After climbing the bajillion stairs to get to Tom Ballard’s ‘Boundless Plains to Share‘ comedy lecture, I was ready to sit down and get laughing and learning. Tom Ballard was bouncing up and down the aisle like an indecisive groom/small…
Wil Anderson is significantly better than Madonna – cheaper, more value for money, and starting at 8:47pm, he had a much happier audience. Coming off his two shows from last year, including ‘Political Wil’, and with a constant tendency for…
There is a highly creative improvised show that is creating quite a buzz during the first half of this festival. ‘The Mighty Little Puppet Show’ seamlessly brings together both of worlds of professional improvisation and puppetry to create a talented…
‘Best of British‘ is a rollicking, bollocking laugh of the truly British kind. Full of jokes, stories and sledgehammer wit, the show moves along at a great pace as it showcases four British comedians in one hour. I got along to the upstairs…
Laura Dunemann has an astonishingly prevalent fear of death, and a show to be proud of as its consequence. ‘It’s Time For Death’ is her debut solo show, dealing with the inevitability of dying, both pessimistic and optimistic attitudes towards…
Looking for a multi-billed show to get a taste of talent coming up in the comedy world? Multi-bill shows are a great way to experience a mixture of styles and approaches to comedy, and there are plenty going around in…
Get up close and intimate with a Melbourne cool chick Lauren Bok in her debut solo show ‘Is That A Burrito In Your Pocket Or Are You Just Happy To Have A Burrito’ as she rocks the shop and contemporary…
In the bowels of the Bull & Bear Tavern lay a stage and a comedy audience ready to laugh, as well as a kitchen staff that got to chortle along to every joke too. I love mistranslation stories. Love them….
Penny Arcade would easily make it into my ‘top 3 people to invite to a dinner party’ list, my first remark to my plus one after spending an hour getting to know her at the Spiegeltent this Comedy Festival. This…
Impromptunes is 60 minutes of ad-hoc creativity, wild storylines, and musical mayhem. The cast, a six-person troupe of talented performers, has been delivering this unique show with huge success since their debut at the 2013 Melbourne Fringe Festival. If you appreciate leaving a…