If you too grieve over kebabs that could have been, make embarrassing drunk phone calls and have an intimate relationship with your fast food server then When Hayley Met Salad is the show for you.

Hayley Brennan takes us through her time as a gym bunny, under the watchful eye of her personal trainer sister, and the events that sent her from KFC to the treadmill.

Brennan’s physical comedy is superb. Her slo-mo recreation of drinking tequila, is hilarious until you realise that’s how awful you looked the last time you did shots. And you’ve never seen someone so accurately take a bra off one handed whilst remaining fully clothed.

It takes a little while for Brennan to get into the flow of her piece. Her beginning section moves nervously from one thought to another, and when she feels that her audience aren’t completely with her she rushes through the sketch. But once everyone warms up, her jokes land brilliantly.

Brennan’s personal misadventures scan much better with the audience then some of her early lines about her parents. We’ve “sat on Tinder for seven hours”, and eaten salt and vinegar chips for breakfast, but very few of our Mum’s have bought us a $7000 car. Brennan is at her best when she is the most relatable; when we’re laughing at her stories and recalling our own humiliating experiences. If she could secure this persona earlier then the laughter wouldn’t stop.

“I thought that was what a gym was for; to keep all the idiots in one place”. There are so many great lines in When Hayley Met Salad, that you hope Brennan’s next venture will be to bring out a “Dos and Don’ts’ handbook for people in their twenties. But until then we’re probably going to keep downing shots of tequila, regretting our decisions and reluctantly following Brennan to the gym.

Rating: ★★★½

– Joanna Trainor

Joanna is a Journalism student on exchange from London, currently studying at RMIT. Having missed Edfringe last year she is absolutely loving being around Melbourne for the Comedy Fest. She can often be found singing too many show tunes, and drinking all the coffee. Follow her on Twitter, @mintpixeljo, for more stagey ramblings.

When: Until 3rd April at 7.30pm
Where: The Downstairs Lounge @ The Swanston Hotel.

Visit the website here.

Walking into the intimate La Mama Courthouse in Carlton, the first thing that greeted us was clothes… piles and piles of clothes, strewn about the stage floor, across the seats, in the aisles – designed to realistically bring you into the home of Elsa, Ollie and Clare – three very different twenty-something housemates, who, along with the fourth character Tommy, are the stars of this light-hearted, but complex show.

Kitted out with the quintessential uni student necessities like an ironing board table, Mi Goreng noodles and alcohol – the audience actually feel as though they a part of the character’s lives as they move through the ‘complexities of #adulting’.

A fabulous mix of dialogue, dance and audience interaction, the content of this show struck a chord with everyone in the audience. The topics covered are highly relevant to the daily lives of average modern punter, whether it’s complicated relationships, ideals, goals or just trying to find out who they are.

At Arm’s Length is performed by Victoria Bennet, Patrick Durnan Silva, Jacqui Essing and Riley Pullen, and written, choreographed and directed by Lucy Pitt.

What a fun experience! At Arm’s Length was fresh, short, sharp, punchy and laugh out loud funny. It might be about four ‘twenty-something’s’, but the content was relevant for all ages.

Running as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival until 11 April 2016, it’s a great 45-minute show to see with like- minded friends and grab a fabulous dinner afterwards in the Little Italy precinct of Lygon Street.

Rating:  ★★★★

When:  Until April 10

Where: La Mama Courthouse, 349 Drummond Street, Carlton.

Visit the website here.

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