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And Daniel Sloss takes People's Choice Geraldine Hickey has won the top prize at the the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. The comic scooped the prize for most outstanding show for   What A Surprise, which told how she had found happiness in life at 40 with a job and partner she loved. It received a slew of glowing reports including five stars from Melbourne newspaper The Age and four from Chortle.  Accepting Hickey award she said it took her ‘many, many years,’ to get where she was, adding that she would dedicated the accoade to ‘anyone who’s in the middle of their career an...

Advertisement As Melbourne International Comedy Festival perennial Arj Barker noted, this year we’ve hosted the biggest comedy festival on the planet, baby. Hopefully you’ve made the most of it. Our reviewers certainly did – here they pick the festival’s best acts, best jokes and their tips for “if you have to see one more act this weekend before it’s too late, make sure you see...” Jude Perl, Nath Valvo and Dilruk Jayasinha. Credit:Simon Schluter Tyson Wray: Anna Piper Scott’s Queer & Present Danger was a heartfelt and hilarious exposition of Scottâ...

We asked Australian comedians to find the good bits online and share them with us. Diana Nguyen has delivered them here Diana Nguyen says she used to be an Uber driver and dreamt of doing carpool karaoke with Adele – just like James Corden. Photograph: Evie Lynn Diana Nguyen says she used to be an Uber driver and dreamt of doing carpool karaoke with Adele – just like James Corden. Photograph: Evie Lynn Wed 14 Apr 2021 13.30 EDT So a little strange thing about me – while looking for lovers on the traditional dating apps, I found myself on LinkedIn and started dancing on LinkedIn, whic...

Melbourne International Comedy Festival reveals 2021 award nominees Ivan Aristeguieta, Luke Heggie and Geraldine Hickey Words by Tom Parker After weeks of festivity and hilarity, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival award nominees are here. The Melbourne International Comedy Festival has just announced their 2021 award nominees, with shortlists for Most Outstanding Show, The Golden Gibbo and Best Newcomer awards now here. What you need to know The Melbourne International Comedy Festival has revealed its 2021 award nominations There are shortlists for Mos...

Winners are grinners: we review the Comedy Festival’s shortlisted shows We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss April 13, 2021 — 5.00am Save Normal text size Advertisement The nominations are in for most outstanding show at the 2021 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Here’s what our reviewers thought of the acts. Nominees for most outstanding show Luke Heggie, ★★★★★ Is there an award for Most Improved Player? Last time I saw Heggie he was solid, now he’s utterly extraordinary. The deadpan Sydn...