Tom Ballard: Problematic
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
09/04/2017 … This year Tom Ballard is performing his comedy festival show from inside a bubble.
2017 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Sun 09 April 2017
Claire Hooper: Familiar
Review by Steve Bennett at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
09/04/2017 … When comedy was dubbed ‘the new rock and roll’ all those years ago, it wasn’t with comedians like Claire Hooper in mind.
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.
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…