Steen Raskopoulos: Character Assassin
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
09/04/2015 … Steen Raskopoulos is well aware that the two words most comedy festival punters most dread are ‘audience’ and ‘participation’.
2015 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Thu 09 April 2015
Penny Greenhalgh: Pop Pop
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
09/04/2015 … Penny Greenhalgh’s gauche physicality and ironically cheesy crowdwork are certainly fun, but she’s treading old ground in this Melbourne debut, and treading…
Eddie Sharp: Magnum Opus
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
09/04/2015 … It’s a shambolic pile-up of ideas that are not always seen through, but Eddie Sharp’s show, just ended in Melbourne, demonstrates a nascent comedy talent as…
Jen Kirkman; I'm Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine)
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
09/04/2015 … Her material – about life lessons learned the hard way – is so intensely personal, but Jen Kirkman’s delivery of it is strangely aloof, at least tonight.
Wed 08 April 2015
Juan Vesuvius in Calypso Nights
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
08/04/2015 … It’s fiesta time! Wander into Calypso Nights and you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d stumbled into a roadshow by a genuine Venezuelan local radio DJ as he…
Trygve Wakenshaw: Nautilus
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
08/04/2015 … Although it's not advertised – nor priced – as such, this is, I'm quietly told as I take my seat, a work in progress from Trygve Wakenshaw, creator of one of…
Tue 07 April 2015
Brendon Walsh: Bearded, Juvenile
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review by Steve Bennett
07/04/2015 … Mischief-maker Brendon Walsh rebels against conformity – and indeed maturity – through the medium of pranks.
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Boy With Tape On His Face: More Tape [Melbourne 2014]
07/04/2015 … Nearly two years after making its Edinburgh debut, The Boy With Tape On His Face’s brilliant second show retains every morsel of its joyous appeal.