Maria Bamford hits the UK
The best of the week's live comedy
24/04/2022 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the thousands of events Chortle currently has listed.
2022 Archives
Sun 24 April 2022
Vidya Rajan: Respawn
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
24/04/2022 … Vidya Rajan frames this show in terms of reincarnation, jokingly suggesting it’s some ‘cultural thing’ to lure in liberals guilty about comedy’s…
Sami Shah: Unappreciated
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
24/04/2022 … Celebrating ten years as an Australian citizen, Sami Shah still views the nation with an outsider’s eye.
Maria Angelico: The Disappearing Act
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
24/04/2022 … Maria Angelico is Cindy, a magician’s assistant, but the star of the show has done a disappearing act of his own, leaving her to entertain the audience.
Bronwyn Kuss: Any Goss?
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
24/04/2022 … This might be her debut show, but Bronwyn Kuss demonstrates a surety – even boldness – in her delivery that’s born from confidence.
Aaron Chen: If Weren’t Filmed, Nobody Would Believe
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
24/04/2022 … It’s been just five years since Aaron Chen made his Melbourne comedy festival debut, performing an almost painfully awkward anti-comedy show in a tiny ad-hoc…
Brian and Krysstal on Britain's Got Talent
...but Simon Cowell was not impressed
24/04/2022 … Comedy circuit veterans Brian and Krysstal appeared on Britain's Got Talent tonight – but did not win favour with Simon Cowell.
Rising Damp writer Eric Chappell dies at 88
24/04/2022 … Eric Chappell, who wrote Rising Damp and a string of other classic sitcoms, has reportedly died at the age of 88.