Raw Comedy National Final 2024
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
15/04/2024 … ‘Everyone’s a comedian’ took another step to becoming less an aphorism and more a statement of incontrovertible fact with this year’s Raw…
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Mon 15 April 2024
Johanna Cosgrove: Hi, Delusion!
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
15/04/2024 … ‘Johanna Cosgrove is utterly deluded,’ reads the description of this show.
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.