Casey Filips
What a Character
Winner Take a Chance on Adelaide Award (Best New Show) 2024 Adelaide Fringe
Nominee Best Comedy 2024 Melbourne Fringe
Judge's Pick 2024 Melbourne Fringe
Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Edinburgh Fringe 2024 & 2025
"Oh man, what a character." - Ancient Australian proverb.
Idiom, used to describe either the best or worst person you know.
Example, "Wow, that Casey Filips is such a character".
Following his critically-acclaimed debut show Virtuoso, award-winning character comic Casey Filips brings his brand-new hour of comedic characters, sketches and "loveable buffoonery" (Lillithia Reviews) to the 2026 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
It won't be stand-up, but you will be marvelling "oh man, what a character".
'Utterly brilliant.' ★★★★★ The Age
'Filips is a master.' ★★★★★ The Funny Tonne
'Truly inventive comedy.' ★★★★★ The Real Chrisparkle (UK)
'Casey Filips is brilliant.' ★★★★★ Lillithia Reviews
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Suitable for audiences 18+
Audience participation
Haze
Language – occasional coarse language
Winner Take a Chance on Adelaide Award (Best New Show) 2024 Adelaide Fringe
Nominee Best Comedy 2024 Melbourne Fringe
Judge's Pick 2024 Melbourne Fringe
Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Edinburgh Fringe 2024 & 2025
"Oh man, what a character." - Ancient Australian proverb.
Idiom, used to describe either the best or worst person you know.
Example, "Wow, that Casey Filips is such a character".
Following his critically-acclaimed debut show Virtuoso, award-winning character comic Casey Filips brings his brand-new hour of comedic characters, sketches and "loveable buffoonery" (Lillithia Reviews) to the 2026 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
It won't be stand-up, but you will be marvelling "oh man, what a character".
'Utterly brilliant.' ★★★★★ The Age
'Filips is a master.' ★★★★★ The Funny Tonne
'Truly inventive comedy.' ★★★★★ The Real Chrisparkle (UK)
'Casey Filips is brilliant.' ★★★★★ Lillithia Reviews
Reviews just in
Suitable for audiences 18+
Audience participation
Haze
Language – occasional coarse language
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