Leicester Square Theatre Sketch-Off
13/04/2016 … Something of a strange evening down in the Leicester Square Theatre, which has added to its New and Old comedian competitions this test of the up-and-comers on…
2016 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Wed 13 April 2016
Alex Edelman: Everything Handed To You
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
13/04/2016 … Ever notice that airports rarely have enough power sockets? There’s an idea strong enough to sustain an hour of stand-up, right? Well, it is if you are…
Luka Muller: Be Like Water
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
13/04/2016 … He’s a lovely young man, is Luka Muller.
Reuben Kaye: Plugged
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
13/04/2016 … Reuben Kaye is everything a cabaret act should be: camp, catty and conceited – a flamboyant package of sparkles and spite.
Dilruk Jayasinha: Sri Wanka
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
13/04/2016 … How charming is Dilruk Jayasinha if he can tell tales of shitting himself in public, of the faecal horrors that lurk in music festival Portaloos, and of being drunk…
Tue 12 April 2016
Tom Ballard: The World Keeps Happening
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
12/04/2016 … Twenty-six-year-old Tom Ballard despairs for the current state of political apathy, epitomised by the feeble, lazy ‘clicktivism’ engagement of his entitled generation.
Zanzoop: Feeble Minds
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
12/04/2016 … Omnishambles doesn’t quite do justice to the car-crash chaos of Zanzoop – but it’s a gloriously silly omnishambles of lunatic invention and…
Nick Capper: Parallax Capper
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
12/04/2016 … Nick Capper’s family history involves encounters with Idi Amin, his father dating his mother after saving her life, and his grandfather fleeing England for…