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CABARET. IT’S LIKE COMEDY, ONLY BETTER. 

In a festival overflowing with stand-up comedians, seasoned stage and screen performer Mike McLeish is mixing it up with his brand-spanking new one-man show, Pensive Like a Fox.

A blend of satirical wit and idio(syncra)tic musical storytelling, Mike takes the audience on a chaotic ride of stand-up, storytelling and original songs, covering everything from practising French on the toilet to the joys of ageing and long-term relationships; from needing stitches after a pillow fight to what it means to think like a fox (because that’s in the title don’t you know?). 

Mike: ‘Cabaret’s a different beast. It’s more theatrical and - for my money - more audience-focused. And there are songs! Cabaret is better than comedy. There, I said it. But I’m addicted to performing comedy and cabaret because we’re all in it together; the audience and the performer. It’s a genuinely shared experience; a conversation happening in the moment. And it’s different every single night.’

Comedy festival goers can catch Pensive Like a Fox, this charming and chaotic cabaret, as part of the 2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, 7 nights a week at 7pm, March 24 to April 20 at The Butterfly Club.