Hannah Camilleri: Lolly Bag
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
16/04/2023 … Hannah Camilleri is an extraordinary talent – there’s no question about that, following this magnificently assured one-woman sketch show.
2023 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Sun 16 April 2023
Dani Cabs Poncho: Keep it Up!
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
16/04/2023 … Dressed in a suit that appears to be fashioned from the garish orange tablecloth of a tacky 1970s diner, Dani Cabs’s clown persona Poncho is a gleefully upbeat…
Adrienne Truscott & Le Gateau Chocolat: Grey Arias
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
16/04/2023 … He’s a gay, black, Nigerian drag artist; she’s a confrontational white American feminist performance artist.
Sat 15 April 2023
Die Roten Punkte: Otto & Astrid's Joint Solo Project
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
15/04/2023 … Australia’s leading – indeed only – sibling Krautrock cabaret parody duo have been at loggerheads ever since they formed.
Fri 14 April 2023
Sammy J: Good Hustle
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
14/04/2023 … Good Hustle offers a farewell to some of the characters who have emerged from the bite-sized topical sketches Sammy J has been serving up to ABC viewers for the…
Tom Ballard: It Is I
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
14/04/2023 … Tom Ballard has long been at peak ‘angry young man’ when it comes to his political comedy.
Thu 13 April 2023
Steen Raskopoulos: Friendly Stranger
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
13/04/2023 … Back after a five-year hiatus, Steen Raskopolous has not greatly changed his tried-and-true format of mixing audience participation with character-led sketch comedy.
Chris Ryan: Busy
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
13/04/2023 … Chris Ryan is rare in being a middle-aged woman relatively new to comedy.