Brisbane Comedy Festival is back and set to be better than ever in 2023! The rip-roaring roster features Scottish comic Danny Bhoy, Irishmen Micky Bartlett and Ed Byrne, UK funny woman Sara Pascoe, Malaysian mischief-maker Jason Leong, king of anecdotes Larry Dean, comedy podcaster Ed Gamble and comedian and television presenter Tommy Little. It’s further bolstered by iconic joke tellers like David O’Doherty, Alfie Brown, Chris Parker, Ivan Aristeguieta, Jimeoin, Wil Anderson, Anne Edmonds, Peter Helliar, Tom Ballard, Rove McManus, Rhys Nicholson, Dave Hughes, Geraldine Hickey, Ross Noble, Akmal, Nat’s What I Reckon, Dilruk Jayasinha and Lloyd Langford. Plus, the The Umbilical Brothers will make their Brisbane Comedy Festival debut!
Complementing the spectacular stand-up smorgasbord are a number of theatre and musical comedy experiences, including three-man-guitar-based singing jokester group Tripod, cult hit Two Man Tarantino, Reuben Kaye’s genre-bending cabaret sensation The Kaye Hole, king of the organ Barry Morgan, no-holds-barred drunken antics providers Shit-Faced Shakespeare, satirist Sammy J, improvised whodunnit Murder Village, and an evening with RuPual’s Drag Race Down Under favourite Karen From Finance. Like always, the laughs will kick off at Fortitude Music Hall with the Brisbane Comedy Festival Opening Gala, which gets the giggles going on Friday April 28 with a cackle-inducing line-up of Australia’s best comedians. In a Brisbane Comedy Festival first, Brisbane Powerhouse’s dazzling new riverside venue the Pleasuredome, will be joining the line-up of intimate and large-scale venues, transforming into an outdoor laugh factory.
Tickets for Brisbane Comedy Festival are on sale now. Head on over to the Brisbane Comedy Festival website for more information and to secure your tickets.
This article was written in partnership with our friends at Brisbane Powerhouse.
