Madeleine Stewart: So Brave
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
08/04/2022 … Festival debutante Madeleine Stewart entertainingly depicts the familiar life of a twentysomething seeking love – well, sex – through dating…
2022 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Fri 08 April 2022
Thu 07 April 2022
Laura Davis: If This Is It
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
07/04/2022 … After two years of despair, living in the woods and consumed by her darkest thoughts, Laura Davis has produced a frenzied, expansive, angry manifesto against the…
Oliver Twist: Griot
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
07/04/2022 … Not a stage name, Oliver Twist is an apt monicker for someone whose early life was wretched by even Dickensian standards.
Grace Jarvis: Digging A Hole
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
07/04/2022 … Any comedian who uses the phrase: ‘That is not a joke, that is genuine pallbearing advice’ probably deserves your attention.
Ellen Mahoney: Feminem
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
07/04/2022 … It’s a slightly dated, borderline cliche, way to start a comedy show, as Ellen Mahoney offers her own version of Eminem’s Lose Yourself.
Wed 06 April 2022
Guy Montgomery: Guy Montgomery By Name, Guy Montgomery By Nature
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
06/04/2022 … If you were looking for generalisations, you would say that the trademark of New Zealand comedy was a low-key, modestly upbeat presentation of off-kilter ideas.
Nath Valvo: Back In The Habit
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
06/04/2022 … Nath Valvo is unlikely to win plaudits for pushing the envelope, but his relatable material, gleeful self-deprecation and spirited performance delivers the laughs…
Lano & Woodley: Moby Dick
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
06/04/2022 … ‘Is it meant to be this shit? That’s the question,’ says Colin Lane after a fluffed line in this alleged new take on the great American novel.