Celia Pacquola: Gift Horse
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
15/04/2026 … At the top of her game after 20 years, Celia Pacquola offers the Rolls-Royce of stand-up – elegantly classy and so perfectly engineered that it seems…
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Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Wed 15 April 2026
Conk: Man Sings The Same Song Over And Over Again For An Hour
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
15/04/2026 … If a good comedy show stays with you after you’ve watched it, this is an excellent comedy show.
Dana Mitchell: The Lady Will Have
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
15/04/2026 … Playwright-turned-comedian Dana Mitchell excels at creating fully-realised, eccentric characters.
Kate Dehnert: Echo
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
15/04/2026 … For Kate Dehnert, Echo is a comedic smash room in which she can unleash a raw, brutal, angry, bitter howl of righteous rage against the man who wronged her.
David Quirk: Porepunkah
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
15/04/2026 … You don’t expect a seasoned comic to be reading from notes halfway through their festival run, but David Quirk has good reason.
Tue 14 April 2026
Rhiannon McCall: Nosferatu Looking For Love
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
14/04/2026 … It’s certainly ironic that the gimmick of performing stand-up as the ageless Nosferatu gets old quickly.
Caitlin Duff: Freidah Will See You Now
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
14/04/2026 … Audacious festival debutant Caitlin Duff has created a strikingly original clown persona in Freidah, fully committing to both the weird, commanding and playful alter-ego…
Lewis Garnham: Taking My Time This Time
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
14/04/2026 … Proving that punters pay much less attention to show blurbs than comedians might think, few in Lewis Garnham’s audience – myself included –…