It's a solo show. A mockery and celebration of performance. Absurd. Simple. Outrageous. Stupid. Fun. It's terrible. An important waste of your time. It's great.  

Please strongly consider all of this information before coming.  

John Norris is a man whose absurd comedy is singular and oozes mountains of stupidity and silliness. Based out of Los Angeles and Las Vegas, John brings his word-of-mouth cult hit, sold-out, five-star, award-nominated debut show to Melbourne. Also, in 2009, he ate and digested an entire Kia Forte. 

Sofie won Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Festival in 2015 and she thinks you all stopped talking about it too soon. Remember TV? Yeah, she did that too. You may know her from that, but it's more likely you know her from the internet, where she's been both funny and angry at times. 

Sofie is from Denmark, but learned English at the age of four, just so she could go to Australia in 2026 and do stand-up.  

Despite her excellent foresight, she never saw it coming that the fascists would be taking over. (Otherwise, she would have learned Russian, am I right?) Sofie has always tried to do the right thing, but now she has to ask herself: Did she do the right thing? And what will she say, with her last remaining freedom of speech? It better be good. She better be good. 

Winner Directors' Choice Award 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival 
2022 Moosehead Recipient
Nominee Golden Gibbo Award 2015 Melbourne International Comedy Festival 
Nominee Best Comedy Award 2017Perth FRINGE WORLD

Stand-up, sketch, characters and smooth synth.

It's Bon, it's good.  

As seen on Aunty Donna, Grouse House, Thank God You're Here on Channel 10 and We Interrupt This Broadcast on Channel 7. 

'Rarely is the serious and the silly blended so effortlessly as his telling of this story.' ★★★★ Chortle (UK)  

'Thrillingly witty, filled with laser-sharp one-liners… it's also endearingly hopeful.' ★★★★★ The Funny Tonne  

'Unlike anything even the most seasoned festival-goer will have seen before.' ★★★★ The Age

Co-written and directed by Maggie Looke.

Helen is back and is struggling. 

She has spent the last year being forced to hang out with someone she doesn’t like and who honestly does not like her. It’s tense, it’s uncomfortable, they won’t leave. 

A brand-new show from award-winning comedian Helen Bauer. Star of Live at the Apollo (BBC2), 8 Out Of 10 Cats (C4), Am I Being Unreasonable (BBC One) and Extraordinary (Disney+). 

I, Jack Ansett (Taskmaster NZ, Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee) am returning to Australia with a brand-new show! 

This is a great opportunity for you to get out of the house and enjoy a laugh with some friends.  

I’d also like to take this opportunity to plug a young up and comer Ray O’Leary, who I think could do really well in the Australian market if he can get in front of enough people. I know you would much rather buy tickets to the big acts like, Aaron Chen, Urzila Carlson, Jack Ansett – but it is always a good idea to take a shot on a lesser-known face. 

Language – occasional coarse language

Remember the good old days? When you were hotter/braver/brasher/more fun? Well, let's go back there, shall we? If only for 50 minutes or so... 

Join award-nominated comedian Mish Wittrup on a walk down memory lane as you both try and figure out where we all went wrong. 

Mish Wittrup is fresh off her sold out 2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival season with a brand-new hour of comedy. You've seen her work with Aunty Donna, Michelle Brasier and on shows like Fisk (ABC/Netflix), Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe (ABC) and Sam Pang Tonight, but you've never seen her like this before! 

'She’s one of the most incredible members of Australia’s comedy crowd.' ★★★★½ Glam Adelaide 

'Her expertise has the audience continuously laughing.' ★★★★½ Sydney Arts Guide  

'An hour in Mish Wittrup's delightful and cheerful company is an absolute joy.' ★★★★ Chortle (UK)  

'Wittrup deserves to be seen for everything she is and everything she can do.' ★★★★ Theatre Matters 

Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Glenn Moore has written too many jokes again. Expect a fast-paced whirlwind of punchlines from one of the greatest joke-writers of his generation. 
 
As seen on Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News For You, Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. As heard on The Dave Berry Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio, The News Quiz, Just A Minute and his own Radio 4 series Glenn Moore's Almanac. 
 
