF: DeAnne Smith – Worth It
Just before the official start, Smith advised that Worth It wasn’t going to be about money, as the MICF guide indicated. Instead of being that show from the Canadian’s brain, this would be “the show from her heart”. I wa...
MICF: James Veitch – Game Face
A former Apple Store “Genius”, English comic James Veitch has gained some life XP and returns to MICF following his sell-out 2017 offering on internet scams: Dot Con. Having missed that, I was keenly anticipating his fus...
MICF: Rich Hall
Winner of the 2013 MICF Barry Award and Edinburgh Fringe’s Perrier Award, the widely-toured and irascible Rich Hall is a frequent visitor to Australia. As for his last trip in 2016, he still doesn’t need a show title. Bu...
