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Tinder Tales: A Cabaret, A Melodrama, A Comedy

Tinder Tales: A New Musical follows the passionate and turbulent dating life of unlucky-in-love Abby (Eadie Testro-Girasole). A Tinder addict, Abby wants to find ‘love at first swipe’ and is constantly on the lookout for the perfect guy. Doubt (Aubrey Flood) and Insecurity (Mel O’Brian) are constant advisors, for better or for worse, on Abby’s every move. Encounters with a myriad of men and a … Continue reading Tinder Tales: A Cabaret, A Melodrama, A Comedy

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Mudcrabs Go Wild!: Or Do They?

Is sketch comedy a long dead artform, resigned only to occasional resurrection from its grave like a limp finger puppet? Or has the burgeoning revival we keep being told about finally taken glorious flight? According to Mudcrabs Go Wild!, the new show by the Mudcrabs (somehow short for the stolid sounding Melbourne University Comedy Revue Board), neither is correct. The sketches are delivered with such … Continue reading Mudcrabs Go Wild!: Or Do They?

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Talk of ‘Tinder Tales’ and Fails with Writer Mattie McLeod

Mattie McLeod seems to be the typical 24 year old, studying a bachelor of Film and Television at the VCA and in constant post-traumatic turmoil over her previous Tinder flings. Yet unlike most, she is also the writer of a new Australian musical comedy, Tinder Tales, premiering this month at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Recently, I sat down with her to discuss all things … Continue reading Talk of ‘Tinder Tales’ and Fails with Writer Mattie McLeod

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Never Have I Ever Been So Entertained

A tiny makeshift room, sectioned off by curtains and tucked away on the first floor of the Carlton Club, sets a cosy scene for Sam Garlepp’s Never Have I Ever. He greets all the early arrivals personally, and reassures us that there will be more people coming. Sure enough, a raucous crowd packs in and Garlepp makes his grand entrance, dancing in to his own … Continue reading Never Have I Ever Been So Entertained

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Into the Abyss: Grab a Pool Noodle and Dive In

Into the Abyss might just be the funniest existential crisis you’ll ever have. Through a mixture of improv and sketch comedy, a series of sketches tumble from the minds of Jacob Sacher and Jack McGorlick. As Paul Noodle Phd. Candidate, the pair don hats, strainers and banana costumes to become surreal characters who populate the mind of a comatose boy. Sacher and McGorlick charm their … Continue reading Into the Abyss: Grab a Pool Noodle and Dive In

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