Rose Callaghan returns with a solo show this year, ‘Rose Before Hoes’. Those who are not familiar with her humourous take on her place in world should very well want to get around to seeing her at this year’s festival. Callaghan…
‘3 States of Comedy’ makes a triumphant return this year as ‘Reinstated’. For those unacquainted with the premise of this newly traditional multi-bill show, three comedians, generally with mixed performance styles, battle it out with roughly twenty minute sets while representing…
Politics, gender equality, and racial issues are bold premises to set your solo comedy show alight with, yet Paul Culliver adeptly handles and weaves his way through such material in a sharp-minded manner with his current show ‘The Honeypot’. Coming…
The tension was palpable and the crowd was pumped. Who would be crowned the RAW Comedy National Grand Final 2016 champion? My +1 and I took our seats in the balcony of the almost sold out Melbourne Town Hall. Everyone…
We’re in the midst of Melbourne International Comedy Festival and there’s peels of laugher flying around the city… along with awkward silences and those sad moments where you are laughing at – not with – the performer. There’s a plethora…
Something has changed with The Axis Of Awesome. Yep, you guessed it, Lee’s follicles have evacuated and he’s now decisively bald. The AOA are music comedy deities – you’ve almost definitely heard their ‘4 Chords’ song on YouTube before, a…
Old-timey radio shows are my jam. So when I saw Radio Variety Hour was playing, I knew it was one of my must-see shows at the Comedy Festival. What’s more fun than watching a radio play come to life, complete with…
Imagine, you’re at your brother’s wedding, you are the best man, the time has come to present the rings, and you have proceeded to pull everything out of your pockets: a bandaid and one ring, but the other? ‘OH GOD…
Becky Lucas is undoubtedly a quirky, savvy, and grounded comedian whose name is becoming very prevalent in the comedy world. Her second solo show ‘Baby’ is currently generating a fair buzz at this year’s comedy festival, and is a fantastic…
Fact: Drinking rum on a school night makes you a pirate, not an alcoholic. Particularly when it’s a spiced rum masterclass at The Rum Diary Bar for Melbourne’s World Class Cocktail Week. We recently covered another World Class Cocktail Week…