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Stephen K. Amos in "The Best Medicine"

By Contributor | Published: 22/04/2011 - 15:16

Review | Humour

Australians love to laugh at themselves, don’t they? Redheads called Bluey, Baldheads called Curly, Michael Clarke named Captain of Australia, giving out names is a humorous Australian tradition. So when a British comedian tells us he had an encounter on a flight from Queensland with something called a “bogan” – we laugh in expectation. Of course we do.

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Around the World in 80 Quid

By Contributor | Published: 20/04/2011 - 10:19

Review | Humour

Aindrias de Staic

By Rebekah McDonald

 

UTTERLY dishevelled and charmingly ridiculous, when Aindrias de Staic bounds onstage, you know you are in for a treat.

 

When he breaks into song whilst playing the fiddle before even seating himself properly, the night begins to surpass all hopes.

 

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Melbourne Museum Comedy Tour

By Craig Butt | Published: 17/04/2011 - 13:36

Review | Humour

Throughout the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, once the buses of schoolchildren have left and the regular tour guides have gone home, the Melbourne Museum has been opening its doors for a special after hours comedy tour of the building.

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Em O’Loughlin Confesses, “I dropped nine dress sizes!”

By Emma Dilemma | Published: 15/04/2011 - 16:33

Review | Humour

Verdict: 7.5/10  

EM O’Loughlin might not get the laughs she’s hoping for from Melbourne’s conservative, considerate audiences.

Not because she isn’t funny: she is.

Nor is she offensive, if you can handle a mild dose of swearing in your stand-up.

Our comedy festival audiences can handle jokes about bogans, fatties and relationships gone wrong.

But they’re a little cautious about laughing too loudly when the presenter is the ‘elephant’ in the room.

Or, in this case, was.

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Our Princess Is In Another Castle

By Donald Duong | Published: 14/04/2011 - 22:21

Review | Humour

 

Video games are a part of everyday life. So why is it essentially non-existent in the world of stand-up comedy except to paint a character as a basement-dwelling man-child? On a completely unrelated note (I swear), Michael Williams' Our Princess Is In Another Castle is, from memory, one of the first comedy festival shows to have an serious gaming bent. 

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Manipulations

By Anirudh Asher | Published: 12/04/2011 - 19:14

Review | Humour

Simon Coronel

Photo by Anirudh Asher

 

Tony Starr's Kitten Club is an unlikely place to find a comedy show.

Simon Coronel's magic tricks are equally unexpected.

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Three Short Comedies

By Emma Dilemma | Published: 09/04/2011 - 10:50

Review | Humour

Verdict: Silent films have never sounded so good: 9/10


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Eric's Tales of the Sea

By Emma Dilemma | Published: 05/04/2011 - 18:37

Review | Humour

Eric the Submariner

EricPhoto: Eric the Submariner, sourced from ericdotcom.co.uk


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The Stevenson Experience - Mission Twinpossible

By Elise Hughan | Published: 03/04/2011 - 23:23

Review | Humour

Mission TwinpossibleVerdict: 7/10 with some one-liners you just don’t want to miss.

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Pretending Things Are A Cock – It’s not like you haven’t thought about doing it

By Contributor | Published: 03/04/2011 - 22:59

Review | Humour

By Marco Ruiz 

Jon Bennett

Photo courtesy of MICF 2011


“Let’s get cocking,” is the call a stranger trumpets from the doorway. What would normally draw stares of bewilderment or disgust anywhere else is instead met with rapture by those closest and subsequently a procession of bodies up the wooden staircase in anticipation of the show. However, the performance actually begins before you take your seat.

 

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