OBSERVER: MICF comedy for young people
Pilot’ is comedy by young people, for young people at the 2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
‘Pilot’ is bringing together six of Australia’s most promising up-and-comers to headline their first ever Melbourne International Comedy Festival shows.
Producers Ethan Gallagher and Dylan McBurney come from comedy and performance backgrounds, and saw a gap in the festival’s youth programs that they wanted to fill. The two first met at a Gen Z comedy talent show Ethan was hosting.
Featuring comedians from across the country, Pilot overcomes the barrier that many young people face in their hometowns. Naomi Ross is a musical comedian who graduated Year 12 last year and has started a Bachelor of Music Theatre and Acting in her hometown of Ballarat.
“Comedy allows me to be creative in an industry that often asks you to stick to the script.”, she said.
Kate Kindleysides, 2023 national winner of the comedy festival’s student competition ‘Class Clowns’, is bringing her offbeat, surreal stand-up style from Brisbane back to the Melbourne stage.
Dates: March 31-April 6th at DoubleTree by Hilton
Tickets: $29.65 – $34.79, available via Eventbrite.
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