With more than 600 shows

The full 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival programme has been released, with more than 600 shows taking over 150 venues from March 27  to  April 21.

Brits attending the festival include Larry Dean, Nina Conti, Fern Brady, Darren Harriott, Rob Auton, John Kearns, Sarah Keyworth, Josh Jones and Dan Tiernan – plus Ireland’s Catherine Bohart and British-based Russian Olga Koch and Frenchwoman Celya AB.

There are also a significant number of Asian comics  including Kanan Gill,  Urooj Ashfaq,   Anirban Dasgupta, He Huang,  Chan Lok Tim and Vivek Mahbubani – with some  full shows in Cantonese.

Other international voices include South Africa’s  Schalk Bezuidenhout, America’s Shenoah Allen and The Lucas Bros,  Norwegian clown Viggo Venn, Estonia’s  Julia Masli and Mexco’s Lara Ricote..

While the lengthy roster of homegrown talent includes Ali McGregor (pictured), Anne Edmonds, Celia Pacquola, Claire Hooper, Damian Callinan, Dane Simpson, Daniel Connell, Danielle Walker, Dave Hughes, Dave O’Neil, Diana Nguyen, Dilruk Jayasinha, Emma Holland, Joel Creasey, Josh Earl, Kirsty Webeck, Lizzy Hoo, Luke Heggie, Mel Buttle, Merrick Watts, Nath Valvo, Nazeem Hussain, Nina Oyama, Sam Campbell, The Umbilical Brothers, Tom Ballard and Wil Anderson

For more information and tickets, visit comedyfestival.com.au.

Published: 26 Feb 2024