Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Sunday shows: 8:30pm

Blake Freeman returns to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival with a brand new show. After a year away in America (The United States of, that is) he’s bringing his show ‘Kul’ to town! A show about a pathetic proposal attempt, toxic masculinity and Turret guns. Come through!

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SHOW TIMES

6pm

5pm on Sundays

Fri 11th & Sat 12th shows at 10:40pm (Town Hall - Lower Town Hall)

Sat 19th Apr show at 4pm (Banquet Room Melbourne Town Hall)

Sun 13th Apr 3pm (Max Watts)

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 (Best Show Nominee at the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival) to tell his children that he loved them. And Ray (who sold out tours to Melbourne, Edinburgh, and more) will get around to it, but first, he has to do this comedy show.  
 
'In awe of the talented performer’s ability to captivate his audience’ **** Chortle 
 
'In awe of the talented performer’s ability to captivate his audience’ ****Edinburgh Festival Magazine 

SHOW TIMES

6:15PM 

5:15PM SUNDAYS

7:40PM FRIDAY 11TH APRIL (Portrait Room Melbourne Town Hall)

3:15PM SUNDAY 13th APRIL

I’ve heard the expression ‘Stop being so dramatic” my whole life, but only now, at the culturally relevant age of 34, am I ready to address it and face these drama queen allegations head-on. 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 myself an unnecessary neck brace. Still, I’m desperate to prove that I’m really chill and down to earth. So, what better way to get you to understand that than with a one-man variety hour spectacle chill stand-up comedy hour? 
 
Building on this momentum, 2024 saw Chris host the New Zealand Comedy Festival Galas, tour his latest show, Give Me One Good Reason Why I Shouldn't Throw My Phone Off This Bridge, to full houses throughout Australia and New Zealand, make his prime-time Australian TV debut on Thank God You’re Here (where he won the episode), and release the highly anticipated second season of Double Parked. 
 
NZ Herald - “By the time the show ends, you will have sore sides from laughing”  

***** - Time Out "Chris Parker is the real deal, a brilliant comedian who will leave you scream-laughing” 

SHOW TIMES - Tue > Sat 7:45pm | Sun: 6:45pm & Sat 19 April 4:20pm

Thank you for reading my blurb. I have told over a thousand jokes and received countless rounds of applause and bouts of laughter. Not to mention the smiles I’ve procured. I hope you attend this festival and I hope that of all the shows in the festival, you choose to attend my show. That would mean the world to me. And by the way, the show’s going to be fantastic. Everyone is telling me that this is gonna be my year and I am feeling very optimistic about how it’s going to go. I have appeared on the TV show Taskmaster New Zealand and was once asked to be in a movie (I found the movie’s concept to be disgusting so I didn’t respond to the email). Have a great festival, Paul.

PREVIEW SHOWS

(No Shows on Mondays)

TIME: 7pm (6pm Sunday)

Award-winning Kiwi comedian, podcaster and improviser Guy Montgomery is well known to Australian audiences through TV shows like Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont- Spelling Bee, Have You Been Paying Attention and Thank God You’re Here, and he’s touring Australia in 2025 with the ‘I’ve Noticed So Many Things, It’d Be Unfair To Keep Them To Myself’ Tour starting on March 6.

"His eye for detail and natural flair for narrative keep the laughs coming loud and fast." - Herald Sun, Melbourne

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SHOW TIMES: 8:50PM MON - SAT, 7:50PM SUNDAYS

"As a comedian I’m a passionate defender of free speech, unless that free speech is used to mildly criticize the obviously bad things that I’m saying, in which case it's cancel culture and now I’m the victim. I would also like to take this opportunity to say that it’s important to think about my mental health."

Nominated for “Most Outstanding Show” at the 2023 Melbourne Comedy Festival.

‘Part mayhem, part genius.’ ★★★★ fringeworld.com.au

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SHOW TIMES

7:45PM MON-SAT

6:45PM SUN

Joel Creasey, co-host of Australia’s number one national drive show, Ricki-Lee, Tim & Joel will present his 15^th solo show. Thanks For Being Here presents an hour of Joel’s signature delivered with his trademark sass.

SHOW TIMES: 6:15PM MON - SAT, 5:15PM SUNDAYS

Bad day? Time for a little treat. Good day? I think that deserves a little treat. With the end of her twenties 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 Here, you don't want to miss Bracewell's latest offering. Go on, you've earned it.

My Live Nation members can secure tickets first during the pre-sale beginning Thursday 14 November, 10am. To access presale tickets through the Live Nation presale, register with My Live Nation. Registration is free. When presale starts, log in to your account and click BUY TICKETS. No presale code needed.

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SHOW TIMES: MON - SAT 7:30PM, 6:30PM SUNDAYS

MICF Best Show Nominee, SCF Director’s Choice Winner, and Bad Boy of Musical Comedy* (*self proclaimed), Cameron James is back with his biggest rock n roll show yet. Join Cam as he digs through the record crate of his life, pinballing from hilariously true stories, to cutting cultural commentary, to full blown pop songs. Broken Records is a musical comedy show about what it means to be alive right f***ing here, right f***ing now. As seen on The Gala, Spicks & Specks, Guy Mont-Spelling Bee, Bump & more.

My Live Nation members can secure tickets first during the pre-sale beginning Thursday 14 November, 10am. To access presale tickets through the Live Nation presale, register with My Live Nation. Registration is free. When presale starts, log in to your account and click BUY TICKETS. No presale code needed.

