Melbourne International Comedy Festival reviews 2015

02/04/2015 … Adam Hills: Clown Heart Alan Brough & Casey Bennetto The Narelles Angus Hodge: Slow Death of the Spirit Animal Anne Edmonds: You Know What I'm Like Aunty…

Richard Ayoade and Adam Hills in Istanbul

From Channel 4's Travel Man

01/04/2015 … .

Enough with the faux outrage

Alfie Noakes says comedy audiences are getting over-sensitive

01/04/2015 … I have been running free open mic gigs at Dirty Dicks in London for five years, and we now stage around 20 shows a month there under the We Are Funny banner.

Masterminds trailer

With Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Wiig and Owen Wilson

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Commonwealth Games up for a comedy award

Opening ceremony nominated in Scottish accolades

01/04/2015 … Eddie Izzard, the Still Game reunion – and the opening ceremony of the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games – are among the nominees for the second Scottish Comedy…

Sarah Kendall: A Day In October [Melbourne]

Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett

01/04/2015 … A Day In October is in content and style a natural progression from Sarah Kendall’s last festival show, Touchdown, as she matures from stand-up to storytelling.

Sam Simmons: Spaghetti For Breakfast

Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett

01/04/2015 … Sam Simmons has a bugbear about ‘relatable’ comedy – an adjective that’ll never get affixed to his wild, absurdist output.

An Evening With Sammy J And Randy

Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett

01/04/2015 … Sammy J and Randy have just wrapped on their first sitcom, an odd-couple flatshare affair based on their 2010 live show Ricketts Lane for the ABC.