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By Cam Lucadou-Wells
Early-career knockbacks inspired Melbourne comedian Jude Perl’s award-winning cabaret I Have a Face.
The laugh-out-loud cabaret lands at the Drum Theatre on Friday 11 June, together with local comedian Margot Tanjutco.
As an aspiring indie-pop singer-songwriter, Perl was repeatedly rejected in the music industry for not being ‘edgy’ enough.
She decided to focus on her comedy career and said the show highlights many of the emotions she and many others experience.
“I talk about some tough stuff, make you laugh and make you feel truly human.
“We all wonder at some stage if we are doing it right.
By Cam Lucadou-Wells
After the year we’ve had, we could all do with a laugh.
Stand-up comedian Daniel Connell has certainly seen a thirst for live humour with sellout crowds flocking to this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
“Everybody is rapt that it’s happening. There’s a spring in our steps.
“All the crowds are just happy to be out. They’re all excited and into it – they’re keen from the get-go.”
Connell is MC for the festival’s roadshow which is stopping in Dandenong on Friday 23 April.
The roadshow features a line-up including Connell, musical humorist Jude Perl, headline act Dilruk Jayasinha and other stand-ups from the festival.
The iconic Upfront comedy showcase returns with another lineup of fierce and funny women Celia Pacquola
We chat with Upfront participant and comedy legend Geraldine Hickey ahead of the event.
Upfront is a one-night-only show that’s long been a pivotal part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. The show features some of the best female comics plucked from the festival at large and put into one stellar lineup to bring the house to tears (of laughter).
Since it’s conception, the regular festival show has given audiences a chance to see some of the best bits of their comedy favs, along with getting a taste for some newer acts they might not have seen before.