Melbourne International Comedy Festival

When Ray O’Leary (Taskmaster NZ, Have You Been Paying Attention, Best Show nominee Melbourne Comedy Festival) was born, winter changed to spring, a new star appeared in the heavens, and a double rainbow spontaneously appeared. With this auspicious start, it is no wonder he became leader of North Korea in 1994 until his untimely death in 2011. Despite this minor setback, he found time to bring you a whole new show. “A very strong comic indeed” ★★★★ - Chortle “A jokesmith of the highest order” ★★★★ - The Skinny “He twitches and moves nervously” ★★★★★ - Starburst Magazine

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Tarang Hardikar is a standup comedian popular for his unique observational style of comedy. Tarang brings to you his new comedy hour full of anecdotes about his bizzare childhood and his peculiar habit of questioning every minute aspect of life. Why has no one ever seen a growing coconut tree? Why is the biggest prize in sports a cup? Why didn`t you keep the paneer in the fridge?

LIVE NATION PRESALE: Get your tickets first in our exclusive Live Nation Presale, starting THU 4 DEC, 11AM until FRI 5 DEC, 10AM, or until allocation is exhausted. Sign up now for early access. When presale starts, log in and click "Buy Tickets". No code needed.

ACCESSIBILITY: All accessible tickets need to be purchased directly by the ticketing agent’s accessible hotline or form. Have further accessible queries? Contact us at https://livenation-au.zendesk.com/hc/en-au

All accessible tickets need to be purchased directly by the ticketing agent’s accessible hotline or form. Have further accessible queries? Click here to contact us or email us at accessibility.aunz@livenation.com.au

All accessible tickets need to be purchased directly by the ticketing agent’s accessible hotline or form. Have further accessible queries? Click here to contact us or email us at accessibility.aunz@livenation.com.au

Bron Lewis’ life is complete and utter chaos, just ask her dog trainer. She has three kids - an emotional tweenager, a four-year old stalker and a middle one, and just when things couldn’t get any harder, she bought a puppy. A glutton for punishment, Bron has welcomed the flourishing of her comedy career, which means she has a million plates in the air and even more smashed on the ground around her feet. Bron, an ex-high-school teacher, wears the battle scars of an undervalued profession and is still reeling from the initial shock of motherhood 12 years ago. Come bask in her humiliating attempts at juggle-parenting, teaching, a career change and flailing mental health, because as the saying goes, ‘if we can’t laugh about it, we’ll burn the city to the ground’. If you’ve ever thought ‘If one thing goes wrong, we’re all dead meat’ or ‘What the hell was I thinking?’ then this is the comedy show for you!

ACCESSIBILITY: All accessible tickets need to be purchased directly by the ticketing agent’s accessible hotline or form. Have further accessible queries? Contact us at https://livenation-au.zendesk.com/hc/en-au

Urvi Majumdar is the Hannah Montana of comedy- Teacher by day, Comedian by night and hoping not to get recognised for the wrong one! Even though she’s a teacher, Urvi still feels like a student in most aspects of life. This is a show about teaching, learning and epic failing. And if Jayden from year 8 asks if you know Urvi— you don’t.

You may have seen Urvi over the years in our Comedy Festival Galas and spots and now she brings a brand new hour of jokes for the first time to Bendigo! Urvi is quickly establishing herself as one of the most exciting and prominent creative voices on the Australian Comedy Scene. She has performed to sold-out crowds around the country at Melbourne International, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth Comedy Festivals. You might recognise her from ABC’s critically acclaimed hit shows Fisk and Guy Montgomery’s Spelling Bee, Channel Ten’s Cheap Seats or SBS’s Celebrity Letters and Numbers or The Cook Up with Adam Liaw.

