Through the eyes of her own children during a family holiday to the German capital in 2015, Murray-Smith pondered the feelings and implications for the young drawn to a city so rich in history and creativity but also one so profoundly soaked in shame.
The behaviour of the men is misogynous. The behaviour of men in authority menacing. The Removalists is as relevant today as it was then.
If you’re looking for a show that’s completely different and unlike anything you’ve seen in Australia, head to Because the Night.
Quirk hisses at his audience mid show, “I’m like a snake… I am more afraid of you,” eyeballing us like a python. It is in these looks to the audience, and ability to generate tension and suspense through the storytelling that he holds the audience in his snake like trance.
To a comedian, anything personal is also potential material and Jayasinha mines a lot of his private life in a very engaging and tight show.
If there’s a more wholesome man in comedy, I simply don’t believe you. Adam Hills is a veteran of Australian stand-up and panel show royalty.
Ben Kochan is moonlighting from his job as a tennis coach to perform at the MICF 2021. He comes across as a very sweet, slightly nerdy kinda guy whose shtick is a suitcase full of props and some rather good musical jingles.