Jamie Kilstein has opinions. A lot of opinions. So many, he can barely get them out, jabbering away as if stuck on fast-forward, getting so excited by the passion and intensity of his own ideas he jiggles on the spot like a six-year-old desperate for a pee. Among the dense dissertation are some smart, witty jokes… [...]

Australia’s biggest-selling national newspaper has condemned the Melbourne comedy festival as ‘a fortnight of mediocrity’ dominated by smug comedians too worried about their image to be interesting. Although the festival is one of the biggest events in the nation’s cultural calendar, The Australian broadsheet has published just one review to cover all 370 shows – from [...]