Today’s guests are comedian JC Coccoli and producer Alexandra Howell from Fringe: Comedy with Bangs. See it 10.45pm tonight at the Tuxedo Cat.
Today’s MICF Daily News Update:
SPECIAL EVENTS: The Deadly Funny National Final & Showcase is back at MICF today. Andy Saunders and Judith Lucy will host Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander up and coming comedians, who compete to win $2,000. Special guests include Kevin Kropinyeri, Shiralee Hood, Matt Ford, Mia Stanford and a performance by Djuki Mala. 5pm today at the Forum Theatre Upstairs.
EXTRA SHOWS: The final Saturday of the festival is marked with a whole lot of bonus shows – many comedians doing double duty today. Tickets are on sale now for the following extras:
Adam Hills – Clown Heart. 5pm at the Athenaeum Theatre.
Cal Wilson – Undercurrants. 5pm at the Melbourne Town Hall.
Anne Edmonds – You Know What I’m Like!. 6pm at the Melbourne Town Hall.
Ronny Chieng – You Don’t Know What You’re Talking About. 6pm at the Melbourne Town Hall.
Corey White – The Cane Toad Effect. 7.15pm at the Portland Hotel.
Tommy Little – Enter The Weapon. 8.15pm at the Melbourne Town Hall.
Jen Kirkman – I’m Going To Die Alone (And I Feel Fine). 8.30pm at the Melbourne Town Hall.
Nellie White – Idiot Dick. 8.30pm at the Bull and Bear Tavern.
Nazeem Hussain – Legally Brown. 9.15pm at the Melbourne Town Hall.
Juan Vesuvius – Calypso Nights. 9.45pm at the Tuxedo Cat.
Heidi O’Loughlin – A Woman Talking. 9.45pm at the Melbourne Town Hall.
Dr Brown – Befrdfgth. 10.45pm at the Fairfax Studio at Arts Centre Melbourne.
Dilruk Jayasinha – Immigrateful. 10.45pm at ACMI.
Lawrence Mooney – Surely Not. 11pm at the Melbourne Town Hall.
Dave Thornton – Spit & Polish. 11pm at ACMI.
Nick Cody – Beard Game Strong. 11pm at ACMI.
Jason Byrne – 20 Years A Clown. 11pm at the Forum.
Tommy Little – The Weapon. 11.15pm at the Melbourne Town Hall.
DAYTIME: Plenty of great comedy to see in the daytime at MICF today. Amongst the early treats:
The Op Shop Tour will bus you around with comedians from 9.30am, outside the Town Hall.
The Exford Hotel hosts three afternoon shows. Ashes: The Comedy Showdown at 1.30pm. The Best of British 3.30pm, and Full of It: The True or False Game Show at 5pm.
Rod Quantock and Fiona Scott-Norman reveal Drivetime with Two Leggy Redheads. At the earlier time of 2pm at the Famous Spiegeltent.
Michael Chamberlin lets you know his Thoughts. 4pm, Imperial Hotel.
Also at 4pm, variety show Love Bites takes place at the Downstairs Lounge at the Grand Mercure Hotel
Love Your Work: Aussie Comedy Shorts, a collection of films is on at 4pm at ACMI.
Hannah Gadsby’s super popular series of art lectures is back today. Picasso and Other Problems looks at the works of Pablo Picasso and how it led modern art. 4.30pm at the National Art Gallery.
At 5pm Battle of The Superheroes: The Great Superhero Debate, that one’s at The Joint.
Celia Pacquola’s show Let Me Know How It All Works Out happens 5.30pm at the Victoria Hotel and is currently sold out.
Straight outta 1991 comes Greg Fleet, Matt King and Marty Sheargold – aka New Joke City. They tell their story as part of Meshel Laurie Talks Funny, 5.30pm at the Town Hall.
And Damian Callinan opens his The Lost WWI Diary. 5.45pm at the Melbourne Town Hall.
FAMILY: The (very) Big Laugh Out has a big day of family friendly comedy planned for you. See Mathieu Moustache at 11.30am, and The French Waiter at 12.30pm over at the City Square Pitch. Then from 2.30pm head to Federation Square’s main stage for the big show. Hosts Ozstar Airlines will welcome Mathieu Moustache, Trygve Wakenshaw, Tessa Waters, Trash Test Dummies, and the Djuki Mala. Entry for both is free.
Also on today: Cautionary Tales for Children and the 26-Storey Treehouse. Both of those at Arts Centre Melbourne.
