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16-22 2020March The biggest festival yet! Festival Program canberracomedyfestival.com.au canberracomedyfestival canberracomedy canberracomedy #CBRcomedy Canberra Comedy Festival app ► available for iPhone & Android WELCOME FROM THE CHIEF MINISTER NOW SERVING: Welcome to the 2020 Canberra Comedy Festival. The Festival continues to bring some of Australia’s, and the world’s, funniest comedians to Canberra. The ACT Government is once again proud to support the festival as it showcases our inclusive, and sometimes very funny, city to some of the world’s best talent. LAU GHS As our CBD transforms into a thriving comedy hub once again, there’s a show for everyone. And, yes, there will certainly be dick jokes. After a summer of bushfires, I hope you have the chance to relax, enjoy a laugh and celebrate one of our city’s great festivals. Andrew Barr MLA ACT Chief Minister LET THE LAUGHS CONTINUE BACK AT FIRST EDITION RESTAURANT & BAR Buy a drink and get one FREE* when you show your Comedy Festival Ticket! T&Cs apply.* JUST AROUND THE CORNER - LEVEL 1, 65 Northbourne Ave, Canberra ACT 2601 CANBERRA COMEDY FESTIVAL 2020 GALA DAVE HUGHES RIDICULOUS Sold Out! Tue 17 March 7pm (120min) Fri 20 March 8:45pm (60min) $83 / $93 * Canberra Theatre, Canberra Theatre Centre $46.90 * Canberra Theatre, Canberra Theatre Centre SOLD OUT Hughesy is the busiest man in show business, regularly hosting his own TV and radio shows. The flagship event of the Comedy Festival. A star studded show of the best of the festival It’s a known fact that the very best way to see Hughesy is when he’s touring live shows to every appearing in a two hour show. corner of the continent. “A sure bet for a belly laugh and a good night out.” –The Advertiser CANBERRA COMEDY FESTIVAL 2020 GALA ENCORE SHIT-FACED SHAKESPEARE (UK) HAMLET Tue 17 March 7:30pm (120min) Wed 18 March 8pm $83 / $93 * The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre $42 * Canberra Theatre, Canberra Theatre Centre EXTRA SHOW DUE TO DEMAND! VERY LIMITED SEATS! An entirely serious Shakespeare play with an entirely shit-faced actor. What could possibly go A very special encore of our star-studded Gala, featuring the same acts, but with a different right? With a genuinely inebriated cast member chosen each night, no two shows are ever the host! same in this raucous, riotous, rampage through Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy: Hamlet. “Hilarious” –The Advertiser CARL BARRON SKATING RINK FOR FLIES STEPHEN K AMOS (UK) EVERYMAN 11-16 Feb 11-16 February | Canberra Theatre Centre | 8pm (80min) | $79.90 Thu 19, Fri 20 March 8:30pm (60min) Sold Out 20-22 March | The Royal Theatre | 8pm (80min) | $79.90* $46.90 * The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre Carl Barron brings his brand new show to the Comedy Festival. Funny stories from a bloke with Stephen is on a mission to bring about world peace, or to at least bring about an evening of a funny head. What more could you ask for? peace! Bringing achingly funny anecdotes, hilarious takes on the everyday and his infectious charm, Stephen will warm your cold, stiffened hearts. ARJ BARKER WE NEED TO TALK - ENCORE FIONA O'LOUGHLIN ADDRESSES THE NATION Sat 21 March 8pm (60min) Sat 21 March 8:45pm (60min) $49.90 * Canberra Theatre, Canberra Theatre Centre $44.90 * The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre Due to Popular Demand Arj Barker returns with an Encore performance of his hit show – We Watch out people of Australia, Fiona has decided it’s time to turn her searingly honest brand of Need To Talk. comedy towards some other idiots. Don’t miss the chance to see Fiona mess with all of us and “A must see for anyone who loves a laugh…” –Adelaide Now call out where, what and who are full of the most bullshit in 2020. CAL WILSON OPEN BOOK JOEL CREASEY MESSY BITCH Fri 20 March 7pm (60min) Fri 20 March 7:15pm (60min) $39 * The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre $42 * Canberra Theatre, Canberra Theatre Centre Part autobiography, part memoir, part factual account of her life, Cal Wilson’s leaving it all on Australia's Crown Prince of Comedy returns for another season of sauce and sass with his the page. Which is a shame, because she’s meant to be saying it out loud. No illustrations, latest stand up show. You’ll know Joel from his sashaying down a red carpet with several some graphic language and a free bookmark. (It’s your ticket – your ticket is the bookmark). champagnes under his belt or from his numerous television appearances, global Netflix special –The Advertiser or his autobiography Thirsty. Book tickets