Tommy Dassalo: Pipsqueak
14/04/2012 … Tommy Dassalo has long exploited his affable ‘favourite little buddy’ persona in quietly whimsical festival shows – but this year he’s chosen a topic of…
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Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Sat 14 April 2012
Fri 13 April 2012
Wil Anderson: Wilarious
13/04/2012 … This is Wil Anderson’s 17th year at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, almost half his life.
Sarah D: I Can Drink Puddles
13/04/2012 … I Can Drink Puddles is a show about the curse of alcoholism, the addiction that is almost socially acceptable, yet ruins so many promising lives.
Lawrence Mooney: Lawrence Of Suburbia
13/04/2012 … It’s fashionable to criticise comics who rely on nostalgia for laughs.
Matt Okine: Being Black & Chicken & S#%t
13/04/2012 … Don’t expect a refund, but festival debutant Matt Okine’s show is not about being black, particularly.
Thu 12 April 2012
Xavier Michelides is The Brain Whisperer
12/04/2012 … Anyone familiar with the ancient British kids’ comic strip The Numskulls – or even a certain Woody Allen scene – will recognise the territory Xavier Michelides…
Sam Simmons: About The Weather
12/04/2012 … No one would ever describe Sam Simmons as an ordinary, mundane man.
Zoe Coombs Marr: Gone Off
12/04/2012 … What a romantic notion, to embark on the great Australian adventure, delving into the island continent’s dusty red heart to discover your true potential and emerge…