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.
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’.
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…
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…
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.
Comic 'years ahead of his time'
09/04/2015 … Eddie Murphy will receive this year’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
Axed Top Gear host has second thought...
09/04/2015 … Jeremy Clarkson has pulled out of his planned appearance guest hosting Have I Got News For You.
Alan Varley suggests a way to end the culture war
09/04/2015 … Yesterday I wrote about the culture of offence surrounding comedy, including 'safe space' policy Cardiff University used to prevent a gig by Dapper Laughs.
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