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The Alpine Hotel is located in a quiet pocket of Victoria in the Yarra Ranges.

Time slows at this 141-year-old pub in a quiet pocket of Victoria

In the heart of the Yarra Ranges, the refurbished Alpine Hotel serves elevated pub grub and stilling mountainside views.

  • Sanka Amadoru

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L-R Laura Davis, Zainab Johnson, Abby Govindan, Rove McManus

The best heckles, riskiest jokes and strangest moments from this year’s comedy festival

After a month packed with shows, our reviewers have come together to pick out the best (and most memorable) moments from this year’s comedy festival.

  • Donna Demaio, Guy Webster, Hannah Francis, John Bailey, Lefa Singleton Norton, Mikey Cahill, Nell Geraets, Sonia Nair, Tyson Wray and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
Frankie McNair is at the Victoria Hotel until April 19.

It’s the final weekend of the comedy festival. Here’s what not to miss

From a performer who is definitely one to watch to some chaotic sketches, see how our reviewers rate the picks of the festival before it ends on Sunday.

  • Donna Demaio, Cassidy Knowlton, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Guy Webster, Hannah Francis, John Bailey, Karl Quinn, Lefa Singleton Norton, Nell Geraets, Rose Lu, Sonia Nair, Thuy On, Tyson Wray and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
The Wu-Tang Clan gig at Rod Laver Arena was messy and chaotic, with flashes of brilliance.

This was supposed to be a Wu-Tang gig – so where were the Wu-Tang Clan?

Although this tour was billed as “all living members, together for the final time”, four members were absent, without explanation.

  • Liam Pieper, Cameron Woodhead and Andrew Fuhrmann
Sha’Carri Richardson wins the Stawell Gift on day three in the Victorian country town.

Glorious and glamorous: Sha’Carri delivers gift for Stawell

On a country footy oval in the shadows of the Grampians, the American produced what was possibly the greatest sprinting performance ever seen in Australia outside of an Olympics.

  • Michael Gleeson
Sam Nicoresti performs Baby Doomer at The Westin until April 19.

Chaos, lad culture and a show that seemed destined to fail: This festival has it all

From improv steered by children to a comedian at the top of her game, this year’s festival is in full swing. Keep an eye on our ever-growing list of reviews.

  • Cassidy Knowlton, Gemma Grant, Guy Webster, Hannah Francis, John Bailey, Karl Quinn, Mikey Cahill, Sonia Nair, Thuy On, Tyson Wray and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
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When Life Gives You Oranges is at Melbourne Town Hall until April 19

The best, the weirdest, and the most unmissable of the comedy festival so far

From weirdly good questions to a clever use of PowerPoint, this year’s comedy festival is in full swing. Keep an eye on our ever-growing list of reviews here.

  • Donna Demaio, Cameron Woodhead, Gemma Grant, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Guy Webster, Hannah Francis, John Bailey, Karl Quinn, Lefa Singleton Norton, Mikey Cahill, Nell Geraets, Rose Lu, Sonia Nair, Thuy On, Tyson Wray and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
Portside prepares seafood as it would at a restaurant, such as Hervey Bay scallops and half rock lobsters.

Portside Market

A fishmonger with a fine dining difference.

  • Emily Holgate
72-hour fermented dough is prepared using the "Tokyo stretch" technique.

Garfield Pizzeria

There’s no lasagne in sight at this rollicking Lygon Street hangout.

  • Emily Holgate
Playwright Kath Duncan has written a play, Specials, which will premiere at Arts House this month.

Not all kids in ‘special schools’ had bad experiences – but this writer absolutely did

Kath Duncan draws on her own experience for her play, Specials. “I hated it,” she says. “It was a torture chamber.”

  • Will Cox