Comedy

The Migration Office

To the people who have been asked, "but where are you really from?" this show is for you.

$30.00
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Five people (two women and three men) are leaning against a vacant butcher's cabinet. They appear laidback, cool and calm. They are looking into the camera.
This image features three people standing outside a building with a large sign that reads
Five people (two women and three men). The group is standing in front of a glass door and windows with blinds, part of a building with a marble exterior. The overall atmosphere suggests they are waiting or posing outside an official government office.

Image Credit: Ece Mustafoff

Five people (two women and three men) are leaning against a vacant butcher's cabinet. They appear laidback, cool and calm. They are looking into the camera.
This image features three people standing outside a building with a large sign that reads
Five people (two women and three men). The group is standing in front of a glass door and windows with blinds, part of a building with a marble exterior. The overall atmosphere suggests they are waiting or posing outside an official government office.

  • Produced by: Beray Uzunbay and Benzir Siddiqui

  • Starring: Lee Ton, Jamie Yung, Kieren O'Riley, Adem Sahin and more.

  • Image Credit: Mai Nguyen and Ece Mustafoff

In each session of The Migration Office you will see two solo acts (e.g. stand-up, and clowning) followed by improvised comedy that subscribes to the Living Room format.

Throughout these 60-minute performances, you will see the cast critique the otherisation they have experienced as a result of their ethnicities. These shows aim to make audience members with similar experiences feel seen and heard.

The Migration Office is an hour of play, introspection, and intelligent humour, performed by a dynamic, unique and diverse cast.

  • Duration: 60 minutes

  • Event Accessibility: Blind or Low Vision Rating: Partially Accessible

  • Age suitability: PG

  • Event warnings: Some Infrequent/Low Pressure Audience Interaction.

  • Content warnings: Misogyny, Racism.

  • Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store
    Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton, VIC, 3053

    Wheelchair Access

    Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store is wheelchair accessible. The entrance to the venue is on Lygon St. You can head up the front stairs and through the main doors, from there head right to get to the Loading Dock. If you need step free access, there is lift at the front of the building and our team will be able to guide you from there to the Loading Dock. Once you're in the Loading Dock you can head straight through to the Victoria Street Building where the Corner Store is on your right.

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  • Full: $30.00

  • Hump Day Discount: $22.50

  • Extra Applause: $32.50

  • Blak Tix: $10.00

  • Concession: $27.00

  • Group 4+: $25.50

Sessions: In Person Events

A single $5.50 transaction fee applies to your booking.

Date Time Venue

Wednesday, 02 October 2024

5:45pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store

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Thursday, 03 October 2024

5:45pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store

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Friday, 04 October 2024

5:45pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store

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Saturday, 05 October 2024

5:45pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store

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Sunday, 06 October 2024

4:45pm

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store

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