This event is part of the 2023 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
You’re invited to be part of the press pack at The Briefing, a send up of right-wing politics that takes aim at the US, only to catch Australia in its crosshairs as well.
Melissa McGlensey is tackling the dumpster fire of news from the USA in the only way she knows how – through comedy. Behind the podium, she transforms into right-wing blowhard Sarah Huckabee Sanders, taking you on a journey of absurd political theatre, partisan nonsense and dark humour, before giving you the right of reply in an improvised Q&A session that promises to yield more laughs than actual answers. You’ve never experienced a presser like this before.
Don’t forget to bring your questions!
Melissa McGlensey is an American writer (The Onion, Reductress, The Betoota Advocate) and comedian (Completely Improvised Survivor, The Big HOO-HAA!, Soothplayers). In her debut solo, she’ll show off her signature brand of comedy in a blend of improv, satire and character stand-up.
The Briefing is directed by Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall (Magma, Teleport!), who is a stand-up and sketch comedy performer who writes jokes for TV like Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell.
Additional game design by Douglas Wilson (RMIT University, Die Gute Fabrik).
Gumbo is played by Felix MacFarlane. Additional design by Douglas Wilson.
