Steen Raskopoulos: You Know The Drill
29/07/2016 … Given this is his fourth show, we certainly do know the drill with Steen Raskopoulos: an assured blend of creative character comedy and improvised audience participation.
2016 Archives
Fri 29 July 2016
Peter and Bambi Heaven: The Magic Inside
29/07/2016 … Oh, will we ever tire of mocking cheesy cruise ship entertainers with their elaborate sequined costumes, shit-eating grins and showbusiness insincerity? No, probably…
The Simpsons Taught Me Everything I Know
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
29/07/2016 … Hitching his show to the juggernaut of the world’s best-known comedy show has paid dividends for Yianni Agisilaou, packing out his venue with Simpsons fans –…
David Quirk: Approaching Perfection
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
29/07/2016 … It’s a guarantee that David Quirk discusses topics you won’t hear elsewhere: the man who records white noise relaxation soundtracks, an obscure book relating…
Tom Walker: Beep Boop
29/07/2016 … Very much in the mould of Dr Brown at his most playful, best newcomer nominee Tom Walker brings an inventive edge to his often wordless clowning.
Tom Ballard: The World Keeps Happening
29/07/2016 … Twenty-six-year-old Tom Ballard despairs for the current state of political apathy, epitomised by the feeble, lazy ‘clicktivism’ engagement of his entitled…
Zoe Coombs Marr: Trigger Warning
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
29/07/2016 … Zoe Coombs Marr’s inventive, intense and insane hour looks set to be the must-see show of the festival: a takedown of tired comedy tropes that spins wildly into…
Alice Fraser: The Resistance
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
29/07/2016 … There’s something almost literary about Alice Fraser’s incisive, dextrous hour of compelling storytelling: the way she brings characters to vivid life, then…