2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival reviews
19/04/2025 … All our reviews from the 2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Dan Rath: Tropical Depression Greg Larsen: Geggy Ben McCarthy:…
2025 Archives
Sat 19 April 2025
Fri 18 April 2025
Who should host the British Saturday Night Live?
Loran Mullan's series on the Sky remake of a US institution
18/04/2025 … Having discussed how Saturday Night Live’s sketches might be adapted for the British remake yesterday, Lorcan Mullan now turns his attention to the hosts… Sky’s…
Alex Horne writes his first children's book
The Last Pebble out this summer
18/04/2025 … Alex Horne has written his first children’s book, about a boy who finds a mysterious stone on a family holiday.
MICF: Jack Ansett: What's Everyone Having for Dinner?
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
18/04/2025 … New Zealander Jack Ansett is a proud nerd with too much time on his hands, so whiles away hours on Facebook, causing mischief.
MICF: Lou Wall: Breaking The Fifth Wall
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
18/04/2025 … It’s rare indeed for a comedian to come up with a routine that never gets old, but Lou Wall has achieved it with their punchy PowerPoint-led musical number…
MICF: Ben McCarthy: Cadet Kelly is the Best Movie I've Ever Seen in my Friggin Life
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
18/04/2025 … A whole hour dedicated to Cadet Kelly, the formulaic 2002 Disney movie with Hilary Duff as an easy-going teen force into military school that scores…
A critical situation
Comic creates a bespoke gig for Chortle's reviewer
18/04/2025 … What’s a comedian to do when they realise there’s only one person in their audience – and it’s a reviewer? For Australian absurdist Jordan…
MICF: Mike McLeish: Pensive Like A Fox
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
18/04/2025 … Mike McLeish played Paul Keating in Keating! The Musical which stormed this festival 20 years ago.