Johanna Cosgrove: Hi, Delusion!
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
15/04/2024 … ‘Johanna Cosgrove is utterly deluded,’ reads the description of this show.
2024 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Mon 15 April 2024
Sun 14 April 2024
Musical Comedy Awards 2024
Review of the final at London's Bloomsbury Theatre
14/04/2024 … Now in its 15th or 16th year (the video contradicted itself on that point) the Musical Comedy Awards were back in the Bloomsbury Theatre to showcase 12 finalists…
Oliver Coleman: Goof
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
14/04/2024 … Oliver Coleman may be a goof, but he’s also a super-smart one, creating an impressive show that’s both light and dense, daft and thoughtful.
Jackie Hatton: Virtually A Reality
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
14/04/2024 … Be wary of the march of artificial intelligence is the message solo sketch comedian Jackie Hatton is spreading – so no wonder the machines want to shut her…
Fri 12 April 2024
Dane Simpson & His Dad: The King and I
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
12/04/2024 … The ‘comedians teaming up with their parents’ trend has probably crested, thanks to the likes of Jack Whitehall, Russell Howard and Romesh Ranganathan…
Samuel Gebreselassie: I'm a Refugee... Get Me Out of Here!
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
12/04/2024 … Oh no, not another half-Ethiopian, half-Eritrean comic, who was born in a Sudanese refugee camp raised in New Zealand, worked in China and now lives in Australia.
Damien Power: Not So Funny Now Is it?
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
12/04/2024 … ‘2023 was a great year for Damien Power,’ trills the blurb for his latest solo show, boasting several career successes.
Prue Blake: Concrete Pigs
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
12/04/2024 … Prue Blake’s day job is as a town planner… which could be a worrying sign for the future of Australia’s cities, given how messily she’s…