Rhiannon McCall: Nosferatu Looking For Love

Melbourne International Comedy Festival review

14/04/2026 … It’s certainly ironic that the gimmick of performing stand-up as the ageless Nosferatu gets old quickly.

Caitlin Duff: Freidah Will See You Now

Melbourne International Comedy Festival review

14/04/2026 … Audacious festival debutant Caitlin Duff has created a strikingly original clown persona in Freidah, fully committing to both the weird, commanding and playful alter-ego…

Lewis Garnham: Taking My Time This Time

Melbourne International Comedy Festival review

14/04/2026 … Proving that punters pay much less attention to show blurbs than comedians might think, few in Lewis Garnham’s audience – myself included –…

Musical Comedy Awards 2026

Review of the final at Bloomsbury Theatre, London

13/04/2026 … For anybody who attended the Musical Comedy Awards final in 2025, it may put your mind immediately at ease to learn that the event has recovered from what amounted…

Sam Taunton: This Must Be The Place

Melbourne International Comedy Festival review

13/04/2026 … Inspired by his father’s decision to sell the tumbledown home he grew up in, Sam Taunton shares a vivid personal memoir of his youth in the small New South…

Rachael Hornbuckle: Skin Deep and Meaningful

Melbourne International Comedy Festival review

13/04/2026 … Making her solo festival debut a year after being selected for the prestigious Comedy Zone line-up of up-and-comers, Rachael Hornbuckle has an assertive stage presence…

Hoani, Hoani, Hoani, Must Be Funny in a Rich Man's World

Melbourne International Comedy Festival review

13/04/2026 … As you may be able to tell from the punny title alone, Hoani Hotene is a charming ray of sunshine full of upbeat, sometimes silly, positivity.

Cassie Workman: You Are Here

13/04/2026 … With great ambition, Cassie Workman creates a magical alternate reality to explore the decay of American ideals and the nation’s collapse into ugly authoritarianism.