The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is upon us! For the next couple of weeks comedians from Australia and the rest of the globe are here to tickle Melbourne’s funny bone. To be honest, every time I am about to see…
Andrew McClelland has a distinct knack for easing you into an evening of classy tunes, refined humour, and smart observations, that you leave feeling inclined to follow the instructions of his closing number. ‘We Really Must Do This Again Sometime’…
‘Little Mountain Goblin’ debuted last year at the Melbourne Fringe Festival: a wonderfully relevant solo sketch show touching upon the aspects of ourselves that eat away at our esteem and productivity. This year’s edition of the show was an absolute…
Hannah Gadsby has returned to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for her new show, Dogmatic, but if you’re expecting her usual show you’re in for a surprise. No ‘woe’. Yes, you heard me. That’s not the only change. She also…
Harley Breen’s ‘Smell the Penguins’ is a stand up show about love… and drug use and parenting and how not to heal broken bones. I’ve previously seen Harley working on set of Adam Hills’ past ABC show, warming up the…
Bridget Everett is all woman, six foot tall, busty, blonde and brash. Unabashed, with the voice of a Broadway star turned barmaid, if she was singing at a bar I would be there every night. Most famously known for her…
Last time I saw her, Felicity Ward was the funny lady off the telly and I was the weird 15-year-old who got her to sign a shoe. Flash forward seven years, and her show ‘What If There’s No Toilet’ is…
I didn’t know what to expect when entering the intimate surroundings of the Tuxedo Cat. With a series of bemusing trailers and a nondescript blerb, there weren’t many cues to go off. But as soon as Coleman & Freund’s ‘Uncompetent‘…
I always love a bit of variety and every year the Best of Edinburgh serves up three stellar comedians who rocked Edinburgh Fringe. Each comedian is on for half an hour over the 1.5-hour show. The Plus Ones team in Edinburgh tore…
A newcomer to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Isaac Lomman from Comedy Hypnosis! Entranced could sell me on anything – whether he’s trying to sell me a car or the gum off the bottom of his shoe. His voice is…