Steen Raskopoulos: Character Assassin
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
09/04/2015 … Steen Raskopoulos is well aware that the two words most comedy festival punters most dread are ‘audience’ and ‘participation’.
Thu 09 April 2015
Penny Greenhalgh: Pop Pop
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
09/04/2015 … Penny Greenhalgh’s gauche physicality and ironically cheesy crowdwork are certainly fun, but she’s treading old ground in this Melbourne debut, and treading…
Eddie Sharp: Magnum Opus
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
09/04/2015 … It’s a shambolic pile-up of ideas that are not always seen through, but Eddie Sharp’s show, just ended in Melbourne, demonstrates a nascent comedy talent as…
Jen Kirkman; I'm Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine)
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
09/04/2015 … Her material – about life lessons learned the hard way – is so intensely personal, but Jen Kirkman’s delivery of it is strangely aloof, at least tonight.
Eddie Murphy takes Mark Twain prize
Comic 'years ahead of his time'
09/04/2015 … Eddie Murphy will receive this year’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
Jeremy Clarkson pulls out of HIGNFY
Axed Top Gear host has second thought...
09/04/2015 … Jeremy Clarkson has pulled out of his planned appearance guest hosting Have I Got News For You.
What comedy needs is partition
Alan Varley suggests a way to end the culture war
09/04/2015 … Yesterday I wrote about the culture of offence surrounding comedy, including 'safe space' policy Cardiff University used to prevent a gig by Dapper Laughs.