
Khaled Khalafalla projects a certain air about him, whilst on stage, which rings of confidence (not arrogance) with a sprinkle of potential future fame.

As readers of his TV column or other writings will know, Ben Pobjie is a very smart guy with a razor sharp perception and cutting turn of phrase.

In Songs in the Key of Black three sublime talents – Irving Berlin, Lucy Maunder and Isaac Hayward – converge in a most enjoyable performance.

When comics say humour is a combination of tragedy plus time, they usually mean the past; smart Canadian-born Dr Pam looks forward to a future tragedy of the environmental kind and still makes it funny.

This is a play for the head not the heart. It forces us to think about what death means or if it means anything at all.

Harking back to an era of comedy where slapstick was king and great artists like Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin were stars of the silent movie, Quiet Achievers is a homage to this glorious period of physical comedy.

An ever changing line up of the best and brightest British comedians, A British invasion, is a degustation of several ex-pats stand-up routines while they tour the Melbourne Comedy Circuit.