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Festival Program Canberracomedyfestival.Com.Au Over 50 Hilarious Shows! Festival Program canberracomedyfestival.com.au canberracomedyfestival canberracomedy canberracomedy #CBRcomedy Canberra Comedy Festival app ► available for iPhone & Android DINE LAUGH STAY FIRST EDITION BAR & DINING CANBERRA COMEDY FESTIVAL NOVOTEL CANBERRA Accommodation from $180* per room, per night Start the night off right with a 3 cheese platter & 2 house drinks for only $35* firsteditioncanberra.com.au 02 6245 5000 | 65 Northbourne Avenue, Canberra novotelcanberra.com.au *Valid 19 - 25 March 2018. House drinks include house beer, house red and white wine only. Accommodation subject to availability. T&C’s apply. WELCOME FROM THE CHIEF MINISTER I am delighted to welcome you to the Canberra Comedy Festival 2018. The Festival is now highly anticipated every March by thousands of Canberrans as our city transforms into a thriving comedy hub. The ACT Government is proud to support the growth of the Festival year-on- year, and I’m pleased to see that 2018 is the biggest program ever. In particular, in 2018, that growth includes the Festival Square bar and entertainment area in Civic Square. The Festival has proven Canberra audiences are on the cutting edge of arts participation. Shows at the Festival in 2017 went on to be nominated for prestigious awards around the country, and one (Hannah Gadsby) even picked up an impressive award at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. I’ve got tickets for a few big nights at the Festival, and I hope to see you there. Andrew Barr MLA ACT Chief Minister CANBERRA COMEDY FESTIVAL GALA Tue 20 March 7pm (120min) $89 / $79 * Canberra Theatre, Canberra Theatre Centre SOLD OUT. The biggest show of the year is back to kick off the 2018 Festival with an explosive line-up of the festivals best comedians! CANBERRA COMEDY FESTIVAL GALA: ENCORE Tue 20 March 7:30pm (120min) $89 / $79 * The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre EXTRA SHOW DUE TO DEMAND! VERY LIMITED SEATS! A very special encore of our star-studded Gala, featuring the same acts, but with a different host! ROSS NOBLE (UK) EL HABLADOR Sat 24 March, Sun 25 March 8pm (120min) $49.90 / $46.90 * Canberra Theatre, Canberra Theatre Centre Presented with alist.com.au Ross Noble, surrealist connoisseur and story spinner returns to Australia with his new show! A guaranteed night of nonsense from one of the world’s best comedians. ‘One of comedy’s greatest marvels’ Daily Telegraph UK ARJ BARKER (USA) ORGANIC Fri 23 March 8:30pm (80min) $49.90 / $46.90 * Canberra Theatre, Canberra Theatre Centre After selling out Canberra in 2017, Arj Barker returns for a special one-off encore performance. As always, I start with the finest free-range topics, nurture them until they’re brimming with wholesome hilarity, and ready for the tellin’. ‘A must see for anyone who loves a laugh’ Adelaide Advertiser URZILA CARLSON (NZ) STUDIES HAVE SHOWN Mon 19 March 7pm / 5:45pm (60min) $42 ^ Street 1, The Street Theatre BOTH SHOWS SOLD OUT. Presented with LiveNation. Every time you hear, “studies have shown” you know you’re about to learn something ridiculous! Herald Sun ‘Belly laughs and guffaws aplenty’ The Music Book tickets at canberracomedyfestival.com.au Book tickets at canberracomedyfestival.com.au STEPHEN K AMOS (UK) BREAD & CIRCUSES Thu 22 March 7:30pm (80min) $46.90 * Canberra Theatre, Canberra Theatre Centre Brexit. Trump. No more Mary Berry on the Great British Bake Off. Things are looking bleak, so wouldn’t it be better to just forget all about it? Comic maestro Stephen K Amos might not be able to provide bread to the hungry masses, but no one else is going to put on a better circus. Leave your problems behind for the evening in the company of the ‘effusively charming’ Amos and who knows? CAL WILSON HINDSIGHT Fri 23 March 8:30pm (60min) $33 ^ Street 1, The Street Theatre Cal’s made some awful decisions – relationships, jobs, the 90s. She’s made some great ones as well, she just didn’t realise at the time. People say that everything happens for a reason, but what if it’s just a terrible reason? ‘A fast-paced hour of hilarious musings’ The Advertiser 2017 DAVE HUGHES THE SNORKELER Fri 23 March, Sat 24 March 8:45pm (60min) $46.90 * The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre Hughesy has left an indelible mark on the Australian comedy scene over the last two decades. He nails gig after gig, sells out theatres nationally and continues to get better every year. Don’t miss him this Canberra Comedy Festival! ‘Stand-up comedy king’ Herald Sun NAZEEM HUSSAIN NO PAIN NO HUSSAIN Sat 24 March 7pm (60min) $42 * The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre Presented with Live Nation. ‘Side-splittingly funny’ The Times (UK) Since you last saw him on stage Nazeem Hussain has been around the world and back! Performing live in London, Edinburgh