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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Review – Perfect Tripod: Australian Songs
I’ve been a fan of Tripod for quite some time, but have never seemed to be able to make it to a show of theirs. A friend of mine in high school had a...
Review – EastEnd Cabaret: Dirty Talk
My partner hates cabaret and refused to see this show with me, which is a pity, because if there is one cabaret show that could turn someone – Eastend Cabaret’s Dirty Talk would be...
Review – Best of the Edinburgh Fest
The RMIT Capitol Theatre is a grandiose receptacle for a comedic spectacle. Well it is, at least compared to the broom closet feel that most comedy gets performed in, during the Melbourne International...
Review – Backwards Anorak: Winter is Coming
Backwards Anorak is Karona… but are they referring to beer? Surely that would then be ‘Backwards Anoroc’ which is just confusing… Maybe it’s just a name… although surely it means something? Then again, maybe...
Review – Lawrence Mooney is a Stupid Liar
Lawrence Mooney is a quintessential Australian stand up. Dark, self-deprecating and the host of his own ABC2 show, Mooney has been on the circuit for a long stretch. It’s no surprise that he’s comfortable...
Review – The Improv Conspiracy: A Night in Chicago
Chicago style improvisation is the ruling format of improvised comedy, and for good reason. Eight members of the Improv Conspiracy (a fifty strong company) perform using two of the main formats of long form...
REVIEW – I love Green Guide Letters with Steele Saunders
Do not be intimidated by the bunker-like venue or the crowd of merchandise-sporting fans. There’s a reason this podcast has a large following. Presented by Steele Saunders, three comedians take to the microphones to...
REVIEW – LANA SCHWARCZ: LOVE MONSTER
Lana Schwarcz is a quirky awkward redhead with relationship issues. Namely, she isn’t in one. It’s a standard piece for comics, their inability to find and hold down love. Schwarcz’s show is yet another...
Review – Ben McKenzie is Uncool
Ben McKenzie has been part of the Australian comedy scene for a decade, yet Ben McKenzie is Uncool is his first solo show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in several years. After being...
Review – Claire Sullivan vs The World
The Melbourne Comedy Festival is upon us and every venue with a broom closet has suddenly become an established live entertainment venue. Comedy acts both big and small are suddenly in hot demand, commanding...
Review – Liz Skitch: Spoilt
A maze through magically lit neon alley ways into a dark abyss of stair ways and nostalgic photos from a time “not quite when” led me to a show like no other. Liz Skitch...
Review – Titty Bar Ha Ha
It’s hard to compare Titty Bar Ha Ha to any other show at the Festival because, well, there’s nothing like it. It’s a specifically themed musical comedy play with audience interaction – not exactly...
Review – Xavier Michelides: Thawed
In a program full of stand-up gigs and variety shows, Xavier Michelides’ Thawed stands out like a (frozen) sore thumb. This show is maybe best described as a one-man science fiction comedy play with...
Review – The Umbilical Brothers: KiDShoW (Not Suitable for Children)
David and Shane ‘the Umbi Brothers’, are arguably one of the best mime acts in the world. If you’ve never witnessed their humour before, I suggest you give them a look. KiDSHoW (not suitable...
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