Were you a teen in the 90’s lusting after a copy of Microsoft’s encyclopedia software ‘Encarta 95’, but all you got was a cheap knock-off version instead? No? Well that’s what happened to Michael Williams and the experience traumatised him…
Kirsty Webeck obviously likes to have a yarn, especially about herself and her family. Using self-deprecating humour, she meanders from the benefits of being mistaken for a growing boy to the hazards of being observed by pets during romantic encounters….
Nestled within an immense covering of drab scaffolding in King St, the entrance to the Australian Institute of Music seemed like a tiny speck of light. The inside of the historic former Melbourne Wool Exchange building was a massive contrast:…
Could you ever imagine seeing Shakespearean comedy in a school yard? To get ‘thee’ down to Siteworks, Brunswick, for such a thing in The Melbourne Shakespeare Company’s recent production The Comedy of Errors was the thing to do. Once there, we…
‘Romanticide’ is a show born in a suburban Coles, under a mountain of double coated chocolate Tim-Tams. Brought to life from pieces of her broken heart time and time again. Nikki Britton doesn’t think that romance is dead – but…
Malthouse Theatre meets the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Watson – Go To Hell is performed at the Beckett Theatre in Southbank. The three leading funnies — Adam McKenzie, Tegan Higginbotham, and Liam Ryan –will keep you laughing, frightened, laughing than a…
Soap is many things. It is comedy, it is dance, it is circus, acrobatic, and it is wet. It is a rollercoaster of acts involving many bathtubs and water, and it has talents that most of us can only appreciate…
It’s a special kind of comedy show that leaves you laughing and also slightly fearing for your safety after you leave. David O’Doherty’s new show Big Time brings just that, also demonstrating that being recognised in the street is only a…
Squeaky Clean Comedy, by Candlelight Productions, may be clean fun for the whole family but it is far from tame. Spontaneous, upbeat and friendly, with back-to-back performances from some of the best acts that Melbourne Comedy Festival has to offer,…
The only let down from Erin Hutchinson’s comedy festival show Please Come Closer (Don’t Touch Me) was that it was so brief. Well, 50 minutes is standard for a performance, so let me rephrase: I could listen to Erin tell,…