Review – Celebrity Theatresports
Celebrity Theatresports went off with a bang this season, with a colourful array of talented performers from stage and screen competing and collaborating in high paced and ridiculous improvised games.
Category: Melb Int Comedy Festival
Review – Gwen and John: A Melodramatic Love Story
This fast-paced, “punny” kids show will have children rolling in the aisles, parents cringing alongside them.
Sam Simmons – About the Weather
This show has a bursting live energy and Simmons makes a genuine and successful effort to connect with his audience. It’s very weird but it’s a lot more than ‘just weird’.
Zoe Coombs Marr – Gone Off
Gone Off is that travel story. You know the one where you set off to discover yourself only to end up getting blind drunk with the locals and talking to yourself to avoid the awkward silence of solitude.
The Underlads – Living on Limbo Lane
Living on Limbo Lane is a unique performance with singing, dancing, puppetry and a fight to the death.
Tom Gleeson – Good One
A brilliant show that puts life into perspective, there is definitely a reason Tom Gleeson has been in comedy for 15 years.
Nik Coppin – Award Winning Comedian Nick Coppin
For a British born comedian, he has a steady handle on what makes Aussie audiences laugh.
Cal Wilson is All Ears
Cal Wilson is All Ears is named so because it is largely audience driven. The show is based around Cal drawing stories out of the audience.
Paco Erhard – 5-Step Guide to Being German
German comedy is a phrase many would snigger at considering its country men and women are often ridiculed as being a bit stiff in the humor department.
Smart Casual – Broken Dreams
Smart Casual are one of the more musically talented comedy duos on the local scene. Fletcher Jones plays the guitar beautifully and the pair harmonise skilfully.
Daniel Kitson – Where Once Was Wonder
Daniel Kitson opens with ‘I am going to tell you what I think life is’. And that he does.
Tim Ferguson – Carry A Big Stick
4. A movie that made you cry?
Terminator. Killer robots have motherboards too.
Geoff Paine – Unpack This!
1. Describe your show Twitter style, 140 characters or less!
The true story of how Geoff Paine got arrested.
