Jacob Sacher: Promising Young Mensch

Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Jacob Sacher: Promising Young Mensch

The Motley Bauhaus 118 Elgin St, Carlton, VIC, Australia
When Jacob Sacher's Jewish school was implicated in the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse, he was forced to reflect on his ultra-orthodox childhood. Jacob Sacher is an award winning alternative comedian. He has performed his unique brand of comedy around the country, in New Zealand and the United States.…
A Chance to Adress the Amish Rumours

Stephanie Hare: A Chance to Adress the Amish Rumours

The Butterfly Club 5 Carson Place, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Stephanie Hare grew up off-grid in rural Tasmania without internet, television, or even a fridge. When Stephanie’s mother was twenty-three, they relocated out of Melbourne, bought a goat, and built a house out of firewood in the middle-of-nowhere Tasmania. Now Stephanie is twenty-three and she’s written a comedy show about…
Cameron James; Broken Records

Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Cameron James; Broken Records

ACMI Federation Square, Flinders St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
As seen on Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala, Spicks & Specks, Guy Mont-Spelling Bee, Bump and more. Following a sell out 2024 season, Melbourne International Comedy Festival Most Oustanding Show nominee, Sydney Comedy Festival Director’s Choice winner and Bad Boy of Musical Comedy* (*self proclaimed), Cameron James is back with…

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Live Stand Up Comedy Show Female Comedian Local Comedy Festival Event

Queen Victoria Women's Centre 210 Lonsdale St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Brand new with tags! The Live Stand Up Comedy Show Female Comedian Local Comedy Festival Event is the perfect item for people who LOVE to laugh! Join Bridget Hassed for a cool, and normal evening of observational humour, personal anecdotes, clever punchlines, with absolutely no deeper message or sharing of…
Anisa Nandaula: You Can’t Say That

Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Anisa Nandaula: You Can’t Say That

The Victoria Hotel, Melbourne 215 Lt Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Mining everything from racism to relationships, religion to class has seen her amass more than 50 million views of her work across Instagram, Tik Tok and YouTube and more than 200,000 social media followers. In her captivating comedy special, Anisa Nandaula invites you to explore the hilariously complex world of…

Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Wilson DIxon: Love Don’t Live Here Anymore, You Do

Chinese Museum Chinatown Melbourne, 22 Cohen Place, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Direct from Cripple Creek, Colorado, country music legend Wilson Dixon returns to the festival circuit for the first time in years. Known to many as the greatest country singer Cripple Creek has ever produced - as well as the only country singer Cripple Creek has ever produced - whichever way…
Ray O’Leary: Laughter? I Hardly Know Her!

Live Nation: Ray O’Leary: Laughter? I Hardly Know Her!

The Victoria Hotel, Melbourne 215 Lt Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Ray O’Leary (Taskmaster, Have You Been Paying Attention?) pulled a man from a wrecked car and as the man lay dying, he used his last ounce of strength to ask Ray (Nominee 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award for Most Outstanding Show) to tell his children that he loved them.…

Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Melanie Bracewell; A Little Treat

Max Watt's Melbourne 125 Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Bad day? Time for a little treat. Good day? I think that deserves a little treat. With the end of her 20s rapidly approaching, Melanie Bracewell unpacks the last decade of her life. As seen on The Cheap Seats, Taskmaster (NZ), Have You Been Paying Attention? and Thank God You're…
Chris Parker; Stop Being So Dramatic!

Live Nation: Stop Being So Dramatic!

The Westin 205 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Please join me, Chris Parker, for an hour of high-intensity, feverishly paced and dizzyingly expressive comedy. Sure, I’ve cried in every speech I’ve ever had to deliver publicly, and yes, there may have been a situation this year where I slept on my neck weirdly and bought an unnecessary neck…
Who’s Talking?

Live Nation: Who’s Talking?

Federation Square Swanston St & Flinders St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Ever wanted to know what your high school teacher actually thought of you? Or whether she believed your excuses? Or what she wanted to say to the Year 8 boy who refused to leave the class? Well, you’re going to want to see this show. Before Bron Lewis was one…

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