Her debut solo comedy show was adapted by Screen Australia and ABC, into an AACTA and AWGIE nominated webseries and recently, a half hour pilot which aired on ABC and ABCiview. It’s called ‘Urvi Went to an All Girls School’. Some people might say Urvi is obsessed with schools, and they’d be right – nerds rule xx

Tom Cashman is back with a new hour of stand-up that promises to creep ever so close to proficiency. You may know Tom from Taskmaster or TikTok or from his show descriptions which usually end very abru "

★★★★★… a fast-paced, sharp, hilarious hour… like a good fever dream” - The Age

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Three times Nominee Most Outstanding Show Melbourne Comedy Festival
Nominee Helpmann Award Best Comedy
Winner Pinder Prize Melbourne Comedy Festival

I am a non-AI comedian — I have an authentic human story — Come and hear my farm to table narrative — Fish tail, guttural bug oil, Hi I’ve seen you before? MILFS. Blurred. Everything.

ACCESSIBILITY: All accessible tickets need to be purchased directly by the ticketing agent’s accessible hotline or form. Have further accessible queries? Contact us at https://livenation-au.zendesk.com/hc/en-au

LIVE NATION PRESALE: Get your tickets first in our exclusive Live Nation Presale, starting Tuesday 18 November, 10am until Wednesday 19 November, 9am or until allocation is exhausted. Sign up now for early access. When presale starts, log in and click "Buy Tickets". No code needed.

All accessible tickets need to be purchased directly by the ticketing agent’s accessible hotline or form. Have further accessible queries? Click here to contact us or email us at accessibility.aunz@livenation.com.au

LIVE NATION PRESALE: Get your tickets first in our exclusive Live Nation Presale, starting Tuesday 18 November, 10am until Wednesday 19 November, 9am or until allocation is exhausted. Sign up now for early access. When presale starts, log in and click "Buy Tickets". No code needed.All accessible tickets need to be purchased directly by the ticketing agent’s accessible hotline or form. Have further accessible queries? Click here to contact us or email us at accessibility.aunz@livenation.com.au

MELANIE BRACEWELL – Dilly Dallying 

I'll get around to writing a proper bio for this show later but I'm in the middle of a sudoku. 

Can you just put something like 'Melanie Bracewell is back with a brand new hour about procrastination. With rave reviews and multiple awards under her belt you don't want to miss it.'  

Then maybe chuck a quote from the reviews, maybe that one from Chortle that says I'm a "phenomenal storyteller". That would be sick, thank you! Oh crap the 4 isn't supposed to go there. No, don't put that bit in. Are you typing everything I'm saying? 

LIVE NATION PRESALE: Get your tickets first in our exclusive Live Nation Presale, starting Tuesday 18 November, 10am until Wednesday 19 November, 9am or until allocation is exhausted. Sign up now for early access. When presale starts, log in and click "Buy Tickets". No code needed.

All accessible tickets need to be purchased directly by the ticketing agent’s accessible hotline or form. Have further accessible queries? Click here to contact us or email us at accessibility.aunz@livenation.com.au

LIVE NATION PRESALE: Get your tickets first in our exclusive Live Nation Presale, starting THU 4 DEC, 11AM until FRI 5 DEC, 10AM, or until allocation is exhausted. Sign up now for early access. When presale starts, log in and click "Buy Tickets". No code needed.

ACCESSIBILITY: All accessible tickets need to be purchased directly by the ticketing agent’s accessible hotline or form. Have further accessible queries? Contact us at https://livenation-au.zendesk.com/hc/en-au

ALL AGES EVENT - Reccomended 15+

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Sky-rocketing towards 40, with a happily untenanted womb and a life of love, leisure and lingus, Hayley Sproull feels less barren, and more … Baroness. As seen on Taskmaster NZ, The Great Kiwi Bake-off and Have You Been Paying Attention?