at canberracomedyfestival.com.au Book tickets at canberracomedyfestival.com.au Transaction fee of *$5.95 or ^$4.00 applies Transaction fee of *$5.95 or ^$4.00 applies MARTY SHEARGOLD MARTY SHEARGOLD FRANK WOODLEY *@#!KING CLOWN Sat 21 March 7:15pm (60min) Thu 19 March 7pm (60min) $49.90 * The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre $42 * The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre Don’t miss the opportunity to laugh live with the star of Have You Been Paying Attention? as Frank is often referred to as a *@#!KING CLOWN – he chooses to take this as a compliment he delivers a load of jokes and stories he can’t do on national TV. Book now, don’t disappoint that reflects his mastery of the ancient art of wrongness. A brand new stand-up comedy show him, yourself or his property broker by missing out! from the master of daft. “Five stars is simply not enough.” –The Advertiser BECKY LUCAS MY NECK, MY BACK ANDREW HANSEN SOLO SHOW Sat 21 March 8:45pm (60min) Wed 18 March 7:15pm (60min) $30 ^ Street One, The Street Theatre $36 ^ Street One, The Street Theatre Still reeling from being called ‘ma’am’ while purchasing a packet of hot Cheetos and a maxibon Known for his ferocious songs and iconic characters like Surprise Spruiker and Clive the at the local convenience store, I was reminded that I had to come up with a title and blurb for Slightly-Too-Loud Commuter, the ‘good one’ from The Chaser returns to Canberra with a this year’s show... Anyway, I wrote most of these jokes in my head whilst sitting at the pub being blistering set of sketches and musical takedowns. lectured to about data mining by a guy with stick ‘n’ poke tattoo and bad breath. As seen on The Chaser's War on Everything, and as heard on MMM's Radio Chaser. RANDY FELTFACE MODUS OPERANDY MARK WATSON (UK) THIS CAN'T BE IT Sat 21 March 7pm & 8:30pm (60min) Thu 19 March 8:30pm (60min) $32 Big Band Room, ANU $32 The Hilarium, Festival Square EXTRA SHOW ADDED DUE TO DEMAND. Watson takes an audit of his time on earth. At 40, his life is in the best shape in living memory, Fresh off the back of a world tour and a brief appearance on an American reality television but one problem remains, and it really is a huge one. Spiritual enquiry meets high-octane show, Randy returns home to Australia with an hour of stand up comedy so unflinchingly observational comedy as Watson crams a year of pathological overthinking into an hour. relevant you’ll feel like you should be taking notes. “This is a stand-up operating at the very top of his game” –Independent GLENN ROBBINS & DAVE O'NEIL SOMEHOW RELATED JAMES VEITCH (UK) TENTATIVE Sun 22 March 7pm (60min) Thu 19 March 8:30pm (60min) $35 ^ Street One, The Street Theatre $32 ^ Street One, The Street Theatre The popular podcast comes alive! Comedians Glenn Robbins and Dave O’Neil are given two James makes his Canberra debut with a brand new show, full of even more pranks, scams and seemingly random topics. Together they have to work out how these very different things are emails. Responsible for the fastest ever TED Talk to reach over ten million views, James Veitch SOMEHOW RELATED. What is the connection between Nazis and Fanta? Napoleon and delivers unashamedly nerdy, creative and cheeky comedy. Kangaroos? JFK and corsets? They are all Somehow Related. “Tears-down-the-face funny” –The Sunday Herald THE CHASER QUARTERLY & THE SHOVEL PRESENTS... NAZEEM HUSSAIN HUSSAIN THAT? THE ANTI-EXPERTS GUIDE TO EVERYTHING Thu 19, Fri 20 March 7pm (60min) Wed 18 March 7:30pm (60min) $42 ^ Street One, The Street Theatre $46.90 * The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre Have you ever noticed climate change graphs look very different indeed if you turn them upside It’s been a huge few years for Nazeem. You’d have seen him in his sketch series Orange Is down? Did you know there are an alarming number of celebrities who got vaccinated and then The New Brown, his Netflix special, or perhaps you saw him on The Masked Singer when he later died? The Chaser’s Charles Firth and The Shovel’s James Schloffel take on the scourge of became BFFs with Lindsay Lohan? Whatever the case, don’t miss your chance to see Nazeem the modern era: experts and their experty expertise. do what he does best. Book tickets at canberracomedyfestival.com.au Book tickets at canberracomedyfestival.com.au Transaction fee of *$5.95 or ^$4.00 applies Transaction fee of *$5.95 or ^$4.00 applies LUKE HEGGIE LOWBREED MATT OKINE SOLO DINER Fri 20 March 7pm (60min) Fri 20 March 8:30pm (60min) $30 single / $52 double header w/ Nick Cody Big Band Room, ANU $32 ^ Street One, The Street Theatre This is a stand up comedy show.