Melbourne comedy festival says critics created ‘a complete bin fire’ after Barry Humphries’ death

Director says the renewed focus on the comedy festival taking Humphries' name off an award in 2019 is really, really inappropriate'

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The director of the Melbourne international comedy festival has accused keyboard warriors" who know little about the event of creating a complete bin fire" and a distressing shitstorm" after the death of Barry Humphries.

The festival has denied cancelling" the lauded satirist and comedian, who died in Sydney on Saturday, at the age of 89, despite his name being stripped from the MICF's main award in 2019 over comments he made about the transgender community.

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