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.
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Sun 14 April 2024
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…
Thu 11 April 2024
© Netflix Baby Reindeer
Review of Richard Gadd's story of stalking, now on Netflix
11/04/2024 … It starts with a small act of kindness, when a sympathetic young barman offers a free cup of tea to a teary middle-aged woman who enters his pub.
Lara Ricote: Little Tiny Wet Show (Baptism)
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
11/04/2024 … Lara Ricote did such a good job with her 2022 debut, GRL/LATNX/DEF, that she won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for best newcomer.