Fresh Finds: Class Of 2025 – Aussie Acts To Add To Your Playlist

Maxim Boon, Journalist

Reviews / Arts
Rhys Nicholson: I'm Fine (MICF)
"Beneath this OTT, urbane exterior is a driven and highly intelligent mind."
Reviews / Arts
Urzila Carlson: Unacceptable (MICF)
"Her jokes are powered by the everyday, drawing an audience in with relatable familiarities."
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DeAnne Smith: Post-Joke Era (MICF)
"It's a virtuoso display of smart, slick, silly brilliance — a metaphorical (and literal) mic-drop of a show."
Reviews / Arts
Ivan Aristeguieta: Juithy (MICF)
"The infusion of a richer emotional spectrum to Aristeguieta's routine reveals an impressive level of craft."
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Wil Anderson: Critically Wil (MICF)
"Comedy bristling with smarts and insight that still manages to tap a quintessential, true blue Aussieness."
News / Music
The Music’s Weekend Comedy Hit List At The Melbourne International Comedy Festival
The biggest weekend of the 2017 Melbourne International Comedy Festival is about is commence, with more openings than an octopuses turtleneck!
Reviews / Arts
Ruby Wax: Frazzled (MICF)
"A magnetic stage presence and certainly worth the price of admission."
Features / Arts
Alice Fraser Goes For Highbrow Humour In Her Latest Show, 'Empire'
"It is funny but also serious but mainly funny. But seriously, it's funny."
Features / Arts
Bright Young Funny Things: The Best New Talent You Have To Catch At MICF 2017
Reviews / Arts
The Desperettes: A Guide To Being A Wingman (MICF)
A relentlessly uplifting, toe-tapping, head-bopping joyride about how to "get the D."
Reviews / Arts
John Leung: The Cunning Linguist (MICF)
For all his clear enthusiasm for words, making it the foundation of his show has proven to be stand-up suicide.
Features / Arts
The Who's Who Of Ha Ha: Anne Edmonds, Nazeem Hussain & Aunty Donna Talk MICF
"Now we can't start a day of comedy without six hours of stretching before we get to the work."
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