Festivals, Reviews, Stage Jack Gow: Just A Small Town Boy Review (Melbourne Fringe) Shane Murphy Jack Gow is, as he avows, both anxious and a tad vain. He worrries. A lot. Should he announce himself? …
Reviews, Stage, Theatre Butoh OUT! review (Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne) Shane Murphy I’ve never seen a Butoh performance, so I had no idea of didn’t know what to expect of Butoh Out!. I’m …
Reviews, Stage Flo and Joan review (Melbourne International Comedy Festival) Shane Murphy Flo and Joan are sisters who don’t look anything alike from the UK. They do musical comedy – which as they say is …
Reviews, Stage, Theatre Maria Bamford review (Melbourne International Comedy Festival) Shane Murphy Maria Bamford comes highly recommended. As an actor in the recent Arrested Development season she’s one of the cast of that …
Reviews, Stage David O’Doherty review (Melbourne International Comedy Festival) Shane Murphy After last year’s show, I was keen to see where David O’Doherty was at; one year older, wiser, maybe even funnier. …
Reviews, Stage Lazy Susan review (Melbourne International Comedy Festival) Shane Murphy Lazy Susan is the name of an English sketch comedy duo on their first trip to Melbourne. They’re bright, bubbly and …
Reviews, Stage Larry Dean review (Melbourne International Comedy Festival) Shane Murphy Larry Dean is from Scotland. His accent is solidly, deliciously Glaswegian which always for me adds an element to the jokes; …
Reviews, Stage Mark Watson review (Melbourne International Comedy Festival) Shane Murphy Seeing shows early in the MICF means many are still being worked on and tweaked. At his second show last week, …
Reviews Fern Brady (Melbourne International Comedy Festival) Shane Murphy On her second trip to Melbourne, the near impenetrably accented Scot Fern Brady is mad and woke and not about …
Film, Reviews, Screen Woman at War film review Shane Murphy Woman at War is a delightful and whimsical Icelandic movie with a plot that is more serious than expected from its billing as …