Headliners 2023
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
08/04/2023 … Headliners, Melbourne’s annual showcase of ‘late night legends alt-comedy room faves and club champions’ from the US had one of its strongest…
2023 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Sat 08 April 2023
Fri 07 April 2023
Sara Schaefer: Going Up
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
07/04/2023 … With the internet giving more platforms to more voices – and movements such as MeToo shining more disinfecting light into shady practices – the corrosive…
Lou Wall Vs The Internet
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
07/04/2023 … For many children of the internet, life is a whirl of vacuous, attention-grabbing memes, insecure egotism and toxic jealousy, comparing yourself to the supposedly…
Thu 06 April 2023
Sam Campbell: Every Single Emotion
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
06/04/2023 … How does Sam Campbell’s brain do it? Come up with so many ideas - all of them wildly original – that fizz and pop in this cauldron of silly insanity.
Andrew Hamilton: Jokes About the Time I Went to Prison
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
06/04/2023 … Thankfully Andrew Hamilton’s jokes are less obvious than his show title.
Freddie McManus Is Stoppable
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
06/04/2023 … From his assured manner and punchy delivery, there would be little to indicate Freddie McManus was performing his first solo Melbourne International Comedy Festival…
Wed 05 April 2023
Rove McManus: Awesome Sauce
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
05/04/2023 … Now THIS is how you perform stand-up.
Gabbi Bolt: Odd Sock
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
05/04/2023 … It’s a ballsy move for a musical comedian facing that ‘difficult second album’ of show to start with a song called I Got Nothing.