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Melbourne Comedy Festival 2017 review: Damien Power takes stand-up to next level in Utopia - Now in 3D!
The Queenslander fuses comedy with philosophy to powerful effect.
The Queenslander fuses comedy with philosophy to powerful effect.
Is it possible for a show to be one of the best things you've seen at the festival, and one of the worst, at the same time? ★★★★
Renowned comics lead a stellar field in this year's Barry Award.
Denise Scott and Judith Lucy have been entertaining Melbourne since they were fertile.
Sarah Kendall takes the audience on a nostalgic journey back to her childhood in Newcastle.
Fear and comedy are natural bedfellows, says Sydney comic Thao Cao.
A powerful young act with a lot of interesting things to say about men, women and Destiny's Child.
Once you've gone Portenza, there's no going back.
The 29-year-old's latest show, Cake in the Rain, features her signature raw humour. Be prepared for an abortion joke.
An ambitious show with plenty of interesting material never quite gets to the point of very funny.
The veteran comic has adopted a more holistic approach to life, and the pace of his stand-up has slowed too.
The notoriously belligerent comedian risked ruining his own show when he let fly at a patron.
The energy in the room is palpable, but the YouTube sensations have done better work than this.
The zingers may not be memorable but Edmonds' charm certainly is.
An award-winning comedy show that isn't a comedy?
Winner Ghenoa Gela had the audience in stitches.
Australia's 'crown prince' of comedy is not so royal, writes Nathanael Cooper.
Though full of her trademark nanna-isms, self-deprecation and wit, there's a real edge to Hannah Gadsby's swansong. ★★★★★
It will take more time, patience and hard work than this two-night-only show for McManus to get his mojo back.
Despite the lack of actual comedy, this was an entertaining show because Swan is such as honest and natural person.
Lardner's 'secret stash' sketch, a high point of an at times patchy show, is even more hilarious in full than when it stole the show at the Comedy Festival gala.
The Scotsman's latest offering is slick, intelligent and side-splittingly funny.
Broken limbs, lurgies and heart complications can't keep comedians off the stage for long.
One week into the festival and comedians from Australia and abroad have hit the ground running, with more great acts still to come.
When is it okay to laugh? asks comedian Tom Ballard.
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