'The best showcase of pure joke-writing skill.' The Guardian (UK)  

'An absolutely brilliantly crafted joy from start to finish.' ★★★★★ Mail On Sunday (UK)
 
'This is classy, gag-driven comedy at its most intense and funniest.' ★★★★★  Chortle (UK)

Showman, jester, attention chaser... come with Chris on the ultimate hometown holiday night out.  From your 1.5-star hotel, he’ll give you a hilariously fun soirée and have you tucked up back in bed at a sensible time. 

Christopher Hall, once first on the dancefloor and last on the night bus, is now in his early-mid 30s (very different to the late-earlies) and reflecting on his younger life-of-the-party self.  This theatrical showboy started out putting on shows in the front room for his parents, then spent his early and late-mid 20s have dance-offs in Soho’s gay bars and performing in musicals on cruise ships.   

'Background Singers' featuring collabs with Sugababes, Natasha Bedingfield, Sophie Ellis Bextor and Shania Twain shot him to fame on Instagram and TikTok. Now Chris is back IRL with his new, brilliantly hilarious stand-up show, with a high possibility of an outbreak of dancing.  

This chorus boy takes centre stage for a fun, glamorous and unforgettable night. Don't miss your chance to get your dose of Pizazz.  

‘Brilliantly relatable and funny.’ Edinburgh Festivals Magazine  

★★★★★ Broadway Baby (UK)

★★★★★ On Your Markus  

★★★★★ Corr Blimey 

★★★★★ North West End UK 

★★★★ The Student 

★★★★ Brighton Journal 

★★★★ Curtain Call 

★★★★️ The Wee Review 

★★★★ Ed Fringe Review

Winner 2022 BBC New Comedy Award Winner 

Winner 2022 British Comedian of the Year Winner 

Nominee Best Newcomer Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2023

Winner Best Newcomer ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2023 

Nominee Best Comedy Show Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2025

Dan Tiernan is back at it again – and this time he’s got magic rocks in his pocket. 

With a hat trick of sold-out Edinburgh shows under his belt, Dan is a double-Edinburgh award nominee who has received countless five star reviews. There’s no wonder The Guardian has named him “One of Comedy's Most Distinctive New Voices”. 

Dan returns to Melbourne International Comedy Festival armed with an amethyst, a bucket full of sage and a rose quartz the size of his impossibly large head. And if that isn't otherworldly enough, he'll be delivering his most ambitious hour of stand-up to date. 

As seen on Live at the Apollo, 8 out of 10 Cats Does Count Down, The Last Leg, QI, Just for Laughs New Faces and Mitchell and Webb are Not Helping. 

'One of the most compelling voices in stand up to have emerged in years.' ★★★★★ The Daily Mail (UK)

'The real deal.' ★★★★★ The List (UK) 

'Dan Tiernan provides an hour of unrelenting laughter, and the promise of an astonishing career in comedy ahead.' ★★★★★ The Skinny (UK)

'He’s in such utter command.' ★★★★ Chortle (UK)

'Gloriously original and very charismatic.' ★★★★ One4Review (UK)

'A loud, inventive, viscerally funny investigation of male mental health on the wonk… it’s a blast.' ★★★★ The Times (UK) 

'A wild ride... mercurial talent.' ★★★★ The Scotsman 

'Crude comedy with a big payoff is stand-up’s best yet.' ★★★★ The Guardian (UK) 

'His show is really something to shout about.' ★★★★ Evening Standard (UK)

'It’s hard to overstate the extent to which Dan Tiernan owns a room.' ★★★★ Fest Mag (UK)

'The late night, edgy comedian you have to see... an unmissable hour.' ★★★★ Edinburgh Review 

'Cleverly constructed, skilfully executed and has his audience in stitches.' ★★★★ West End Best Friend 

'Beautifully comedic.' ★★★★ Binge Fringe 

'His brutal honesty has the audience enthralled.' ★★★★ Scottish Field 

'The stand-up world's Tasmanian devil.' Loaded Magazine (UK) 

The most adorable Taskmaster Champion since records began finally blesses Melbourne with her award-winning comedy. Whether you’re a nerd, a jock, a princess, a basketcase or a criminal, you simply can’t resist this heterosexual-skeptical cutie patootie! 

