Kate Dolan: Trout
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
09/04/2026 … Kate Dolan likens her full-on performance to a manic episode – and she’s not far off the mark.
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Thu 09 April 2026
Hannah Camilleri: Dinner Hannah Show
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
09/04/2026 … Mocking pretentious thespians is a popular sport, especially among those who’ve worked and studied alongside them.
Handful Of Bugs: Hello Mr Radio
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
09/04/2026 … With a visually arresting set – a radio studio rendered in strong, blocky colours into which the Handful Of Bugs team initially camouflage themselves…
Wed 08 April 2026
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Review of Ian Fletcher's return
08/04/2026 … He helped deliver the London 2012 Olympics and did - well something, presumably – while head of values at the BBC in W1A.
Dan Rath: Help Me Please
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
08/04/2026 … Is there a finer writer of jokes in Australia than Dan Rath? Probably not.
Emma Holland: The Dog Dies At The Start
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
08/04/2026 … Mourning the death of her greyhound Teddy, Emma Holland starts her show with a sombre and heartfelt essay poetically musing on the nature of grief.
Damien Power: Unnerved
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
08/04/2026 … The world as Damien Power experiences it is essentially a bleak, hostile place that should be tackled with steely cynicism – or accepted through a drug-induced…
The Burton Brothers: Tinseltown
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
08/04/2026 … Burton Brothers Josh and Tom have always excelled at creating an authentic sense of time and place in their skilfully performed sketch shows, and Tinseltown is no…