Carl Donnelly: The King of Wishful Thinking
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
07/04/2021 … Carl Donnelly shouldn’t really be here, and he radiates the impenetrably amiable energy of a man who can’t quite believe his luck.
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Wed 07 April 2021
Tue 06 April 2021
Tom Ballard: We Are All In This
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
06/04/2021 … After 12 months in which so many previously passive and apathetic Australians became crusading news junkies, the always politically minded Tom Ballard may have…
Mon 05 April 2021
Lawrence Leung: Connected
Review of an online show from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
05/04/2021 … The inherently interactive nature of magic and mentalism mean they translate well to the medium of Zoom.
Greg Larsen: This Might Not Be Hell
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
05/04/2021 … There are not many comics more adept at combining juvenile humour and righteous political fury to brilliant effect than Greg Larsen.
Sat 03 April 2021
Zoë Coombs Marr: Agony! Misery!
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
03/04/2021 … Right off the top, Zoë Coombs Marr warns us this is a silly show, and for those accustomed to her subversively self-referential, all-conquering efforts of recent…
Damien Power: Regret Man
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
03/04/2021 … Damien Power starts his show with a few minutes of affable crowd work.
Fri 02 April 2021
Nath Valvo: Chatty Cathy
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
02/04/2021 … Madonna and Britney are blasting out of the speakers of Max Watt’s, the clubbiest venue at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, as a packed house awaits…
Thu 01 April 2021
Geraldine Hickey: What A Surprise
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
01/04/2021 … Geraldine Hickey would be the first to tell you that her life is pretty sick, in the best possible sense of that word.