Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow

Showcasing the finest talents of the festival.

Logo for the Melbourne International Comedy Show. The picture depicts a black cockatoo with dark pink and light yellow accents. The background of the image is coral pink.
Logo for the Melbourne International Comedy Show. The picture depicts a black cockatoo with dark pink and light yellow accents. The background of the image is coral pink.

#Australia's premier comedy roadshow is coming our way!

Australia's biggest and best comedy spectacular is setting off on its 26ᵗʰ annual road trip around the country! Showcasing the finest talents from the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, we're delivering a dose of laughter right to your doorstep!

Featuring a line-up of beloved comedy royalty alongside the freshest sensations from the Festival, all in one hilarious show that guarantees nationwide laughs.

Gather your pals, secure your tickets, and get ready for a well-deserved blast of comedy when the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow graces the stage in your neighbourhood!


Content Warning 

Performances often contain coarse language, adult themes, sexual references and materials that may offend. 

Recommended for people aged 15 years or older 

Smoke Machine/ Hazer may be used during this performance.

Thursday 20 June - 8:00pm


Empire Cardholder $41.00
One Price $45.00
*a transaction fee of $5 applies per transaction for phone and internet bookings.


Comedy


135mins with 20mins interval

#TAKE A SNEAK PEEK

#Meet the lineup

Host - Nikki Britton

Host - Nikki Britton

Nikki is often described as a “force of nature”, but think less natural disaster, and more joy bomb. Her warmth draws her audience close, and her sharp wit doesn’t let them catch their breath. Her physicality takes her storytelling to another level, with characters flying in and out of the tales spun from her own chaotic life.

Alex Ward

Alex Ward

Alex is the funniest she’s ever been, mostly because she has nothing to apologise for. With personal, engaging and punch-line heavy comedy, Alex is truly on top of her game. As a Queenslander living in Melbourne, Alex is always cold, which makes the warmth she brings to the stage & screen all the more impressive.

Damien Power

Damien Power

A three-time nominee for Most Outstanding Show of the Melbourne Comedy Festival, Damien Power is the most exhilarating voice on the Australian comedy circuit. Damien has racked up numerous awards, nominations, and rave reviews, consistently selling out rooms across the country.

Zoë Coombs Marr

Zoë Coombs Marr

Zoë Coombs Marr is a performer, writer, artist and comedian. She grew up in Grafton, where she and her best friend staged a musical instead of going to schoolies week.

Zoë has performed stand up comedy extensively in Australia, London and New York. Her solo show, Trigger Warning, won the Melbourne Comedy Festival Award as well as the Golden Gibbo, and two Green Room Awards. It was also nominated for Best Show at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the 2017 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Drama.

Joe Daymond (NZ)

Joe Daymond (NZ)

Joe Daymond has already proved himself to be a star in the world of NZ comedy after selling out two shows at the prestigious Sky City Theatre in Auckland. Before this, Joe became the youngest person to be nominated for four NZ Comedy Guild Awards in 2018. Joe’s laugh-out-loud talent has also seen him writing for hit TV duo Jono and Ben, and selling out his own shows on debut at the NZ and Melbourne International Comedy Festivals.

#In the Media

A seamless and ultra-hilarious evening!

Scenestr

We were laughing from the moment the lights went down, to well into the drive home.

Scenestr

Wiping tears away and wheezing from the sheer joy.

Australian Stage

Side-splitting fun, razor-sharp, high velocity wit.

Daily Examiner, Grafton (NSW)

Melbourne Comedy Festival Roadshow... has everyone's humour covered.

The Sunday Times (WA)

#What's on

The Eagles ~Greatest Hits~

The Eagles Greatest Hits

Music, Tribute

Amy ~Shark~

Amy Shark

Music

~Flickerfest~

Flickerfest

Film

Running in the Shadows of ~FLEETWOOD MAC~

Running in the Shadows of FLEETWOOD MAC

Music, Tribute

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Acknowledgement
of country

The Empire acknowledges the Traditional Custodians, the Giabal, Jarowair and Western Wakka Wakka peoples, where we work and present stories. We would like to pay respect to the Elders, past and present and to all First Nations peoples.

Artwork: We Are Yuree by Adrian Bauwens

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