Jenny Tian: Chinese Australian: A Tale Of Internet Fame
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
16/04/2024 … ‘What did you do during the pandemic?’ Jenny Tian asks her audience.
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Tue 16 April 2024
Elouise Eftos: Australia's First Attractive Comedian
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
16/04/2024 … In a nation known for its dislike of ‘tall poppies’, it’s surely the height of arrogance to call yourself ‘Australia’s first attractive…
Noah Szto: Success In Everything
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
16/04/2024 … Noah Szto is virtually in a double-act with his own venue, a karaoke room featuring a full-wall projection of Chairman Mao he insists he can’t turn off, unthemed…
Tom Ballard: Good Point Well Made
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
16/04/2024 … How long before they start handing out earplugs at Tom Ballard’s gigs? The political comic rants for an hour, with no let-up in his tinnitus-inducing volume.
Mon 15 April 2024
Raw Comedy National Final 2024
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
15/04/2024 … ‘Everyone’s a comedian’ took another step to becoming less an aphorism and more a statement of incontrovertible fact with this year’s Raw…
Johanna Cosgrove: Hi, Delusion!
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
15/04/2024 … ‘Johanna Cosgrove is utterly deluded,’ reads the description of this show.
Sun 14 April 2024
Musical Comedy Awards 2024
Review of the final at London's Bloomsbury Theatre
14/04/2024 … Now in its 15th or 16th year (the video contradicted itself on that point) the Musical Comedy Awards were back in the Bloomsbury Theatre to showcase 12 finalists…
Oliver Coleman: Goof
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
14/04/2024 … Oliver Coleman may be a goof, but he’s also a super-smart one, creating an impressive show that’s both light and dense, daft and thoughtful.