Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Josh Earl is an award-winning comedian, ageing hipster, a cake enthusiast and a school librarian. After sell-out seasons in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, Josh is going to dazzle audiences in Melbourne once more with the whirlwind life of being a…librarian.

 Sammy J returns with a brand new solo show about possums, ninjas, blimps, childhood and the joys of swearing.

The Faulty Towers Dining Experience was created in 1997 and is based on the 1975 British TV comedy Fawlty Towers starring John Cleese, in which husband and wife Basil and Sybil Fawlty own a hotel in the British town of Torquay.

Ruby Awards, Best Show: School Dance 2012 Critics Circle Award, Group Award: School Dance 2012
Adelaide Theatre Guide Curtain Call Award,Best Show/Comedy: School Dance 2012 This is a story of three nerds (Matt, Luke and Jonathon).

Modern musicians are so demanding, always asking for more love, more dancing and more feelings. The Axis of Awesome are fighting back. Get your own love! If I’m sexy and you know it put your own damn hands in the air like you just don’t care! Cry Yourself a River!

Fresh from the finals of Australia’s Got Talent, the Scottish, English, Irish, Kiwi, Indian has put together a one hour comedy spectacular – Multiple Personality Distorter!

Kitty returns with her highly anticipated new show Hello Kitty Flanagan and this time she answers all the difficult questions: What’s wrong with teenagers? Why are babies so angry? What snack foods should be avoided when dating? Should cabaret be outlawed? When did rappers start hating on ladies? Is it okay to take hot beverages into the dunny can? Is dunny can an acceptable term for toilet? What makes ham so delicious? Which religion is best for me? And of course, are all women who own cats mental?

With my ticket marked ‘general admission’ in hand, I anxiously waited in line before being let in to see what Ben Franklin, Stephen Curry and Steven Stagg had in store for audiences in their three-man show, The Writers. Although less familiar with the work of Franklin and Stagg (recent research proving I was somewhat out of the loop), I have long been an admirer of the on-screen acting prowess of Stephen Curry and couldn’t wait to see the revered performer in the flesh.

Arj Barker (born Arjan Singh) was born and raised in San Francisco, California.  However he currently resides here in Australia. Barkers first took to the stand-up stage in 1997 appearing on an episode of Premium Blend.  Since then he has appeared on such shows as Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central, Thank God you’re here and Flight of the Concords.  He even appeared on the 5th season of Last Comic Standing as a contestant but failed to make the final 10. 

Opening on a bedside table, Hannah Gadby's 'Happiness is a Bedside Table' seems relatively easy to understand. There's a rabbit-shaped lamp, three drawers, and a giant glass of water, and it all appears to be a happy example of things to come. In assuming that, you'd be dead wrong. Each aspect of the table comes with a horrible story from Gadsby's past, where Happiness seems lacking in the performance as she recounts tales of the worst periods of her life, separated only by self-deprecating humour that almost leaves you guilty for laughing.