Review – Dilruk Jayasinha is Kind of a Big Dil
Do you ever wonder why there are so many hipsters? Discussions on the validity of the term aside, it’s because everyone loves being the person who ‘called it’ with something that’s popular. I had...
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Review – Dr. Professor Neal Portenza: Performs his Own Autopsy Live on Stage. One Night Only. (Obviously).
It’s a strange feeling to come across something that could easily either be deceptively brilliant or inanely shit. Well, Dr. Professor Neal Portenza is exactly that. I still don’t know if I should be...
Review – El Jaguar: The Rise of El Jaguar
Before I start this review, I have to say one thing. Before I went into the room for his show, I had no idea what to expect. El Jaguar history as a former WWF...
Review – Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life…
If you’re waiting for your real life to begin and pondering if it is a beautiful world, perhaps you could look inwards and wonder who could it be now? I know, using the names of...
Review – Simon Taylor: Funny
Simon Taylor’s show Funny opened at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival last night and I’m happy to report that the title is not, in fact, bullshit. This guy is seriously funny in his ~1hr...
Review – Alexis Dubus: Cars and Girls
The name of this show is a little misleading. Well, Dubus does focus on the loves of his life, and the vehicles that drove him there, but put aside notions of a man who...
Review – FanFiction Comedy
A line up of comedians write fanfictions and then read them aloud in front of an audience. It’s a simple premise, a little weird and even a bit scary if you know even so...
Review – Heath Franklin’s Chopper: Big F**ken Late Show
Comedian Heath Franklin’s hilarious parody of crime heavyweight Chopper Read is a classic example of Aussie humour at its best: Australian’s being able to take the piss out of being Australian. Chopper’s Big F**ken...
Review – Simon Keck: Let’s Write a Book
‘Let’s Write a Book’ is all about experimentation. An interesting mashup of a comedy show and participatory literary event, there’s some rough edges and plenty of opportunity for it to all go horribly wrong,...
Review – Damian Callinan: The Lost WW1 Diary of Paddy Callinan
Damian Callinan’s show is structured around the discovery of a World War One diary, whose owner is none other than Paddy Callinan. The lead in to Paddy’s reincarnation on stage is full of scene-setting...
Review – Celia Pacquola: Let me Know How it all Works
Celia Pacquola’s anxiety about the future just makes you want to give her a hug. The 31 year old could certainly use the reassurance, despite being a successful stand up, television personality and comedic...
Review – The Law Revue
I’m not sure what I expected from a show put on by a bunch of lawyers and legal professionals, especially a crew that’s named after a textbook torts case. Perhaps I expected something really...
Review – Jason Geary & Jimmy James Eaton: Sketch-ageddon
The bloke sitting next to me gave it two thumbs up, he was a real first time comedy type guy, seemed to think it was a pantomime yelling out questions and responses, but they...
Review – Jimmy McGhie: Artificial Intelligence
As a general rule, I like to start the Comedy Festival with an ok show – not bad, but not so good that I might not see anything better for the rest of the...
Review – Victoria Healy: Hello
Victoria Healy has been doing shows around Australia for five years, as well as a few trips to the UK and Canada. Most of her gigs have been as part of sketch and improve...
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