Melbourne Comedy Festival announces its 2022 award nominees
Seven comedians shortlisted for main award
18/04/2022 … The shortlist has been announced for the award for most outstanding act at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
2022 Archives
Mon 18 April 2022
Dan Rath: Cockroach Party
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
18/04/2022 … Taking to the stage in grubby track pants and ancient T-shirt, the gawky, geeky Dan Rath leans hard into his status as a weird and tense social pariah.
Luka Muller: Yeah, Nice
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
18/04/2022 … We should be grateful Luka Muller didn’t do the comedy festival show he spent the best part of lockdown working on – a tribute to Michel Lotito, who…
Janty Blair is officially Deadly
Winner of Aboriginal comedy competition crowned
18/04/2022 … Janty Blair has been crowned winner of this year’s Deadly Funny comedy competition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander comedians.
Wil Anderson: Wilogical
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
18/04/2022 … From 1997 until the global you-know-what, Wil Anderson debuted a new hour of stand-up at every one of his beloved Melbourne International Comedy Festivals.
Dilruk Jayasinha: Dil'icious
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
18/04/2022 … Dilruk Jayasinha has been steadily rising through the ranks of Australian comedy, winning legions of new fans with his appearance on Celebrity MasterChef last…
Hot Department: After Party
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
18/04/2022 … Hot Department’s After Party comes on like a drunken flirt – sexy, sloppy, in-your-face and madly unpredictable.
Luke Heggie: Your Stupid
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
18/04/2022 … From the description of his 2022 show, Luke Heggie seems at high risk of toppling into that cohort of middle-aged white male comedians bitterly complaining that…