As seen licking things on Taskmaster, being swindled by former elf Orlando Bloom in the movie Deep Cover and ripping the piss out of privilege on all your favourite panel shows and podcasts. 
 
'An obscenely good raconteur with charisma to burn.' Rolling Stone Magazine

'An incomparable stand-up voice of our time.' Voice Magazine   

'Laugh-out loud funny.' The Telegraph (UK)  

'Extremely funny.' The Scotsman  

'She rips through sex and race with relish.' The Sunday Times (UK) 

'Not scared to push the boundaries, she has perfected a cool-girl persona that has us clinging to her every word.' Fest   

'A sparkling comedian and voice… Truly one of the best comedians around.' Diva Magazine   

Winner Billy T Award 2016 NZ International Comedy Festival
Winner Best Male Comedian NZ Comedy Guild Awards 2023
Winner NZCG Award for Comic Originality NZ Comedy Guild Awards 2015, 2017, 2018 & 2021-2023
Winner Best Newcomer 2024 Sydney Comedy Festival

This is my new show, Touching My Active Mind. I’m leaning into all the fun stuff that makes a room feel alive. There’ll be an essay, one part that delves into the taboos of comedy, a joke that’s really wet and one prank. Also I got a revelation I wanna talk about.

I want the show to feel playful and unexpected, like we’re all in on something together. It’s comedy, but with space to muck around, be a bit janky and try things that feel fresh. If you’re coming, you’re part of the energy and we’re going to make the night feel new, fun and little bit dangerous. 

'There’s a great sense that his material gradually builds in intensity and overwhelms you, which comes as a relief from washing-line shows that start and end strong while sagging in the middle.' Chortle (UK) 

'Correos does not really tell jokes, but he does do almost everything else, and he does it fast and loud and with all the energy in the world. He can dance, DJ, kiss wild birds and maybe do hypnosis.' The Press

Winner Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer 2024

Winner 2023 BBC New Comedy Award Winner 

Here he is! Yorkshire’s biggest bastard is in Melbourne for the very first time!

Join owner and MC of The Misty Moon (a pub that is a portal to hell) for a slap-up feast of laughs, tricks and dirty lager. Can Frankie save showbiz? Can he protect his pub from demonic ruin?? Can you touch his special trowel??? (No Way!).

'A one-man old-time variety show... Triumphant.' ★★★★★ Beyond The Joke

'Devilishly funny.' ★★★★★ The Telegraph (UK)

When sharp-tongued Sydney-sider Ruby Teys escapes to a small town in Sardinia for some sun and a strong espresso, a flirtatious cappuccino with a brooding local barista turns into the date from hell!

With no exit in sight and everything spiralling out of control, she blurts out a lie so outrageous that it stops him cold... and pulls her in deeper.

Instead of sipping limoncello and ghosting gracefully, Ruby is suddenly stuck playing the role of a lifetime in a sleepy Sardinian village where everyone’s a suspect, secrets don't stay buried and Stefano's cousin just happens to be connecting all the dots.

Tangled in a web of pasta, passion and preposterous pretending, will Ruby fake it 'til she makes it out... alive?

'Teys delivers a character performance that simply must be inducted into the Australian consciousness.' ★★★★★ Time Out 

'A force in Aussie comedy.' ★★★★ The Age 

In a bullet train of thought experiments, cult comedy favourite Laura Davis delivers a show about the kinds of things that can happen to us, just in the nick of time.

SWAG is a rapid-fire, uproarious expedition from wherever it was we expected to be, to the very heart of everything else. Well, practically.

