Nazeem Hussain: Hussain In The Membrane
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
12/04/2016 … Nazeem Hussain has made his comedy name as a gateway Muslim – an affable bridge between white and brown cultures able to gently mock both.
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Tue 12 April 2016
Nick Capper: Parallax Capper
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
12/04/2016 … Nick Capper’s family history involves encounters with Idi Amin, his father dating his mother after saving her life, and his grandfather fleeing England for…
Zanzoop: Feeble Minds
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
12/04/2016 … Omnishambles doesn’t quite do justice to the car-crash chaos of Zanzoop – but it’s a gloriously silly omnishambles of lunatic invention and…
Mon 11 April 2016
True Australian Patriots Live
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
11/04/2016 … Originally set up as an online reaction to the hatred of vile far-right groups such as Reclaim Australia, True Australian Patriots has become THE cult hit of this…
Raw comedy final 2016
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
11/04/2016 … A traditional part of the Raw comedy national final was missing this year: the act who dies the death of a thousand silences, leaving the sizeable audience squirming…
Wil Anderson: Fire At Wil
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
11/04/2016 … Wil Anderson has grown up with this festival and is now one of its biggest draws, packing big theatres and winning people’s choice award galore.
Sun 10 April 2016
Sami Shah: I, Migrant And Other Stories
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
10/04/2016 … Sami Shah is an important emerging voice in comedy, and with a fascinating personal story to tell.
Rose Callaghan: Rose Before Hoes
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
10/04/2016 … There’s something of a cliché in comedy reviewing to describe a show as being like a chat with a mate down the pub.