Frankie McNair: Huge Ass Mindset
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
16/04/2026 … Forging laughter from trauma has become bread-and-butter for a festival show.
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Thu 16 April 2026
Andrea Barello: Full of Grace
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
16/04/2026 … The ritualistic behaviour of a church service is always ripe for parody, and Andrea Barello offers a clown’s eye view of all the pomp and ceremony involved.
Jess Fuchs: Feral
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
16/04/2026 … Forget all the empowering messages that surround us about personal growth, Jess Fuchs doesn’t believe any of it is possible.
Tom Ballard: Be Funny Challenge (Impossible)
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
16/04/2026 … Perhaps weary of Donald Trump’s relentless moronic bullshittery – or simply conscious that most audiences come to comedy to escape global misery…
Wed 15 April 2026
Celia Pacquola: Gift Horse
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
15/04/2026 … At the top of her game after 20 years, Celia Pacquola offers the Rolls-Royce of stand-up – elegantly classy and so perfectly engineered that it seems…
Conk: Man Sings The Same Song Over And Over Again For An Hour
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
15/04/2026 … If a good comedy show stays with you after you’ve watched it, this is an excellent comedy show.
Dana Mitchell: The Lady Will Have
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
15/04/2026 … Playwright-turned-comedian Dana Mitchell excels at creating fully-realised, eccentric characters.
Kate Dehnert: Echo
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
15/04/2026 … For Kate Dehnert, Echo is a comedic smash room in which she can unleash a raw, brutal, angry, bitter howl of righteous rage against the man who wronged her.