Today on the show, Michelle and Laura from Backwards Anorak join us to chat about their show A Hip Hikers Guide To The Galaxy. See it 8pm Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sundays; and 9pm Thursday, Friday, and Saturdays.
Today’s MICF Daily News Update:
DISCOUNTS: It’s another discount Tuesday, meaning most shows offer discount tickets. For a full list of everything discounted at the festival today, check out the Comedy Festival website.
NEW SHOWS: It’s a changing of the guard at the festival, with 45 new shows having their first editions of the 2015 festival. Shows opening tonight include:
Aaron Gocs, Angus Gordon – Gold Jacket Comedy
Backwards Anorak – A Hip Hikers Guide To The Galaxy
Changing Jennifers – Improvised Improv
Chris Taylor & Andrew Hansen – In Conversation With Lionel Corn
Clara Cupcakes – The Merchant of Whimsy
Damian Cowell – Hara-Karaoke
Damian Smith – (sic) Semper Tyrannis
Danny Stinson – Planet Of The Dans
Dave Campbell – My Life According to the Internet
Dave Eastgate – I Wish I Had A Band
Dolly Diamond – The Real Queen of Moomba
Elizabeth Davie – Also-ran
Gentlemen of Deceit – Incognito
Geoff Setty, Gabe Hogan, Evan Hocking – 3 States of Comedy
Harmon Leon – Yank Me
Jason Chong & Chris Weber – Blowhards
Jimmy James Eaton – Jimmy vs Jimmy
Jude Perl – Is It Just Me?
Kevin Lim & Daniel Muggleton – Jokes To Bang To
Khaled Khalafalla – Happy
Kitty Flanagan – Seriously?
Lauren Bok, Chelsea Hughes, Megan Mckay – Wander Women
Lewis Spears – Cyberbully Superstar
Madeleine Culp – Madeleine Schmadeleine
Marcus Ryan – Love Me Tinder 2: The Untold Stories
Matty Grey – Mega Variety Kids Show
Michael Bowley – Original Cynic
Nicolette Minster – Inanimately
Rob Lloyd – VS. The Monsters
Rose Matafeo and Guy Montgomery – Are Friends
Ross Daniels – Graham Clone: Virtually Live!
Sam Marzden – Peculiar Avenue
Seemingly Evil – Mix Tape
Simon Coronel – Glitches in Reality
Tanya Losanno in The Passenger
This Is Siberian Husky – And To Uncle Ted, The Lion Tamer, I Bequeath My Hand Towels
Thomas Green – It’s Always Greener
Toby Halligan – The Bad Gay
Umit Bali – Flight Plan
Wayan Keenan & Vincent Tshaka – 2 Brown Sugars – Trying to Get it (White) Right
Yackandandah Young Players – Scaredy-Cat
Darkness & Light
Live and Let Spy
Set List
ONE-OFF: A selection of hilarious short films will be screened at ACMI tonight. Red Hot Shorts will feature award winners Makeover, Pint, Pony Place, along with Lee Roger’s Op Shop, Las Palmas and the fantastic Logorama. See it tonight only, 7.30pm at ACMI.
VENUE CHANGE: India’s favourite stand-up Papa CJ is on the move. See him tonight through until Sunday April 12, 9.45pm at the Quilt Room at Trades Hall.
TUESDAY ONLY: Brodi Lucas’ show World Famous(ish) is back tonight, and next Tuesday only. See it 7.30pm at LOOP bar in the CBD.
PODCAST: CJ Delling hosts a live edition of her podcast Under the News Desk – and better yet it’s free! See it live, 7.30pm tonight at the Bull and Bear Tavern.
FAMILY: One more week of school holidays, one more week of family friendly comedy in the daytime. Today’s highlights:
The (very) Big Laugh Out hosts three editions today at the City Square Pitch. See Kano Mani at 12.30pm, Asher Treleaven at 1.30pm, and Jessica Arpin at 3pm.
At 10.30am, Sabrina D’Angelo’s show Zen the Pigeon Girl takes off from the Northcote Town Hall
At 11am, Madeleine Culp and Shane Matheson show us some Dinosaur Guts. Melbourne Town Hall. Also at the Town Hall: Harley Breen & Heath Franklin in Captain Fun Pants and the Mystery of the Fun-o-Matic Fun Wand and Trash Test Dummies.
Also at 11am, the Yackandandah Young Players present Scaredy-Cat at the The Famous Spiegeltent at the Arts Centre.
Matty Gray is on the move to the National Theatre, with the Mega Variety Kids Show. 11.30am.
At 12.15pm at the Town Hall, choose between Impromptunes: Tune Your Own Adventure, Jon Bennett’s family edition of It’s Rabbit Night!!!, or Showko with Ninja Ken & Sushi Monster.
At 12.30pm, Comedy Club for Kids returns to The Spiegeltent at the Melbourne Arts Centre.
Improvilicious: The Improvised Guide to High School holds court at the Melbourne Town Hall from 1.30pm. Also at 1.30pm – Josh Earl in My Family’s Weirder Than Your Family.
At 2pm choose between Alex and Luke’s Make Your Parents Disappear at The Famous Spiegeltent or Mr Snot Bottom and The Curse Of The Stinky Silly Zombie Babies at the Melbourne Town Hall.
Marty Putz is Putzing Around, 3.30pm at the Wonderland Spiegeltent in Docklands.
And ONGALS present their Babbling Comedy, 7pm at The Famous Spiegeltent.
EXTRA SHOWS: Judith Lucy has been selling out edition after edition of her show Ask No Questions of the Moth, so two more bonus shows have been added. See her this Friday, 7pm; and Sunday, 6pm at Hamer Hall – tickets on sale for both right now.
HOT TICKETS: Cheap Tuesday means hot ticket Tuesday. Shows close to selling out tonight include:
Kitty Flanagan – Seriously?
Em Rusciano – The Motherload
Nazeem Hussain – Legally Brown
Nick Cody – Beard Game Strong
Ben Knight – The Parent/Teacher Interview
Ronny Chieng – You Don’t Know What You’re Talking About
Joel Creasey – The Hurricane
The Improv Conspiracy – Play Like A Girl
LATE NIGHT: Jameson Festival Club is back at The Hi-Fi after a night’s rest with 10 Comics for 10 Bucks. David Williams is in the hosting seat, with comedy from Jacob Lingard, Shane Matheson, Nina Oyama, Tien Tran, Gen Fricker, Sean Bedlam, James Smith, Corey White, Kelly Fastuca and Liam Ryan. Doors at 11.15pm.
A whole host of other late night shows take place tonight, including:
The After Party
Sean Michaels, Ruvan Govender, Kyle Legacy, Sam Kissajukian – Comedy Roadshow
Wolf Tokyo Club – At Rehersal
Late Night, Every Night
Eddie Sharp – Magnum Opus
Greg Fleet – Ad Lib-Oration
Joshua Ladgrove – Talks at You for 52 Minutes in Exchange for Some of Your Money
Set List
