Matt Okine: Happiness Not Included
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
12/04/2014 … When he bursts on to the stage, Matt Okine speaks with a gushing enthusiasm that would make a neuro-linguistic programmer happy.
2014 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Sat 12 April 2014
David Quirk: Career, Suicide
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
12/04/2014 … David Quirk’s new show underlines his status as a mesmerising storyteller.
Mel Buttle: Bring A Plate
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
12/04/2014 … Mel Buttle’s separated parents are the comedy gift that keeps on giving.
Fri 11 April 2014
The Stevenson Experience: Womb Mates
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
11/04/2014 … The Stevenson Experience make much of their unique selling point: the fact they are identical twin brothers.
Thu 10 April 2014
Heath Franklin: May I Borrow A Crisis?
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
10/04/2014 … Leonard Nimoy’s first autobiography was called I Am Not Spock, and was largely seen as an attempt to distance himself from the Star Trek character and establish…
Kevin Bridges
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
10/04/2014 … Kevin Bridges was feeling pretty smug about selling out his Melbourne run.
Dave Callan: A Little Less Conversation
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
10/04/2014 … Comedy purists sometimes complain that musical acts are guaranteed applause breaks other stand-ups must work for, just because of the convention that greets the…
Wed 09 April 2014
Dr Professor Neal Portenza Performs His Own Autopsy Live On Stage. One Night Only (Obviously)
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
09/04/2014 … Dr Professor Neal Portenza, the scarlet-cheeked alter-ego of Josh Ladgrove, is among the vanguard of performers bringing playful, absurd clowning back to comedy.