Jeremy Elwood: Rock Plus Roll
01/01/2006 … This, Kiwi comic Jeremy Elwood cheerfully admits, is just one of those festival nights.
2006 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Sun 01 January 2006
Ridiculusmus: The Importance Of Being Ernest
01/01/2006 … It takes a certain confidence – or arrogance – to take a look at Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated work and think: ‘This could be done better.
Daniel Kitson: Weltanschauung
01/01/2006 … Since his Perrier win in 2002, Daniel Kitson has made a stubborn – and to some extent unsuccessful - attempt to shun popularity; a stance you could easily attribute…
Lawrence Leung: The Marvellous Misadventures Of Puzzle Boy
01/01/2006 … There’s an ever-growing trend among comedians to celebrate their geekiness.
The Amazing Jonathan
01/01/2006 … The Amazing Jonathan has spent the last six years playing the casinos of Vegas, and now he’s at the Melbourne Comedy Festival performing in … a casino.
Penny Tangey in Kathy Smith Goes To Maths Camp
01/01/2006 … nother comic mining the ‘childhood geek’ seam for her festival show, Penny Tangey has chosen the character comedy route, creating teenage ubernerd Kathy Smith…
Natives Strikin' Blak
01/01/2006 … The best stand-up comes from oppression; whether emigrant Jews in New York, black Americans or simply victims of the schoolyard bullies.
Michael Chamberlin: The Ten Commandments
01/01/2006 … Michael Chamberlin wants to update the Ten Commandments to make them relevant to the modern age.