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Show times:

Friday & Saturday: 5pm

Sunday: 6pm

Bron Lewis’ life is complete and utter chaos, just ask her dog trainer. She has three kids - an emotional tweenager, a four-year old stalker and a middle one, and just when things couldn’t get any harder, she bought a puppy. A glutton for punishment, Bron has welcomed the flourishing of her comedy career, which means she has a million plates in the air and even more smashed on the ground around her feet. Bron, an ex-high-school teacher, wears the battle scars of an undervalued profession and is still reeling from the initial shock of motherhood 12 years ago. Come bask in her humiliating attempts at juggle-parenting, teaching, a career change and flailing mental health, because as the saying goes, ‘if we can’t laugh about it, we’ll burn the city to the ground’. If you’ve ever thought ‘If one thing goes wrong, we’re all dead meat’ or ‘What the hell was I thinking?’ then this is the comedy show for you!

ACCESSIBILITY: All accessible tickets need to be purchased directly by the ticketing agent’s accessible hotline or form. Have further accessible queries? Contact us at https://livenation-au.zendesk.com/hc/en-au

All accessible tickets need to be purchased directly by the ticketing agent’s accessible hotline or form. Have further accessible queries? Click here to contact us or email us at accessibility.aunz@livenation.com.au

LIVE NATION PRESALE: Get your tickets first in our exclusive Live Nation Presale, starting Tuesday 18 November, 10am until Wednesday 19 November, 9am or until allocation is exhausted. Sign up now for early access. When presale starts, log in and click "Buy Tickets". No code needed.

All accessible tickets need to be purchased directly by the ticketing agent’s accessible hotline or form. Have further accessible queries? Click here to contact us or email us at accessibility.aunz@livenation.com.au

Bron Lewis’ life is complete and utter chaos, just ask her dog trainer. She has three kids - an emotional tweenager, a four-year old stalker and a middle one, and just when things couldn’t get any harder, she bought a puppy. A glutton for punishment, Bron has welcomed the flourishing of her comedy career, which means she has a million plates in the air and even more smashed on the ground around her feet. Bron, an ex-high-school teacher, wears the battle scars of an undervalued profession and is still reeling from the initial shock of motherhood 12 years ago. Come bask in her humiliating attempts at juggle-parenting, teaching, a career change and flailing mental health, because as the saying goes, ‘if we can’t laugh about it, we’ll burn the city to the ground’. If you’ve ever thought ‘If one thing goes wrong, we’re all dead meat’ or ‘What the hell was I thinking?’ then this is the comedy show for you!

ACCESSIBILITY: All accessible tickets need to be purchased directly by the ticketing agent’s accessible hotline or form. Have further accessible queries? Contact us at https://livenation-au.zendesk.com/hc/en-au

Show Times:

 Thu 16 Apr, 8:15pm

 Fri 17 April, 8:15pm

Sat 18 April, 4:00pm

Bron Lewis’ life is complete and utter chaos, just ask her dog trainer. She has three kids - an emotional tweenager, a four-year old stalker and a middle one, and just when things couldn’t get any harder, she bought a puppy. A glutton for punishment, Bron has welcomed the flourishing of her comedy career, which means she has a million plates in the air and even more smashed on the ground around her feet. Bron, an ex-high-school teacher, wears the battle scars of an undervalued profession and is still reeling from the initial shock of motherhood 12 years ago. Come bask in her humiliating attempts at juggle-parenting, teaching, a career change and flailing mental health, because as the saying goes, ‘if we can’t laugh about it, we’ll burn the city to the ground’. If you’ve ever thought ‘If one thing goes wrong, we’re all dead meat’ or ‘What the hell was I thinking?’ then this is the comedy show for you!

ACCESSIBILITY: All accessible tickets need to be purchased directly by the ticketing agent’s accessible hotline or form. Have further accessible queries? Contact us at https://livenation-au.zendesk.com/hc/en-au

All accessible tickets need to be purchased directly by the ticketing agent’s accessible hotline or form. Have further accessible queries? Click here to contact us or email us at accessibility.aunz@livenation.com.au