Daniel Muggleton: White & Wrong (But Mostly White)
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
19/04/2022 … Daniel Muggleton is not in the most auspicious of Melbourne venues.
Tue 19 April 2022
Lizzy Hoo: Hoo Cares?
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
19/04/2022 … Lizzy Hoo offers a genial collection of stories, predominantly about her family, but her low-key charm does not inject them with anything more than gentle laughs.
© BBC 'I'm sure the rest of the cast got a bit sick of me...'
Tom Basden on his new BBC One sitcom Here We Go
19/04/2022 … BBC One next week launches a full series of its family comedy Here We Go.
Mon 18 April 2022
© BBC/Re Who is Rachel Fairburn? Who is Des Clarke
The comedians on Richard Osman’s House Of Games this week
18/04/2022 … Comedians Rachel Fairburn and Des Clarke take on DJ Trevor Nelson and Cranford actress Kimberley Nixon in Richard Osman's House Of Games this week.
© LightField Studios Inc / Alamy Stock Photo Religious jokes and medieval cancel culture
Academic Seb Coxon on the role of humour at Easter
18/04/2022 … Just how serious is Easter? For non-churchgoers (like myself) with a sweet tooth (guilty, again) the answer to this question is probably: not very, although the…
Melbourne Comedy Festival announces its 2022 award nominees
Seven comedians shortlisted for main award
18/04/2022 … The shortlist has been announced for the award for most outstanding act at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Dan Rath: Cockroach Party
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
18/04/2022 … Taking to the stage in grubby track pants and ancient T-shirt, the gawky, geeky Dan Rath leans hard into his status as a weird and tense social pariah.
Luka Muller: Yeah, Nice
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
18/04/2022 … We should be grateful Luka Muller didn’t do the comedy festival show he spent the best part of lockdown working on – a tribute to Michel Lotito, who…