Gillian Cosgriff: Actually, Good

Part of Replay Festival

Friday 7 July, 7:30pm

Winner Most Outstanding Show & Golden Gibbo, Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2023

Musical comedian Gillian Cosgriff won Most Outstanding Show and the Golden Gibbo Award (for best independent show) at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival, with her hilarious original songs, killer stand-up, and a big book of things that are actually good.

In 2022 she started asking people what they like. Specifically for lists of ten likes, with number one as something they loved - something they considered to be the very best the human experience has to offer. The answers were simple and complex and hilarious and sad and beautiful. Carrot cake. Fancy hotel foyers. Seeing a cow and yelling, “COW!”

This is a show about stuff you like - all the little things that make the big hard things manageable - and pointing at the bits of the world that make you want to yell, “Oh WOW! Look at this! Isn’t it GREAT?!”

“What a triumph” ★★★★★ Chortle UK  

“A thought provoking, imaginative, heart-warming life lesson that will surprise you and stay with you long after you’ve left the theatre.” ★★★★★ Lilithia

“Incredibly affirming and funny. Cosgriff’s a whip-smart, quick-witted, confident performer.” ★★★★1/2 The Age