Sometimes as a reviewer to a show there is a slight burden. The nagging knowledge that you are not just here to enjoy the show, but also to compare it in some way to others of its kind, to analyse,…
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…
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…
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…
Improv comedy is one of my all-time favourite things to go to. At university, I sometimes went up to two or three times a week during a brief heyday. So it’s with great authority that I can recommend The Big…
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…
Beer, Pizza, and Comedy. Melbourne Brewery Tours knows what we like. I joined a merry group of beer drinkers for their Melbourne International Comedy Festival show, ‘Beer Makes Me Funny‘. This unique comedy festival experience included everything we needed for…