Tarang Hardikar: If I'm Not Wrong
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
19/04/2026 … Indian comedian Tarang Hardikar is a chronic overthinker with uniquely silly logic that he applies to everyday situations with a forensic rigour.
2026 Archives
Sun 19 April 2026
Laura Davis: Swag
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
19/04/2026 … For a stand-up supposedly on strike over how the Australian comedy industry treats outsiders – among many other grievances – Laura Davis has been remarkably…
Reuben Kaye: Hard To Swallow
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
19/04/2026 … As the new wave of Nazis becomes ever more visible, Reuben Kaye provides the counterpoint.
Sat 18 April 2026
Dilruk Jayasinha: Gratitude Guy
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
18/04/2026 … Dilruk Jayasinha knows how to turn misery into comedy, having previously created a lucrative stand-up show about having a heart attack in his mid-30s.
Celia Pacquola wins Melbourne's top award
18/04/2026 … Celia Pacquola has won the biggest prize in Australian live comedy.
Fri 17 April 2026
Amandaland series 2 trailer
17/04/2026 … Here's a first look at the trailer for the second series of Amandaland Series two finds Amanda (Lucy Punch) still living in SoHa, and juggling…
© Andy Hollingworth Kevin Bridges makes a World Cup documentary
About the state of football as Scotland return to the tournament
17/04/2026 … Kevin Bridges is to make a documentary about the state of modern football, timed to coincide with Scotland’s return to the World Cup for the first time in…
Eric Idle's 55 years in Provence
Python comic writes a memoir about renovation a French property
17/04/2026 … Eric Idle has written a book about the half century he has spent trying to turn a ramshackle property in the south of France into his dream home.