Comedy Festival 2018: Popular comedians add extra shows

THE Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s hottest acts and rising stars have added shows for the final week. Here’s where you can catch them, and how our reviewers rated them.

ALL laughed out? No you’re not. Get back in the ring (read: crowd) and try to catch the comic blows thrown at you for one more week, bruiser.

These are the buzz acts who have added shows.

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Aidan Jones is getting serious Newcomer Award heat for his show The Abersham Flat.

See him at Pilgrim Bar until Saturday, 9.30pm ($16/$20).

Ari Eldjarn is the most high profile Icelandic cheer-jerker to ever tour Australia (apart from Bjork) and his Pardon My Icelandicset is at Greek Centre and Victoria Hotel until Sunday, various times/prices. Scandinavians beware, he doesn’t pull punches. O ur review: 4.5 stars

Celia Pacquola’s All Talkhas brought together viewers of Rosehaven, Have You Been Paying Attention? and everyone in between. Get in quick for tonight’s massive show at Comedy Theatre at 7pm for only $39. Warning: things get dark. Our review: 4.5 stars

Dilruk Jayasinha received four stars for his show, Bundle of Joy.

“Skits and giggles” guy Dilruk Jayasinhais actually a master storyteller and his post-booze-hound Bundle of Joyshow is now on at Melbourne Town Hall, Sat, 5.30pm ($32). Our review: 4 stars

The ginormous hit of the festival has been Anne Edmonds’ crazed slapper, Helen Bidou, who is daring you to Enter The Spinnaker Loungethis Thursday-Friday, 8.15pm and Sunday, 7.15pm for the low low price $25/$34. Call now. Our review: 5 stars

Jimeoin’s new show is proving popular with comedy festiavl crowds.

It seems ridiculous Jimeoin can do an extra show at The Palms in Crown this Friday, 7.30pm ($44/$9), but that’s exactly what crowds are demanding for his apparently sublime 110-minute show,The Ridiculous. Our review: 3.5 stars

James Veitch has added two shows on Saturday.

Master of graphs and power point James Veitchwears a very convincing Game Face. The stuffy UK funnyman will do a mid-arvo show on Saturday at 3.45pm as well as 8.20pm ($35) at Melbourne Town Hall. Our review: 3 stars

Nick Capper is Triple R Breakfasters’ comedian embedded at the festival, bringing the intel each week. Quantum Bad Boyhas sold well enough that Capper will do extra shows this Saturday at 5.45pm and Sunday at 7pm ($18/$24).

I gave Rhys Nicholson’s sizzling, seven-laughs-per-minute Seminal show 4.5 stars and now, no correlation, he’s added a show at Melbourne Town Hall, Friday, 7pm ($33).

Aboriginal comedian Steph Tisdell weaves issues of identity, what ‘sorry day’ really means from and all kinds of tricky subjects in Identity Steft. See her at Mantra on Russell, Friday and Saturday, 9.45pm ($20/$25).