Maeve Higgins & Nick Coyle: A Rare Sight
06/04/2010 … Well, this was disappointing – a hard lesson in what happens when awkward ‘anti-comedy’ goes badly wrong.
2010 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Tue 06 April 2010
Rob Hunter: Special Detective
06/04/2010 … With his sharp understanding of the absurd one-liner, Rob Hunter could have produced an entertaining an imaginative parody of Raymond Chandler-style detective…
Bad Father Correction Tour
06/04/2010 … Just because your band makes music so bad no one would want to listen to it, you can’t just call it comedy – but that seems to be exactly what The Bad Father…
Mon 05 April 2010
And The Little One Said...
05/04/2010 … Who would have thought hopscotch, hula-hoop and skipping could be funny? Well, street performer Jess Love, for one, and she conclusively proves it in her delightful…
David Quirk: Neanderthal Brow
05/04/2010 … Suicide, necrophilia, dying alone… David Quirk’s subject matter isn’t exactly happy-go-lucky fare.
Frank Woodley: Bewilderbeest
05/04/2010 … Frank Woodley is one of the big beasts of modern Australian comedy; and this show seems designed to demonstrate exactly why, with a series of unlinked sketches showcasing…
Karl Chandler Is 100 Jokes An Hour
05/04/2010 … In a festival full of whimsical storytelling, Karl Chandler is fairly up-front about his aim to return to the art of gag-gag-gag, striking an average rate of one…
Sun 04 April 2010
Sam Simmons: Fail
04/04/2010 … Well-established absurdist Sam Simmons’s new show packs in the gags, stories and overall weirdness so densely it feels almost claustrophobic.