Sam Taunton: Taunts Down For What
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
09/04/2017 … Comedy is still dominated by affable white men telling jovial stories of their everyday life.
2017 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Sun 09 April 2017
Louisa Wall: A Dingo Ate My Baby
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
09/04/2017 … Never judge a show by its title is the message here.
Sat 08 April 2017
Liz Carr: Assisted Suicide The Musical
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
08/04/2017 … The title’s not a spoof.
Jacqueline Mifsud: Sink Full Of Forks
Review by Lorelei Mathias at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
08/04/2017 … Star of topical sketch show The Leak, Mifsud is an accomplished comic actor and regular on the Melbourne circuit, but this is her first full-length stand-up show.
Fri 07 April 2017
Anne Edmonds: No Offence None Taken
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
07/04/2017 … Anne Edmonds hits the audience hard with her opening joke, a bad-taste switcheroo that would do Sarah Silverman proud But it’s delivered with a sort of…
Chimp Cop Forever
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
07/04/2017 … At their very best, the Chimp Cop team could give the Naked Gun franchise a run for its money with the amount of silly jokes, visual gags and non sequiturs…
Suren Jayemanne: Deus Eczemachina
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
07/04/2017 … Suren Jayemanne’s step up from a decent, promising comedian to a more vital one may have another 12 months to wait.
Thu 06 April 2017
Cameron James: 88
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
06/04/2017 … Making his solo festival debut five years after being a Raw finalist, Cameron James proves himself a natural on stage: charming, confident, with a good sense of…