Melbourne Comedy Festival
Various Venues
Lots at the Melbourne Town Hall
Melbourne is a city of many things. Coffee. Excellent Food. Prized Grafitti. Sport (yawn). Trams. The ‘Yellow Peril’ (don’t ask, it’s a long story). Shopping. Daggy cruises down the Yarra. Arty precincts. Laneways.
And Laughs.
Well at least in April. For almost the whole month, very funny people from far and wide (and some from just up the street) have a crack at making Melbournians (and our guests) laugh. And the people they love it. Last year attendance was at 450,000, and with the current persistent gloominess precipitating a need to be amused, there are predictions that this year’s comedy crowd will be mammoth.
So, where to go and what to do, to score yourself one of those laughs. Ot at least a little snigger/giggle/shoulder shake. First stop should be the Comedy Festival Website. But if you’ve feeling spontaneous and want to court serendipity, you can just rock up to the Melbourne Town Hall (corner of Collins and Swanston) or the Halftix booth slightly to the north of the fancy Town Hall building, and see who’s on. Melbourne’s daily paper “The Age” is worth checking out too – as a major sponsor, it gives the festival a good guernsey.
Personally, I thoroughly enjoyed watching a very sexy ventriloquist and her potty mouthed monkey talk nonsense for a bit over an hour so if you,’re after a lead, Nina Conti’s “Evolution” is worth a look.
Off you go. Giggle your way to a new tomorrow.
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