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The best heckles, riskiest jokes and strangest moments from this year's comedy festival
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (1789+ words) For the past month, our reviewers have immersed themselves in everything the Melbourne International Comedy Festival has to offer " from a boy band throwing their last concert to slapstick set in space. Here are some of the moments and jokes…...
Guaranteed laughs and shows worth a punt: Something for everyone in our comedy festival guide
11+ hour, 58+ min ago (89+ words) Sydney Comedy Festival has arrived. Here's who is on our shortlist. April 16, 2026 " 5: 30am With a deluge of decidedly unfunny headlines upon us, the Sydney Comedy Festival has arrived at just the right time. It's bigger than ever this year, with more…...
The two issues that 'drive Eddie mad"
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (52+ words) Eddie Mc Guire has revealed two issues that 'drive him mad' following the Zak Butters tribunal case. Victoria Arbiter on day two of Prince Harry and Meghan's Aussie visit Details of King and Queen's visit to US revealed Israeli forces…...
Comedies about Big Tech used to be funny. Now they're just unsettling
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (104+ words) The Age April 9, 2026 " 5: 30am SBS is doling out an episode weekly, and that's probably the right prescription for medicine tinged with this kind of frisky bitterness. The back and forth between Duncan and Joanne keeps escaping common sense, so that the…...
Size matters in Matthew Macfadyen and Elizabeth Banks" wonderfully silly new comedy
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (41+ words) The pair star as a warring married couple " except one of them is only 15 centimetres tall. April 9, 2026 " 1: 30am The Miniature Wife streams on Stan (which is owned by Nine, the publisher of this masthead) from April 9....
This UK play is fierce, funny and uncomfortably familiar. Did anyone say "Hanson?
1+ week, 4+ day ago (836+ words) April 5, 2026 " 11: 59am Add us as a preferred source on Google THEATRETill The Stars Come Down KXT on Broadway, Ultimo April 1, until April 11 Reviewed by JOYCE MORGAN" Three sisters gather for the wedding of the youngest. Add a potty-mouth aunt, awkward speeches…...
Aliens, lad culture and "Fat Tom Cruise: This festival has it all
1+ week, 6+ day ago (645+ words) April 3, 2026 " 12: 49pm Chloe Petts | Big Naturals Melbourne Town Hall - Portrait Room, until April 19 Lad culture formed Chloe Petts, and it informs every aspect of her show, which takes its title from slang for large, non-surgically-enhanced breasts of the sort historically favoured…...
Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2026
2+ week, 12+ hour ago (25+ words) This year's laugh fest has kicked off, with more than 2000 performers stepping up to the mic. Here, our writers take a closer look...
'You're not doing good enough': The rising stars of comedy offer some terrible advice
2+ week, 1+ day ago (96+ words) The Age Takashi Wakasugi, Tarang Hardikar, Anisa Nandaula and Sez are here for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. We asked them some very pressing questions. Updated April 1, 2026 " 10: 05am, first published 9: 41am From deep hypotheticals to the horrors of corporate speak, this year's…...
Werewolves, hypotheticals and a "90s boy band: The first comedy festival reviews are in
2+ week, 6+ day ago (367+ words) March 27, 2026 " 12: 13pm Soft Tread | Fuccbois: Live in Concert The Showroom - Arts Centre Melbourne, until April 5 Within the familiar challenges that befall boy bands " egos, in-fighting and obsessive fandoms " exists the perfect allegory for modern-day dating. From ghosting to gaslighting, the upbeat…...