Eve Ellenbogen: Don't Get Mad At Me
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
11/04/2017 … New Yorker Eve Ellenbogen overestimates how fascinating her quirks and hang-ups are.
2017 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Tue 11 April 2017
Fran Middleton: Ceiling Fran
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
11/04/2017 … Newish comedian Fran Middleton starts her show in the boilerplate way of the Gaulier-trained oddball: creating a weird atmosphere and deliberately making the audience…
Aunty Donna: Big Boys
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
11/04/2017 … If using a guitar in comedy is cheating, what is it when you have a full high-powered sound system with a multi-instrumentalist DJ behind you? The answer is Aunty…
Damien Power: Utopia: Now In 3D
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
11/04/2017 … Damien Power is dealing with some odd audience members tonight: the woman who walks across his stage in search of her plus one, the man who makes a phone call from…
Mon 10 April 2017
Rose Matafeo: Sassy Best Friend
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
10/04/2017 … She says she’s feeling under the weather, but even so you can’t fault Rose Matafeo’s vibrancy and energy.
Laura Davis: Cake In The Rain
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
10/04/2017 … Among the many moments that leap out from Laura Davis’s bold and unique show is when she reveals that she has frequent suicidal impulses… which make…
Bart Freebairn: Maximum Delicious
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
10/04/2017 … Bart Freebairn has taken on famously food-obsessed American comic Jim Gaffigan at his own game – and he might just have won.
Aaron Chen: The Infinite Faces of Chenny Baby
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne Comedy Festival
10/04/2017 … Aaron Chen was one of the sidekicks in the cult hit of last year, the hot mess known as Zanzoop.