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.
2016 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Wed 13 April 2016
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…
Nazeem Hussain: Hussain In The Membrane
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
12/04/2016 … Nazeem Hussain has made his comedy name as a gateway Muslim – an affable bridge between white and brown cultures able to gently mock both.
Mon 11 April 2016
True Australian Patriots Live
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
11/04/2016 … Originally set up as an online reaction to the hatred of vile far-right groups such as Reclaim Australia, True Australian Patriots has become THE cult hit of this…
Wil Anderson: Fire At Wil
Melbourne comedy festival review by Steve Bennett
11/04/2016 … Wil Anderson has grown up with this festival and is now one of its biggest draws, packing big theatres and winning people’s choice award galore.