It’s been 21 years since I saw Rhys Darby in a tiny room in Edinburgh with about 15 people in the audience.
I had forgotten just how fucking bizarre his comedy is
[Edit] If anyone else in Australia is seeing him in the next couple of weeks and would be open to helping me source the shirt he has on can you leave me a comment please
(I assume its merch given we saw someone before the show wearing one too but I didn't see a merch desk and I didn't realise I needed one until halfway though the show)
COVID is not over. But neither is comedy. ~~
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) is one of the highlights of my year. B
A heap of my description vanished on the Redbubble preview, so I wanted to put it somewhere safe.
COVID is not over. But neither is comedy.
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) is one of the highlights of my year. Before COVID, and Melbourne's shutdown, I would go almost every night after work and see dozens of shows. When COVID came onto the scene in 2020, I was one of the people who asked MICF if we would be able to opt to give the costs of our tickets to the artists instead of receiving refunds.
I ventured out between lockdowns when it was held in a much more subdued fashion to see some of my die-hard favourites. In 2023, I planned my schedule to ensure plenty of time outside between shows, away from crowds, and masked at every show. I was cautious as hell, as were friends who I attended with, and yet I had an absolute blast—and I didn't get sick.
COVID is not over. But neither is comedy. I designed this work to showcase that feeling of joy I still get from attending live comedy, while also remaining mindful of the risks, in hopes that other people will enjoy this design as well.
I purchased the original stock art of the laughing people from iStock (credit: jesadaphorn) and added the masks myself in Photoshop, also recolouring some of the people to reflect the diversity in MICF performers and audiences.
I don't know what, if any, profit I will make from this, but I will donate 10% of any profit I earn to Oxfam, selected due to its ties to MICF and its COVID-19 response.
Thank you for reading and for considering this design. It came from the heart.
guy montgomerys guy mont spelling bee last night was so good ... my first live spelling bee and it was anne edmonds, anirban dasgupta, feRN BRADY and JOHN FUCKING KEARNSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (FT. PAUL WILLIAMS) oughhhhhghghhhh
john won by being a SNEAKY LITTLE BITCH (idiot) and anirban lost but won our hearts.......... johns prize was a horse book which he gave to fern bc she wanted it (they were chatting all night) and he kept the trucker hat prize to himself (pictured wearing)
paul williams helped with the audience interaction and had some crazy fucking zingers... how have i seen him 3 times this festival??? and seeing him again tonight......
I think I speak for all of us when I say we've never been more gorgeous than here. . . . . . #melbourne #comedyfestival #micf #sketch #dragtransformation #drag #instagay #blackandwhite (at Melbourne General Cemetery)
