Dante's Wombat

29/04/2026

Here we present a few choice moments from the final Melbourne International Comedy Festival performance of Dante's Wombat at the stunning Melbourne Recital Centre

Thanks to Mike from C31 Melbourne and Geelong for filming on the night!

20/04/2026

Yes, Dante's Wombat Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2026 is over

The final performance at Melbourne Recital Centre Melbourne Recital Centre was brilliant! Everyone at the MRC really deserves a pat on the back for their willingness to take a chance on an emerging performer and incredible dedication to Eb’s vision, something a little outside of what their audience would usually expect.

Speaking of the audience, it was absolutely fantastic. A curious lot, they really seemed to GET IT, somehow following the strange journey full of animism, false takes, all of the intentional little nods/contradictions/windy roads.

Every time Eb glimpsed the captives in his little temporary pond he was greeted with laughter and beaming fishy smiles.

It really made the final night special!

*Thanks especially to the person in the pink fluffy jacket who stayed behind to offer very encouraging feedback before disappearing into the chilly night!!!*

The brilliant people at both Northcote Town Hall Darebin Arts and the Melbourne Recital Centre deserve all the credit in the world for bringing Dante's Wombat to life!

Finally thanks to C31 Melbourne and Geelong for filming both performances!

Thank you all and farewell...for now

16/04/2026

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXLePgWkQ5r/?igsh=MTJna2VlMjVyNmN4dQ==

The final performance of Dante's Wombat Melbourne International Comedy Festival is this Saturday Melbourne Recital Centre

It will be filmed, so wear your best duds!

See you there!

12/04/2026

Dante's Wombat hit the Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre via Darebin Arts last night...lyres were strummed, garments were rent, metronomes were kicked and sentences that were likely never uttered before in the history of humankind were uttered until finally it was time to say a teary goodbye to the beautiful venue and the wonderful peeps within and set our sights on Saturday (18/4/26) when a quite different version of DW reveals itself at Melbourne Recital Centre

Melbourne International Comedy Festival

06/04/2026

This week Dante's Wombat waddles into Melbourne International Comedy Festival⁨

Check out Dante's Wombat at the Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre via Darebin Arts this Saturday, or head on down to Melbourne Recital Centre
This is Eb's distinctly homemade video, not to be confused with the beautiful one produced with C31 Melbourne and Geelong⁩

05/04/2026

Dante's Wombat is coming to Northcote within a week!

Comedy season is upon us! Get ready to laugh, ponder and muse when you join Ebenezer Brittlebank next week for Dante’s Wombat, a gloriously strange collage of neighbourhood minutiae, arthritis, art, ballet, biscuits, books, tassels, and subterranean aromatics.

Audiences can expect surreal suburban observations, quasi-literary mischief, and the odd singsong, along with bursts of physical comedy woven through fractured, dreamlike personal narratives.

SPECIAL 2FOR1 OFFER: Grab a friend and laugh all the way to the bank. Once you have selected your performance date, apply the code 2FOR1 in the promo code box. You’ll then be able to select the 2FOR1 price type at the top of the ticket list. Add one 2FOR1 ticket only to your basket to book two seats, two 2FOR1 tickets for four seats and so on. The 2FOR1 offer is based on the standard ticket price only.

📅 11 April 2026
📍 Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre
🎟️ Book via the Darebin Arts website: https://arts.darebin.vic.gov.au/Whats-on/Dantes-Wombat

02/04/2026

Dante's Wombat is coming...the Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre performance is just over a week away, and the MRC isn't far behind.

Here we see Eb attempting to extract some last minute inspiration from his reading pile before he takes his first Melbourne International Comedy Festival steps

25/03/2026

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