Last Saturday, December 1928, Lord Quiten Daventry hosted his annual party bash. Not knowing him in person, I had a business proposition to make – that he sell his manor house so I, the baron Gerhaard Haase, Swedish property tycoon,…
Lynn Ruth Miller is far from your average grandma. She’s a granny gone wild. At first glance of her poster, I knew that I had to go see Lynn Ruth Miller: This is Your Future! Maybe it was the pink…
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…
Zanzoop is an explosion of sporadic charming nonsense and you must see it. ‘It’s Dr Phil on ketamine, it’s stupid but it will change everything’. This is the tagline of the show and it’s frankly completely accurate. The show is delivered from…
Have you ever been to a restaurant where the whole night went horribly wrong? That is the premise of the Faulty Towers Dining Experience, a Melbourne Comedy Festival show based on the British hit sitcom Fawlty Towers. There wasn’t any waldorf…
Just when you think summer is gone and mid March brings those cold nights in, the Comedy Festival guide is released and it’s all smiles again. For my first show of the season, it’s Frank Woodley at the Melbourne Town…
It was after a long day that we went to see Magic Steven‘s ‘I’m Proud of You’. The Lawler of Southbank Theatre was well attended, except the front row. My partner, not afraid of the front row, suggested we sit there. …
Diana Nguyen’s ‘Naked‘ is a little gem of a show. Perfect for an after work pick-me-up, the 5.30pm start gives you just enough time to get out of work, get to The Butterfly Club, get your glass of SSB, and get…
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…