"Come for the dog videos, stay for the acute social commentary."
Hannah Gadsby takes to the stage in Dogmatic promising 'No more woe'.
With previous stellar MICF shows noted for their heavy themes, Gadsby heads in a different direction this year with a dazzling, dancing, costume-changing tribute to one of the world's biggest pop stars. Short, snappy storytelling is Gadsby's homage to those catchy, sanitised Billboard hits: tales of lizard people, corn cob bags and her delightful pooch delivered in perfectly pitched deadpan. Gadsby may have taken a different route but thankfully still arrives at a familiar destination, standing against a backdrop of well-constructed glamour, delivering hard, hilarious truths. Come for the dog videos, stay for the acute social commentary.