Deanne Smith: Post-Joke Era
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne Comedy Festival
05/04/2017 … Post-joke world? Not a chance with Deanne Smith’s brisk and breezy romp through some hot-button issues.
Latest Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Wed 05 April 2017
Natalie Harris: Dragon
Review by Lorelei Mathias at the Melbourne Comedy Festival
05/04/2017 … Natalie Harris’s second hour-long festival offering is bookended by two things.
Tue 04 April 2017
Alice Fraser: Empire
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
04/04/2017 … You could never accuse Alice Fraser of having a paucity of ideas.
Bob Franklin: An Hour's Too Long For Stand-Up
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne Comedy Festival
04/04/2017 … Bob Franklin is a comedian who’s saying what we are all thinking, in the title at least.
Mon 03 April 2017
Sammy J: Hero Complex
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
03/04/2017 … You couldn’t make it up.
Justin Hamilton: Bunta Boy
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
03/04/2017 … Most comics have their war stories, and after almost 25 years in the business, comedy festival stalwart Justin Hamilton has more than his fair share.
Stuart Daulman: A Very Good Year
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
03/04/2017 … Stuart Daulman is an absolute cult.
Kel Balnaves: Shirking The Issue
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
03/04/2017 … Kel Balnaves hampers rather than helps himself with a clunky way of formatting his otherwise robust stand-up set.