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.
2026 Archives
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…
© David Iliff/CC BY-SA 3.0 Help MPs understand misogyny in comedy
16/04/2026 … Comedy industry body Craft is running a survey to help the government compile an up-to-date picture of sexism in the sector.
Wed 15 April 2026
Marginalised, undervalued and harassed... life as a woman in comedy
Industry figures give evidence to MPs
15/04/2026 … Women working in live comedy have told MPs they face entrenched sexism, opaque pay practices and widespread harassment, warning that the industry’s informal…
© Channel 4 First look at Sam Campbell's Make That Movie
With Lara Ricote, Aaron Chen and Helen Bauer
15/04/2026 … Channel 4 has released the first images from Make That Movie, a new six-episode comedy series starring and created by Sam Campbell.
Channel 4 renews A Comedy Thing
15/04/2026 … Channel 4 has renewed its YouTube channel A Comedy Thing for a second year.