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.
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Wed 15 April 2026
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.
David Quirk: Porepunkah
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
15/04/2026 … You don’t expect a seasoned comic to be reading from notes halfway through their festival run, but David Quirk has good reason.
Tue 14 April 2026
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 –…
Mon 13 April 2026
© Ed Moore 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…