Review – Bev Killick: Goes “There”… Again
Killick’s work is brash, crass, and brutally direct in a friendly way, but there seemed an element of ‘us and them’ classist humour going on…
Category: Melbourne Intl Comedy Fest
Review – This is Siberian Husky: The Misery Factory
This is Siberian Husky are a powerhouse of comedic creativity, and it’s a joy to glimpse into their sharp, absurd minds.
Their latest show tells the tale of The Misery Factory – the world’s premier producer of unhappiness, mishaps and sorrow.
Review – Little Dances
Nicky Marr’s narrative takes us through the dance styles she’s tried and abandoned; a coming of age through dance classes.
Review – Geraldine Quinn: Stranger
I didn’t know what to expect, but I was not prepared for this. Quinn materializes on stage; a cosmic concoction of tulle, shoulder pads and spangled 80’s lycra. This shrouded apparition instantly hypnotizes her audience with her sublime and pitch-perfect voice. My God, what a voice.
Review – Watson: Once Were Planets
Watson consists of comedy duo Tegan Higginbotham & Adam McKenzie, accompanied in this performance by an agile crew of puppeteers, a handful of aliens and more props than you can poke a prop at.
Review – Harley Breen: Some Kind of Something
The easiest way I can describe Breen’s work is that he reminds me a lot of a younger Billy Connolly, at the point where he discarded the music completely and just told stories.
Review – Frank Woodley and Simon Yates: Inside
It’s a story of two Russian twins, locked up and yearning for freedom from an unspecified type of incarceration.
Review – Alex Williamson and Friends
Language warning: Alex Williamson is not for all markets. And his friends are f^*#ing c*&ts.
Review – Steen Raskopoulos: Bruce Springsteen Live in Concert!
The intimate venue is barely big enough to contain Steen’s agile and peripatetic characters, the entire room is his stage, and we are all merely players. Heleaps and twirls, making use of every available space in the room. Also some unavailable spaces.
Review – Late Night Theatresports
Improvisational comedy shows are tricky at best. Even a show that is going really well can suddenly turn on a dime and bomb. It takes a lot of skill to not only perform improv comedy, but to keep it entertaining as a cohesive show for an hour.
Review – Pictures Of You Live
This show felt like a warm hug, in the comfort of Uncle Brian’s lounge room. It’s not your typical comedy show.
Review – I Love Green Guide Letters with Steele Saunders
It turns out that the popularity of the show is well deserved, with host Steele Saunders using the Green Guide Letters to great effect to question the rotating panel of guests.
Review – Headliners (USA)
I do love a good stand up showcase. If it goes well, you find new comics to look out for. If it goes bad, you get to watch someone flounder and die on stage (don’t act like you don’t love it!), but not for so long that it gets weird, just long enough to see the panic before their time is up… wow, this review got dark fast.
Review – DeAnne Smith: Let’s Do This (CAN)
It might be Smith’s clean cut appearance, her sweet smile, her polite manners or her soft ukulele strumming that lure you into the impression you’re in the company of a gentle and demure creature. You’re not. You will break from her gaze before she does. This chick has more edge than a cliff face.
Review – Rich Hall (USA)
After watching Rich Hall discuss how ridiculous trying to describe senses of humour as ‘dry’ is, I’m trying desperately to avoid describing him like that, because it really is my instinctive reaction to his style.
