Tag: Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Comedy Festival: Mae Martin – Us

Introducing Gay Mae. Or is she? In her comedy show ‘Us‘, Mae Martin investigates the ridiculousness of labelling sexuality and the unwarranted concern of other people. Mae Martin is just a little bit ridiculously lucky, growing up in a household…

Comedy Festival: Neal Portenza

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Comedy Festival: Impro Melbourne – Grand Theft Impro

The Impro Melbourne crew have been delighting audiences with their antics since 1996. For 2 decades they have performed and taught nationally and internationally, including in Asia, Europe, the Americas and South Africa. They now bring to Melbourne – for…

Comedy Festival: Arj Barker

What’s the worst thing that any comedy-goer fears when seeing stand-up. Being late. Being late to a person who can take you apart for being late. Well we were late, only five mins and to my relief Arj Barker wasn’t…

Comedy Festival: Eli Matthewson – Faith

Near the beginning of Eli Matthewson’s ‘Faith’ we are informed of his concerns that people may get the wrong impression of his show through its poster. To those who make take the joke seriously, it is a show about losing…

Comedy Festival: Dinosaur Park – The Jurassic Parody

I love Jurassic Park.  I love Jurassic Park as much as a pack of velociraptors likes to take down a team of camouflaged mercenaries one by one in the jungle.  Being the heavyweight fan that I am, I had high…

Comedy Festival: Chimp Cop Nights

Following up on the super successful ‘Chimp Cop’, the Melbourne-based comedy team Adam Knox, Ben Vernel, Rosie Vernel, and Timothy Clark are back on the beat and back on the stage with the wonderfully crazy ‘Chimp Cop Nights’. ‘Chimp Cop…

Comedy Festival: James Rankin – Be A Man

Ladies and gentlemen! Please welcome James Rankin in Be a Man! Says James Rankin. Or something to that effect anyway. A funny way to introduce a great show about his reflections on his own life and journey into manhood. Though…

Comedy Festival: David O’Doherty – Danger is Everywhere

  You’ve got to be really clear when requesting shows, or else you may end up, as a 22 year old, sitting in David O’Doherty’s children’s comedy show with a crowd full of the target audience aged 5-11. Don’t worry…