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There's still a whole lot of hilariousness happening at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival - but you'd better get a wriggle on.

First published on 8 Dec 2010. Updated on 23 Apr 2012.

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Australia’s comedy capital comes to life with stand up, cabaret, theatre and street performances from some of the best Australian and International comedians. There are plenty of free and cheap laughs for those who are on a tighter budget, so there is something for every comedy lover.

Hing & Gen's Comedy Festival diary
	Throughout the festival, Time Out's comedy correspondents, Michael Hing and Gen Fricker - two blow-ins from Sydney, would you believe - will be keeping a festival diary for us, in between stand-up stints of their own.
Wanda Sykes
	Over for Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Wanda Sykes is an American comedian whose work both on screen and on stage - and now in the White House - spans 25 years.
Dave Gorman's PowerPoint Presentation
	A sold-out UK tour of…a PowerPoint presentation? Only Dave Gorman could get away with such a ruse. He rambles to Time Out about beards, bicycles, and his worst gig ever.
Ross Noble - Nonsensory Overload
	Ross Noble brings the comedy fest a load of nonsense.
Tina C - Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word
	Tina C is on a mission of reconcilliation, tackling Australia's biggest issues with Nashville sensitivity. Tina (satirist Christopher Green) spoke with Time Out about the tour.
Pop Up Playground - Werewolf
	Pop Up Playground launch their first adventure in pervasive game playing with a massive game of the parlour classic, Werewolf.
Simon Amstell - Numb
	“I'm often quite annoyed to not be a professionally trained psychologist,” says existential, elegantly awkward comic Simon Amstell. He’s premiering his new show, Numb, at MICF before taking it back home to the UK.
Claudia O'Doherty - The Telescope
	Sydney comic Claudia O'Doherty brings her new show, Telescope, to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Unpack This
	The former Neighbour assaulted a neighbour... and he's bringing the resulting show on anger management to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Meg Pee - Close to You
	From a nightie-wearing father to a Karen Carptenter-obsessed mother, Meg Pee mines her crazy childhood for comedic gold.
Dixie's Tupperware Party
	Dixie Longate brings her southern-fried Tupperware spectacular to the Famous Spiegeltent as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
The Bedroom Philosopher's High School Assembly
	The comic songsmith is back... back to school!
Michael Chamberlin - Joy & Despair
	Michael Chamberlin chats about John Cleese, performing to felons, and why he might work at McDonald’s.
Lisa-Skye: Ladyboner
	Time Out talks to "the only fat queer kinky Goth chick at the Comedy Festival", Lisa-Skye, about merkins made of Cheezels and life with green hair.
Sam Simmons - About The Weather
	Comedy circuit stalwart Sam Simmons hits town with a new solo show, his ninth at the Festival. Sam chatted with Time Out ... About the Weather.
Judith Lucy - Nothing Fancy
	Judith Lucy’s decided she’s got nothing to prove with her new Melbourne International Comedy Festival show, Nothing Fancy.
Lawrence Leung - Beginning Middle End
	Melbourne's duke of dork has a story to tell.
Susan Provan on Melbourne International Comedy Festival
	The joke's on Melbourne for the 26th year running, and MICF director Susan Provan wouldn't have it any other way.

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