JKS: A Comedy(?)
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
19/04/2026 … Tom Ballard isn’t the first stand-up to write a play set in the green room of a comedy club, and he won’t be the last.
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Sun 19 April 2026
Tarang Hardikar: If I'm Not Wrong
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
19/04/2026 … Indian comedian Tarang Hardikar is a chronic overthinker with uniquely silly logic that he applies to everyday situations with a forensic rigour.
Laura Davis: Swag
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
19/04/2026 … For a stand-up supposedly on strike over how the Australian comedy industry treats outsiders – among many other grievances – Laura Davis has been remarkably…
Reuben Kaye: Hard To Swallow
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
19/04/2026 … As the new wave of Nazis becomes ever more visible, Reuben Kaye provides the counterpoint.
Sat 18 April 2026
Dilruk Jayasinha: Gratitude Guy
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
18/04/2026 … Dilruk Jayasinha knows how to turn misery into comedy, having previously created a lucrative stand-up show about having a heart attack in his mid-30s.
Fri 17 April 2026
Emmanuel Sonubi: Life After Near Death
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
17/04/2026 … Physically imposing and with immense stage presence, Emmanuel Sonubi seems bulletproof – and for a while he lived his life that way, too, consuming wholesale…
Tarsh Jago: Cherub
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
17/04/2026 … Tarsh Jago has been heard by more attendees of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival than any other comedian, because it’s her voice acknowledging the…
Alexei Toliopoulos: VHS
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
17/04/2026 … To say Alexei Toliopoulos likes films would be like saying Bonnie Blue ‘might be up for it’, something of an understatement.