The Squirrels see a LOT of shows during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival but what each of us sees varies a lot. The quality, we agree has been quite high and we’ve seen very few duds. Some of us see more shows than others, still have several shows to see and we don’t all see the same shows, so we can’t really pick a favourite overall, instead we each offer you our favourite shows for 2014:
Alanta Colley
Kraken – Trygve Wakenshaw
Noise adventure – Kate dehnert
It’s Eddo- Anne Edmonds
Dave – Zoe Coombs Marr
Pajama Party – Sarah Jones & Nicholas Johnson
Colin Flaherty
Damian Calinan – The Lost WW1 Diary of Private Paddy Callinan
John Kearns – Sight Gags for Perverts
Max & Ivan The Reunion
Fancy Boy Variety Show
Kraken – Trygve Wakenshaw
Elyce Phillips
Dr Professor Neal Portenza – Performs his Own Autopsy Live on Stage. One Night Only. (Obviously)
Asher Treleaven – Smaller, Poorer, Weaker, Cheaper
Lessons with Luis – By Myself
Rhys Nicholson – EURGH
Steen Raskoplous – I’m Wearing Two Suits Because I mean Business
It was a really tough pick through! Sam Simmons was also great and so was Paul Foot.
Ellyce O’Halloran
Set List
Joel Creasey – Rock God
Neil Sinclair – Charmingly Useless
Improv Conspiracy’s A Night in Chicago,
Lisa Clark
Justin Hamilton – Johnny Loves Mary 1994
Edge by Isabel and Rachel
Adrienne Truscott’s – Asking for It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else!
Lessons with Luis – By Myself
Ronny Chieng – Chieng Reaction
I also loved Alice Fraser, Stella Young, Max & Ivan, Celia Pacquola, Fancy Boy Variety Show and Wolf Creek the Musical (OK, it’s REALLY hard!)
Noel Kelso
So far I’ve seen 84 shows, the vast majority of which have been great. My top 5 are –
The Earth Is Flat – Simon Godfrey
She Was Probably Not A Robot – Stuart Bowden
Sketch-Ageddon – Jason Geary & Jimmy James Eaton
The Boy With Tape On His Face
Max And Ivan The Reunion
Sofia Monkiewicz
Stephen K Amos – What Does the K Stand For
Wil Anderson – Wiluminati
Kate Dehnert – Noise Adventure
Luke McGregor – I Worry that I Worry Too Much.
Sam Simmons – Death Of A Sails-Man