Melbourne International Comedy Festival

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is on again between 4th - 29th April.

Find your A-Z on who's playing, whether it be local heroes, international artists or newcomers, come enjoy the laughter with stand-up comedy, cabaret, theatre, street performance, film, television, radio and visual arts in Melbourne.

showcasing and celebrating the best of Australia's comic artists

nurturing and developing new comic performers and comedy works

presenting the finest overseas comedians to Australian audiences

Daniel Kitson - It's the Fireworks Talking

Daniel Kitson brings his rather lovely new show to the people of Melbourne, dealing with all of his perennial concerns in all new words with stories about swimming in the sea, the courage of kindness, and telling your parents you love them.

Words will swell with hope and bounce around in this battered, yet lovely old theatre until they explode like fireworks and suddenly your tummy is flipping, your heart is thumping, your eyes are wet and your skin is tingling with some forgotten magic.

Venue: Athenaeum Theatre
Dates: 4th - 29th April (not Fri & Sat), Previews 4th & 5th April
Times: 10.30pm, Sun 9.30pm, Mon 8.30pm
Tickets: $30 Full, $25 Conc, $20 Previews
Bookings: Ticketmaster 1300 660 013, 9650 1500 & at the door

One Man Star Wars Trilogy

After performing to packed houses across Canada, the U.S, the U.K and a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Charles Ross is finally bringing his international smash-hit to the Forum Theatre. Ross, a Star Wars addict, who had seen the trilogy over 400 times by age ten, brings to life the characters from the original Star Wars trilogy, including Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, C3PO and Chewbacca - all on stage in a fast, furious and theatrical show.

Venue: Forum Theatre
Dates: 4th - 7th April
Times: 7pm
Tickets: $38.00 Full, $34.00 Concession
Bookings: Ticketek 132 849 www.ticketek.com.au

Adam Richard - X

This is Adam's tenth year as a stand-up comedian and he is pulling out all the stops in a brand new hour of screaming homosexual malarkey. He's older but certainly not wiser. From gossip-mongering on Fox FM to his memorable appearances on 9am with David and Kim, Adam is always reporting or causing a scandal. Come and see what all the fuss is about.

Venue: Melbourne Town Hall (Backstage Room, Swanston Street)
Dates: 5 - 29 April (not Mondays), Previews 5th & 6th April
Times: 19.00 Tue - sat / 18.00 Sun
Tickets: Friday & Saturday $25.00 All Tix - Wed / Thu / Sun $22.00 Tue / Conc / Group / Preview $18.00
Bookings: www.ticketmaster.com.au 136 100

Kim Hope - Rollercoaster

ROLLERCOASTER is an intoxicating mix of stupidity, physical humour, clever insights and hysterical observations on heartbreak, obsession, mood swings and carnival rides, all blended with a sense of fun and a hint of irony.

Venue: Portland Hotel - Portland Room
Dates: 5th - 29th April (not Mondays), Previews 5th - 8th April
Tickets: $20.00 Full, $15.00 Previews, All Concessions, Laugh Pack, TightArse Tuesdays
Times: Tuesday - Saturday 7.00pm, Sunday 6.00pm
Bookings: Ticketmaster 1300 660 013, www.comedyfestival.com.au or at the venue

Alan Brough - Top Town

Join Alan Brough - one of the stars of Spicks and Specks and Thank God You're Here - in this vaguely autobiographical show about death, lies, videotapes and Helensville - the town he grew up in. With no sets, props or costumes Brough will play all of Top Town's characters - men, women, cows (both Jersey and Hereford), water towers, diary factories and other inanimate objects such as radio announcers - and also create live, the videos produced to cease Helensville's population decline.

Venue: Regent Room, Melbourne Town Hall
Dates: 5th - 29th April (not Mondays) (No Shows: Wed 11th, Fri 13th, Tue 24th, Thu 26th April), Previews 5th - 8th April
Times: Tuesday - Saturday 7.15pm, Sunday 6.15pm
Tickets: Previews & Tuesdays All Tix $20.00; Conc, Laugh & Group $20.00; Wed - Sun Full $25
Bookings: Ticketmaster 1300 660 013, www.comedyfestival.com.au or at the door

Gerard McCulloch

After years 6 of being his alter ego Hank Ruby this year, Gerard returns to where it began: pure stand-up. No wigs. No accents. No storyline. For the first time in a Festival, just an hour of cracking gags about whatever seizes his imagination.

Venue: Acacia Room, Victoria Hotel
Dates: 5th - 29th April (not Mondays), Previews 5th & 6th April
Times: 8.15pm Tue-Sat, 7.15pm Sun
Tickets: Full $20.00, Conc $17.00 (incl. 3RRR subscribers & EASE), Groups (8 or more) $17.00, Laugh Pack $18.00, TightArse Tuesdays $17.00
Bookings: Ticketmaster 1300 660 013 or www.comedyfestival.com.au

Christina Davis - Sex

A show about sex for both sexes. In a one hour show, Christina Davis covers it all. Reproduction, contraception, religion, education, monogamy, infidelity, marriage, 'open' marriage, the single life, media, celebrities, scandals, music, porn, injuries, fantasies, too much, lack of, being good at it, being crap at it and how to get it.

Venue: Cookie 252 Swanston St
Dates: 5th - 29th April (not Mondays), Previews 5th - 8th April
Times: Tuesday - Saturday 8.45pm, Sunday 7.45pm
Tickets: $19.00 Full, $16.00 Concession & Group, $14.00 Tuesday
Bookings: Ticketmaster 1300 660 013 or at the door

All of Me - The Ménage Dubois Story

Award winning comedians John Forman (The4Noels), Aurora Kurth, and Richard Vette (Katzenvettz) are joining forces to form Melbourne's newest theatrical super group, The Frotters.

The hilarious and often tragic rise and fall of iconic Australian singer Ménage Dubois is finally captured live on stage by a troupe destined to be as infamous as the great cabaret diva herself. Born on the streets, Dubois' childhood was scarred by poverty, illness and temporary blindness, yet, blessed with a voice to die for she rose to become one of Australia's most stellar entertainers.

Venue: Comedy @ Trades, Trades Hall, Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton
Room: Old Council Room
Dates: 5th - 28th April (Not Mondays)
Times: 8.15pm
Tickets: $20 Full, $18 Conc, $17 Group Bookings, $15Preview, $12 Tightarse Tuesdays
Bookings: www.comedyattrades.com.au 03 9659 3569