PODCASTS: Two podcasts record live episodes today:
A live episode of The Shelf Podcast records today at the Imperial Hotel. That one is at 3pm.
I Love Green Guide Letters will get the letter lovers laughing, 4pm at the Athenaeum Theatre.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Vivek Mahbubani performs his show An Indian Made in China in Cantonese. See it 4.30pm today at the Melbourne Town Hall.
FILM: Blue Grassy Knoll play live scores to three short films of Buster Keaton. See it at the Melbourne Recital Centre at 4pm and 8pm today only.
DANDENONG: Phi and Me take their show to the Drum Theatre in Dandy tonight, 7.30pm.
DOUBLES: A bunch of shows present two editions today – see them once, or see them twice!
Rajendra Moodley – Is It Because I’m Indian? 2pm and 7pm at Chapel off Chapel.
Spoon Eyes vs The Pub, 2pm and 8pm at Second Story Studios in Collingwood.
Le Noir, 2pm and 8pm at the State Theatre.
Steen Raskopoulos – Character Assassin, 5.45pm and 8.30pm at the Town Hall.
Wil Anderson – Free Wil, 5.45pm and 9.15pm at the Comedy Theatre.
Terry North’s Who’s Your Daddy?: The Funny Side of Parenthood 4.30pm and 7.30pm at the Elephant and Wheelbarrow.
HOT TICKETS: The final Saturday of MICF is marked by a whole bunch of sell out or close to sell out shows. Those include:
Celia Pacquola – Let Me Know How It All Works Out
Steen Raskopoulos – Character Assassin
Damian Cowell – Hara-Karaoke
Penny Greenhalgh – Pop Pop
Ronny Chieng – You Don’t Know What You’re Talking About
Comedy Zone Asia
Dave Thornton – Spit & Polish
Dilruk Jayasinha – Immigrateful
Hannah Gadsby – Donkey
Kitty Flanagan – Seriously?
Matt Okine – The Other Guy
Nina Conti – In Your Face
Tommy Little – Enter The Weapon
Em Rusciano – The Motherload
Fiona O’Loughlin – The One Where She Left Her Husband and Moved to Melbourne!
Nazeem Hussain – Legally Brown
Jason Byrne – 20 Years A Clown
Lawrence Leung – The Escapist
Urzila Carlson – Poise Control
Nick Cody – Beard Game Strong
Pablo Francisco – Here We Go Again (Back In The Outback)
Justin Hamilton – Snacks!
Luisa Omielan’s What Would Beyonce Do?!
Joel Creasey – The Hurricane
Damien Power – I Can’t Believe I Cared
Sam Simmons – Spaghetti For Breakfast
Akmal
Karl Chandler – World’s Greatest (and Best) Comedian
Lawrence Mooney – Surely Not
Michael Che
Sam Campbell – Cambo’s On Top
LATE NIGHT: The Jameson Festival Club is back in Comedy Bonanza mode. Anne Edmonds hosts Rich Hall, Aunty Donna, Rhys Nicholson, plus many more. Then after the comedy, stick around to find out the winners of the festival awards. After that, music with DJ Dick Versace. Doors at The Hi-Fi open 11.15pm.
Zoe Coombs Marr brings back her acclaimed character Dave, 10.45pm at the Tuxedo Cat.
Ali McGregor’s Late-Nite Variety-Nite Night has it’s final outing for MICF 2015. 11.30pm at the Spiegeltent.
Also on late tonight:
Angus Hodge – Slow Death of the Spirit Animal
Ben Russell – The Tokyo Hotel
Bear Attack
FNC
The After Party
The Fancy Boy Variety Show
Gamze Kirik, Ruben Francis & Sahil Saluja – The Late Night Show
Hayley Brennan – Date Night
Nick Capper – Capper
Facty Fact: Sleepover Club
Thomas Jaspers – Always The Bridesmaid
Joshua Ladgrove Talks at You for 52 Minutes in Exchange for Some of Your Money
Heckle!
After Hours: Late Night Laughs at Society
Capital Punishment
Ali McGregor’s Late-Nite Variety-Nite Night
Late Night, Every Night
Sinful Stories
Late Night Impro – The Bingo Board of Doom
Greg Fleet – Ad Lib-Oration
Lee Naimo – Finding Lee
Best of British
Blake Mitchell – High Noon At Yum Yum Mountain
Fringe: Comedy with Bangs
Set List
Tomas Ford – Crap Rave Music Party
