Festival of Critical Comedy offers up a variety of non-censored senses of humour
This is the third year that the festival has been run by Awkward Giraffe, a not-for-profit organisation established in 2019 to support comedy that sticks its neck out. The eclectic smorgasbord of multidisciplinary acts this year include: experimental and anti-historical reenactment theatre, meta comedy theatre (comedy about comedy), comedy game show improvisation, clowning, musical comedy, absurd and surreal spoken word, subversive stand-up, moving image, live art, anti-comedy and political satire. Awkward Giraffe has curated a non-censored line-up of comedians who revel in living on the fringe of Melbourne's mainstream comedy crucible. Many of them are revered and reviled in equal measure for kicking against the pricks and being damned funny while doing it. “What makes us laugh is as universal and diverse as what makes us human.” - Creativity’s Midwife List of performers An amazing line-up including: Ridiculusmus, Doppelgangster, Greg Fleet, Sofie Prints, Yobbo The Clown, ...