MICF: Jude Perl, Puffy Jacket

MELBOURNE INDEPENDENT CELEBRATORY FEMINIST
Jude Perl
Puffy Jacket
26 March-19 April
Melbourne Town Hall, Portico Room
comedyfestival.com.au

Jude Perl

I saw Jude Perl's I Have a Face last year and said, "Her work is personal and vulnerable and questions so many of the ridiculous expectations about femininity and sexuality that face women every day." And now I'm singing "I have a face"; her work sticks.

If you could see anyone (possible or impossible) in your audience, who would it be?
Maria Bamford.

What is one of your favourite comedy festival memories?
Drinking tea at the Malthouse after my shows.

Who is one of your favourite Melbourne Indie Celebratory Feminists?
Clara Cupcakes.

What three shows are you not going miss this comedy festival?
Kirsty Webeck Gosh
David Quirk Astonishing Obscurity
Patrick Collins Mime Sherriff

What else could MICF stand for?
Multiple Irrational Cluster Fun

GIVEAWAY COMPETITION

one double pass to

Jude Perl: Puffy Jacket
29 March
6.15
Melbourne Town Hall, Portico Room

EMAIL with JUDE PERL COMPETITION in the subject
Closes on 25 March 2020

MICF: I Get It Now

I Get It Now
Kirsty Webeck
1 April 2018
Imperial Hotel
to 22 April
comedyfestival.com.au

Kirsty Webeck

There are stand-up nights when the audience and performer click. Those shows when every joke lands (and those that don't land are even funnier), when there are in-jokes for just that crowd, and when no one checks the time and avoids eye contact with the performer. Kirsty Webek's audience had that experience last night.

It wasn't a huge crowd, but as soon as Kirsty asked us to move up to the front – and everyone happily did – we knew it was going to be a great night.

In I Get It Now, Kirsty tells stories about some of those "ohhhhhhh" moments when something suddenly makes sense and she realised what she'd misunderstood. Some are from primary school, when it's ok to believe that your teacher isn't weird (she was), but realising what you misunderstood as an adult can leave you wishing that you hadn't made the realisation. I suspect that there's an office where "in the Biblical sense" has become an ongoing office joke.

I saw Kirsty because I'd been following her on Twitter. With over 600 shows this year, it can be hard to find the ones you love. Take chances and see people and shows you don't know. See indie performers, see local performers, see people who can't advertise on a tram. They may become your new favourites.