Barney Pollock: King Of The Pigs 2
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
07/04/2026 … This is Barney Pollock’s first festival show, but the skill and commitment with which he inhabits his nightmarishly surreal characters tells you he’s…
2026 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Tue 07 April 2026
Guy Williams: Rich People Are Stealing From You and Blaming Brown People and Trans People and Some People Believe Them Aaahhhhhh!
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
07/04/2026 … Why should the right-wing have the monopoly on asshole comedians? That’s the gap in the market that New Zealand’s Guy Williams is seeking to fill with…
Melanie Bracewell: Dilly Dallying
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
07/04/2026 … Dilly Dallying is not the show it’s described as.
Claire Hooper: Fun Show xx
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
07/04/2026 … This almost sounds like a parable from Greek myth, the woman who hates fun yet is condemned to walk the earth bringing it to so many others… The premise…
Mon 06 April 2026
Piip and Tuut Theatre: Piip and Tuut at Concert
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
06/04/2026 … Big in their native Estonia, Piip and Tuut are a couple of clowns with a winning dynamic akin to a stereotypical older married couple.
David Correos: Touching My Active Mind
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
06/04/2026 … ‘Is David Correos maturing?’ might not seem like the most obvious question to ask of a man who spends some of his show dressed as a traffic cone.
Mish Wittrup: Not As Good As I Remember
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
06/04/2026 … Plundering embarrassing teenage diaries for every cringe-inducing detail has become such an established sub-category of comedy that a BBC Radio 4 series based on…
Anisa Nandaula: No Small Talk
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
06/04/2026 … No Small Talk is something of a misnomer for Anisa Nandaula given she loves chit-chat with her audience.