and China, oh and swinging back to the US to film a second series with Bill Nye, finally Nazeem is back in Australia with a brand new show! SHIT-FACED SHAKESPEARE (UK) ROMEO & JULIET Wed 21 March 8:30pm (60min) $37 ^ Street 1, The Street Theatre Presented with alist.com.au Broadway Baby Time Out Metro (UK) WhatsOnStage (UK) London Theatre. Shit-faced Shakespeare is the hilarious combination of an entirely serious Shakespeare play with an entirely Shit-faced actor. What could possibly go right? Book tickets at canberracomedyfestival.com.au Book tickets at canberracomedyfestival.com.au *A transaction fee of *$4.95 or ^$4.00 applies JOEL CREASEY BLONDE BOMBSHELL Fri 23 March 7pm (60min) $42 * The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre He’s presided over commentary duties at Eurovision, released his memoir, won GQ Comedian of the Year, made his debut in a TV drama. Oh... and played a slut on Neighbours. Strap yourselves in for a night with this blonde bombshell as he sasses and smashes celebrities, pop culture and himself. Sydney Morning Herald DOUG ANTHONY ALL STARS Thu 22 March 7pm / 8:45pm (60min) $49.90 * The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre EXTRADue to SHOW unforeseen ANNOUNCED circumstances, DUE TO ENORMOUS the Doug DEMAND. Anthony After sell-outAll-Stars shows have in the cancelled UK, Paul McDermott,their upcoming Tim Ferguson, shows and at Paul Canberra ‘Flacco’ Livingston Comedy are Festival back to unleash 2018. their They brand apologise of havoc upon for a nervousany disappointment nation. Howlingly and funny, inconvenience hilariously dark, joyouslycaused. cathartic, The DAAS and internationally would like praised to thank as beingtheir theirfans best for showtheir yet,continued you don’t supportwant to miss and the stay monster tuned Gods for of rescheduled Australian comedy. dates in the future. METRO CLAIRE HOOPER ALL THE RAGE Fri 23 March, Sat 24 March 7pm (60min) $30 * Courtyard Studio, Canberra Theatre Centre What have you broken in anger? a) smartphone b) keyboard c) wall/door/window d) a toe e) road rules f) the internet g) Christmas h) your mother’s heart i) all of the above. If you answered i)… please come to my show. ‘Marvellously entertaining’ – Chortle 2017 RICH HALL (USA) Mon 19 March 8:30pm (60min) $33 ^ Street 1, The Street Theatre Presented with Melbourne International Comedy Festival. WINNER Barry Award Melbourne Comedy Festival. WINNER Perrier Award Edinburgh Fringe. After sell-out shows in 2016 the cranky yank is back, bringing more of his trademark wit and caustic conversation. DANIEL SLOSS (SCO) NOW Thu 22 March, Fri 23 March, Sat 24 March 8:15pm (75min) $32 * Courtyard Studio, Canberra Theatre Centre Smash-hit new show from internationally acclaimed, award-winning Scottish comedian. Star of Conan, he’s performed 10 sell-out Edinburgh’s, two solo off-Broadway seasons, released a DVD, and tours extensively. NOW…what’s next?! ‘Sloss is a festival highlight. See him’ 1/2 The Age Book tickets at canberracomedyfestival.com.au Book tickets at canberracomedyfestival.com.au MATT OKINE THE HAT GAME Thu 22 March 7pm (60min) $35 ^ Street 1, The Street Theatre WINNER Directors Choice MICF 2015. It’s been a massive 12 months for Matt Okine, you could not miss him in 2017 when he wrote and starred in his very own hit series “The Other Guy” on Stan along with touring the country with his live standup show. Don’t miss seeing Matt Okine live in 2018. ‘ Okine is an outstanding storyteller’ The Music THE STEVENSON EXPERIENCE SPOT THE DIFFERENCE Sat 24 March 8:30pm (60min) $25 ^ Street 1, The Street Theatre Three-time Perth FRINGEWORLD Best Comedy Award Nominees, 2015, 2016, & Runner-Up 2017 A new show of uproarious musical comedy from Australia’s favourite bickering identical twins. ‘An absolute stand-out, one-of-the-best-moments-of-the-Fringe’ The Fountain (Edinburgh) BECKY LUCAS cute funny smart sexy beautiful Thu 22 March 7pm (60min) $25 * Courtyard Studio, Canberra Theatre Centre In 2017 Becky saw a man on crutches trying to walk a big dog and has spent the entire year trying to write standup comedy that’s funnier than that. Her show at the Canberra Comedy Festival is titled ‘cute funny smart sexy beautiful’ and is a nod to her notoriously low self esteem. Don’t miss out on seeing her live at the Canberra Comedy Festival! The Herald Sun DAVE THORNTON SO WHAT NOW? Sat 24 March 7pm (60min) $32 Big Band Room, ANU Should you come see my show or not? Tell you what, look up my stand-up comedy on YouTube and if it makes you laugh grab some tickets. This brand new show will be like that but with jokes you haven’t heard before. ‘A quick and self-deprecating wit’ The Age AUNTY DONNA Fri 23 March, Sat 24 March, Sun 25 March 7pm (60min) $35 ^ Street 1, The Street Theatre To whom it may concern, Aunty Donna will be returning in 2018 with a brand new live show.
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