Nick Capper: Standing Room Only
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
19/04/2014 … Nick Capper’s messy, charm-deficient stand-up has two settings: sneer and shout.
Sat 19 April 2014
Fri 18 April 2014
Laura Davis: Pillow Of Strength
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
18/04/2014 … Refusing to play things safe, Laura Davis makes a bold stab at a big subject in this ambitious show, picking away at a few of her own emotional scabs in the process.
Denise Scott: Mother Bare
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
18/04/2014 … This is the show that Denise Scott’s whole career – indeed her whole life – has been building up to.
Ronnie Corbett: I was nearly an ape
18/04/2014 … • 'An artist moaning about the critics is like a sailor moaning about the waves.
Thu 17 April 2014
Scott Dooley: Debut
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
17/04/2014 … Radio host turned fast-paced comic Scott Dooley has a lot of the skills to deliver a strong stand-up show, but it’s marred by too many second-hand tricks –…
Amos Gill: You've Changed
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
17/04/2014 … Amos Gill has all the ingredients to be a strong comic, but somehow he’s cooked them up to being a light, forgettable snack rather than a satisfying cordon blu…
Shooting starts on Babylon series
17/04/2014 … Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong’s police-based comedy-drama Babylon is to return for a six-part series.