'Laura Davis is without a doubt one of the best comedians at Comedy Festival year after year. Back-to-back nominations for Most Outstanding Show in 2022 and 2023 were clearly well earned.' Scenestr

'A hundred colourful, delicate mind ribbons are unspooled and then somehow tied together in a finale that beggars belief. Warms the soul also. I can't imagine a comedy show that ends on a more hopeful, life affirming note. What Davis achieves, year in year out, goes beyond stand-up. It is artful, philosophical, self-aware, rational and exuberant.'  British Comedy Guide

'Impossible not to laugh.' Herald Sun

'A highlight of any comedy festival.' Chortle (UK)

'Comedy at it's finest.' Playbill

Winner Directors' Choice Award 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival 
2022 Moosehead Recipient
Nominee Golden Gibbo Award 2015 Melbourne International Comedy Festival 
Nominee Best Comedy Award 2017 Perth FRINGE WORLD

As seen on Thank God You're Here, Aunty Donna's House Of Fun (Netflix) and The Let Down.

After years of struggling with addiction Ben uses his new-found sobriety as a jump off point to explore his past, his clear-headed present and ask “what’s next?”

An encore performance of Ben's award-winning hour of stripped-back and revealing stand-up. A hilarious, raw and honest account of how Ben navigated the most transformative year of his life.

'Rarely is the serious and the silly blended so effortlessly as his telling of this story.' ★★★★ Chortle (UK)  

'Thrillingly witty, filled with laser-sharp one-liners… it's also endearingly hopeful.' ★★★★★ The Funny Tonne  

'Unlike anything even the most seasoned festival-goer will have seen before.' ★★★★ The Age

Co-written and directed by Maggie Looke.

Winner The Second City Award for Best Comedy 2024 Toronto Fringe

Winner Patrons' Picks 2024 Toronto Fringe

Toronto Star Critics’ Pick 2024 Toronto Fringe

Greek-Canadian comedian Anesti Danelis (Just for Laughs, CBC) asked ChatGPT to write him a show… and that was a big mistake.

‘Pure comic gold.’ ★★★★★ Parton & Pearl (Canada)

Australia's finest up-and-coming young comedians bring their creative visions to the stage and debut their solo shows.

Pilot is back and better than ever, with six exciting young comics headlining shows at Melbourne International Comedy Festival for the very first time! Come and see the heavy hitters of tomorrow’s comedy scene and say you saw them before they were big.

'The future of comedy is in safe hands.' Radio Monash

27-29 March: Doc Dowden and Sabrina Bonollo
3-5 April: Anka Strauss Kosanović and Jollee Hacadurian-Sacco
10-12 April: Sammy Omran and Yarno Rohling

Fresh off a sold-out worldwide tour, international comedy sensation Abby Govindan returns to Australia with her new hour of jokes about dating, getting older and breaking generational curses. 

How do you escape a mad world when time is fleeting, nothing is real and idiots are (still) everywhere? Chris Ryan gets lost in the weeds of her new rental, slowly pressing moisturiser into her face and scrolling Marketplace until everything’s a blur. When a stranger called Barbara taunts her on a no-buy garden group online, it stirs up more questions than answers. 

'A trenchant, acutely funny hour.' ★★★★ The Sydney Morning Herald

Join Ali Woods, viral comedy sensation, as he returns with his latest stand-up comedy show Basher. 

Online, Ali has gained hundreds of millions of views and likes for his relatable and satirical sketches. With his unique blend of sharp wit and relatable humour, his performances are a must-see. 

Hot off the heels of his award-nominated show Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going To Do One (1) Backflip, Demi Adejuyigbe returns with a brand-new interactive hour of unpredictable songs, clownish bits and tight jokes, featuring surprise special guests. 

Don’t miss the all-new show from Scotland’s hilarious global break-through stand-up star!

GALLUS is Connor Burns' fourth solo hour. A prolific joke writer who’s lightning fast, Connor's razor-sharp wit combines with his signature single malt Scottish-level cynicism to help create the perfect storm of brilliant jokes performed by a disarming comedy powerhouse and, now more recently, has seen him become a social media star.

Connor’s previous smash-hit show 1994 sold 10,000+ tickets in Edinburgh, sold out two solo Glasgow King’s Theatre dates and toured worldwide (including 50+ UK shows, 35+ in Australia, 15 shows across Europe and included an off-Broadway run as part of 2024’s New York Comedy Festival). Winner of the prestigious international Fringe Encore Series in both 2025 and 2024, Connor has supported Daniel Sloss in three continents and filmed his debut special Vertigo, for world-wide release on the prestigious 800LB Gorilla comedy label.

