Damien Power: I Can't Believe I Cared
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
10/04/2015 … We live in tumultuous times.
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Fri 10 April 2015
Huw Joseph: Songs That Will Never Leave My Bedroom
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
10/04/2015 … The title of Huw Joseph’s show came from a withering comment that a critic made about an earlier performance, suggesting he should keep his music to himself.
Thu 09 April 2015
Jen Kirkman; I'm Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine)
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
09/04/2015 … Her material – about life lessons learned the hard way – is so intensely personal, but Jen Kirkman’s delivery of it is strangely aloof, at least tonight.
Eddie Sharp: Magnum Opus
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
09/04/2015 … It’s a shambolic pile-up of ideas that are not always seen through, but Eddie Sharp’s show, just ended in Melbourne, demonstrates a nascent comedy talent as…
Penny Greenhalgh: Pop Pop
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
09/04/2015 … Penny Greenhalgh’s gauche physicality and ironically cheesy crowdwork are certainly fun, but she’s treading old ground in this Melbourne debut, and treading…
Steen Raskopoulos: Character Assassin
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
09/04/2015 … Steen Raskopoulos is well aware that the two words most comedy festival punters most dread are ‘audience’ and ‘participation’.
Watson: Who\'s Afraid Of The Dark
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
09/04/2015 … Comedy meets immersive theatre in this spooky experience starring… well, a reputedly haunted decommissioned prison where 133 people have been hanged.
Wed 08 April 2015
Trygve Wakenshaw: Nautilus
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
08/04/2015 … Although it's not advertised – nor priced – as such, this is, I'm quietly told as I take my seat, a work in progress from Trygve Wakenshaw, creator of one of…