What do you get if you take TheatreSports but use magicians instead of actors and add magical objectives as well as theatrical ones? You end up with MagicSports, a wonderful opportunity for magicians to show their comedic side. And sometimes it’s even…
Northcote Town Hall has been transformed into a hub of shady-looking characters, a disproportionate number of them brandishing decks of cards. The smell of popcorn wafted through the air, and there was even a free show going on while we…
Eat Street 2016 was impressive. From the moment guests arrived, we were inside an elaborate three-room Wonderland of consumption. Yes, with a capital ‘W’, complete with an Alice darting about. How do you know where to start, with over forty providers…
The 30th Birthday activities are well hidden in the programme. I only found out in time for last weekend’s serve! Each Sunday afternoon, Rod Quantock gives a tour of the 30th anniversary exhibition, followed by a live panel discussion hosted by Cal Wilson….
How have I missed Ali McGregor‘s show up until now, when she has been doing them for a decade! It just shows how big the Melbourne Comedy Festival has become. Ali, resplendent in black chiffon and wearing a sequinned turban belted…
Jen Carnovale probably wanted to talk about all the successes in her life, but instead brings us her show, ‘Wronger than You’, in which she regales us with her failed attempts to be an adult. Well, not totally failed, but…
I spent a little of Saturday evening seeing an import, Jimmy McGhie, my first non-Aussie performer for this Comedy Festival. The title of the show, ‘Winged Goddess of Victory’ refers to his proclivity for purchasing expensive sportswear, but this makes…
Many nurses have stories which could keep us both amused and horrified for ages. Most just tell those stories to their friends. Cath Styles tells all of us about her ‘steady relationship with nursing’ and her ‘hot fling with comedy’. Cath’s…
Akmal has been a regular at the Comedy Festival for many years. This year he’s back with a show simply called ‘Akmal’. Luckily, way more creativity goes into his performance than naming the show. Akmal is one of those comedians whose narrative seems…
Burgers. In the U.S., they run the gamut of eating options. In Australia, we have experienced mostly the regrettable low-end varieties. It has been great to see that in recent years a few chains have appeared which have been looking…