'Burns has arrived... An authentic Scottish voice. And a gallus one at that.' ★★★★ Entertainment-Now.com

'Hugely gifted.' BeyondtheJoke.com

'Brilliant... gags coming at you at a terrifying rate... Superb!' ★★★★ The List (UK)

'Hilarious... he is fearless and it is wonderful!' ★★★★★ The Scotsman

Schalk Bezuidenhout is back with a brand-new show. His first and (hopefully, for the love of all things good) only show post divorce.

Schalk hasn’t checked in with you all in sometime and he wants to talk to you. Actually… he needs to talk to you! Why? Because it’s cheaper than therapy. That’s why!

As seen on Netflix and Comedy Central. Arena tour support for Trevor Noah.

‘Rapid-fire gags and manic energy. Highly recommended.’ ★★★★ The Age

★★★★★ Ed Fringe Review

★★★★ Mervyn Stutter

★★★★ Broadway Baby (UK)

‘Fast-rising talent.’ The Guardian

Winner Comedian’s Choice Award for Best Show 2025 Edinburgh Fringe

Winner Best Performer Award 2025 Dublin Fringe
 
One of British Comedy Guide’s Best Reviewed Shows of 2025 Edinburgh Fringe. 

The award-winning sell-out smash-hit show of last summer’s Edinburgh Fringe lands in Australia. 

A man told Alison to sit down and now she’s doing a whole stand-up show about it. 

As seen and heard on House of Games, Celebrity Goggle Box, Pointless Celebrities, Off Menu, The Gargle and Trusty Hogs. 

Alison co-hosts her new podcast Magazine Party and has also co-hosted Wheel of Misfortune and Guilty Feminist. 

Support act for Fern Brady, Rob Delaney and Maria Bamford. 

Top 10 Shows of the Edinburgh Fringe. ★★★★★ Rolling Stone  

'Her finest show to date.’ ★★★★ The Scotsman
 
'A carefully-crafted, expertly-delivered show.' ★★★★ The Herald (UK)

'Spittle has delivered a stormer of a show.’ ★★★★ The Evening Standard (UK)

'An audacious, gloriously silly hour that is chaotically driven and utterly original.' ★★★★ The Skinny (UK)

'Undeniably rib-tickling and punchy, the one-liners are unmatched.' ★★★★ Metro (UK)

‘Spittle dishes out laughs at a rapid rate.’ ★★★★ The List (UK)

Hi I’m Kai, Geordie lad living up here in Scotland, travelling the world being funny. Look at all these other suckers talking about themselves in the third person, we all write these ourselves. This show is my latest concoction of hilarious observations, entertaining stories and uplifting outlooks. I’ll make you laugh and leave with a big fat smile on your face. Deal? See. That was simple.

'Sunny, friendliness and impossible likeability.' Three Weeks (UK)

'Side-splittingly funny!' Fest Mag

'A festival highlight.' ★★★★★ The Australia Times

Kade and Hardy, The Golden Twins, are trying to use comedy to make the world a better place, and they want to start with you, the audience.

Join them for an exorcism of your inner demons through the power of laughter.

But will they accomplish their goal of purifying everyone in the audience?

And if they fail, what will happen to the world as we know it?

Get ready to laugh 'til your sides hurt with Alfred Adriaan's brand-new show, Positive Strokes! This South African comedy sensation, known for selling out shows across Mzansi and beyond, is returning to Australia to tickle your funny bone with his unique take on life.

In Positive Strokes Alfred dives headfirst into the wonderful, bewildering world of fatherhood, contrasting his own parenting style with the hilarious differences he observed from his own folks. He'll take you on a nostalgic trip down memory lane, exploring his childhood and the wild dynamics of growing up with his family, cousins and siblings.

You've heard the buzz! Critics have raved about Alfred's "unapologetically hilarious" (IOL) performances and "sharp wit" (The Citizen). He's been praised for his "relatable comedy that hits home" (Cape Town Magazine), proving why he's a comedic force to be reckoned with.