Things that are not comedy: 1. Repeatedly asking someone their name. 2. Any form of mass audience participation (except cheering), especially hand clapping games. 3. Dressing up in a paper mache whale costume. 4. Squealing ear-piercing whale sounds over a microphone at Federation Square. 5. Chanting ‘dum de dum de dum de dum’ over and [...]
Russell Kane is the UK’s latest bright young comedy talent debuting at the Melbourne Comedy Festival. While he was pretty funny, his inexperience still shows and a week later I can’t remember any of his jokes. He spent most of the time pacing the stage and delivering rapid fire quips, but there were definite lulls [...]