2024 Archives

Thu 11 April 2024

Lara Ricote: Little Tiny Wet Show (Baptism)

Melbourne International Comedy Festival review

11/04/2024 … Lara Ricote did such a good job with her 2022 debut, GRL/LATNX/DEF, that she won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for best newcomer.

Ray O'Leary: Your Laughter Is Just Making Me Stronger

Melbourne International Comedy Festival review

11/04/2024 … A best newcomer nominee at last year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival, New Zealand’s Ray O’Leary takes a forensic approach to his comedy.

Lou Wall: The Bisexual's Lament

Melbourne International Comedy Festival review

11/04/2024 … A digital native comedian in all the best ways, Lou Wall offers a manic attention-deficit mashup of live stand-up and unhinged AV content, unpacking a tough personal…

Dan Rath: Pariah Carey

Melbourne International Comedy Festival review

11/04/2024 … Has one of Australia’s grubbiest loser comics cleaned up his act? Dan Rath arrives at this year’s Melbourne Comedy Festival not in slovenly T-shirt,…

Mel McGlensey Is Motorboat

Melbourne International Comedy Festival review

11/04/2024 … Mel McGlensey arrives in Melbourne with a ‘best comedy’ award she won in Adelaide and reviews ablaze with a constellation of stars – while here…