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My name is Becky Lucas and this is the blurb for my stand up comedy show. I am the only female Australian comedian to have performed on the Conan O’Brien show in the US, I’ve hosted the MICF gala, I’ve performed my solo show at the Sydney Opera house and written my very own book called 'Acknowledgements'.  
 
The thing is, I’ve listed my credits here for almost ten years and to be honest, I’m not even sure if anyone has ever read them. I don’t want to include quotes from newspapers about how funny I am because who cares? 
 

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 of Australia’s most promising new comedians, she was a high school teacher for almost a decade. It was an era where she both nurtured young hearts, encouraged kids to be brilliant, but she also made some lifelong enemies. You’ll hear more about them this show than the nerds. 
 
Bron became a teacher because she hates learning - she would rather saw off her own legs then learn a new card game, and in her opinion, who ever coined the term ‘board game’ was bang on. Bron raises the question: what happens when someone tries to avoid learning at all costs? They teach. Sit down, and get ready to learn. 
 
“Lewis has a skilful, natural delivery, in control of her material and holding the audience rapt without seeming to make an effort..” - Chortle 

SHOW TIMES: 6:00PM & 5:00PM SUNDAYS

"This is the official bio for my brand new show You Paid for This. Not to be confused with any of the fakes ones out there. I had to write this bio myself, which really threw my morning plans. I thought coming up with the title was the hard part, but writing a 150 word biography about a comedy show I haven’t performed yet is really hard. It’s called You Paid for This, and yes, I’m aware you likely haven’t actually paid yet. It’s what we call in the biz “presumptive selling”. A bold, but risky move. The show does what the title suggests, presuming you buy a ticket. I can’t promise much beyond an hour of jokes, sponsored by you. You haven’t paid yet, but we both know it’s only a matter of time. See you there!

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Sunday shows at 8pm.

She's Emma and she wears many hats. She's a comedian, writer, photographer, collage artist and writer, but first and foremost, she's a friend. She's from all over the place. She mostly grew up in between Bandung, Indonesia and Canberra, Australia. She currently live in Brisbane because it’s warm and she has brittle bones.

She does stand-up comedy and loves including pictures and videos in her little skits. 

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TIMES: MON > SAT : 7:40pm | SUNDAYS: 6:40pm | THURSDAY 17th Apr: 10:35pm

Tom Cashman is flying to New Zealand as we speak, with a new hour of stand up that may or may not include the secret to happiness. You might know Tom from TikTok, you might know him from Taskmaster Australia, or you might be grappling with the idea of him for the first time right now as you read this. It’s pointless to continue guessing your mental state. But if you like the mental state of laughing, you won’t miss this show.

My Live Nation members can secure tickets first during the pre-sale beginning Thu 5 Dec, 10am. To access presale tickets through the Live Nation presale, register with My Live Nation. Registration is free. When presale starts, log in to your account and click BUY TICKETS. No presale code needed.

SHOW TIMES

9:30PM TUE-SAT

8:30PM SUN

Show on Sunday at 06:45pm.

In her comedy show, Anisa Nandaula hilariously navigates the complexities of being a Black girl in Australia, intertwining her experiences with relationships to her new home, Uganda, and the people she loves. 
 
From her arrival in Queensland, where she expected a multicultural paradise but found cows instead, to her awkward friendship with classmate Rachel, Anisa shares her journey with sharp wit.

PRESALE INFORMATION

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Josh Berry having recently entered a half marathon (for more material we are sure) will present Best Man, a standup show about modern masculinity inspired by his experience of being the best man for his best friend earlier this year.

SHOW TIMES: 4:00pm

"This is the official bio for my brand new show You Paid for This. Not to be confused with any of the fakes ones out there. I had to write this bio myself, which really threw my morning plans. I thought coming up with the title was the hard part, but writing a 150 word biography about a comedy show I haven’t performed yet is really hard. It’s called You Paid for This, and yes, I’m aware you likely haven’t actually paid yet. It’s what we call in the biz “presumptive selling”. A bold, but risky move. The show does what the title suggests, presuming you buy a ticket. I can’t promise much beyond an hour of jokes, sponsored by you. You haven’t paid yet, but we both know it’s only a matter of time. See you there!

Looking for Accessible tickets? All accessible tickets need to be purchased directly by the ticketing agent’s accessible hotline or form. 

Have further accessible queries? Email us at Accessibilty@livenation.com.au 

Blake Freeman returns to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival with a brand new show. After a year away in America (The United States of, that is) he’s bringing his show ‘Kul’ to town! A show about a pathetic proposal attempt, toxic masculinity and Turret guns. Come through!

Looking for Accessible tickets? All accessible tickets need to be purchased directly by the ticketing agent’s accessible hotline or form. 

Have further accessible queries? Email us at Accessibilty@livenation.com.au

Paul makes fun of the French and they love it. Or they tell him to f*** off back to England! After 3 sell-out bilingual world tours, Paul shares his story of being a British expat in France, this time 100% in English. Hold onto your berets! Paul Taylor is a British comedian who has been living in France since 2009. His trademark is poking fun at the French and the French lifestyle, as well as at himself, by sharing his offbeat expat experiences, including linguistic misunderstandings and cultural mix-ups. Paul’s online videos now have hundreds of millions of views, and he has over 1.5 million followers on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook.