Melbourne International Comedy Festival
annual comedy festival in Melbourne, Australiawww.comedyfestival.com.au
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Sep 13, 2026
Chris ParkerGUEST
Okay.
Chris ParkerGUEST
Though when I'm in Australia for like the Melbourne Comedy Festival.
Brodie KaneHOST
Yes.
Chris ParkerGUEST
Like you're there for a month and I've been doing that for like six years now.
Ben StefanoffGUEST
I don't know.
Ben StefanoffGUEST
I think I saw them do a segment from it at the Melbourne Comedy Festival many years ago, and it's one of those albums that just kept popping up in my playlist.
Ben StefanoffGUEST
And my wife and I have a production company that's on pause at the moment because it just costs too much of your own money to do theatre.
Ben StefanoffGUEST
And we'd just done Heathers.
Sarah KanowskiHOST
These days, Ursula Carlson is one of the biggest names in Australian comedy.
Sarah KanowskiHOST
Earlier this year, her sketch show, Ursula, premiered on ABC TV, and she's the highest-selling comedian in the history of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Sarah KanowskiHOST
Well, Ursula was our guest on Conversations way before all of that.
Sarah KanowskiHOST
I spoke with Ursula back in 2018 after the publication of her memoir, Rolling With the Punch Lines.
Stig WemyssHOST
That's pretty handy.
Stig WemyssHOST
Melbourne International Comedy Festival, of course, is coming up soon.
Stig WemyssHOST
The first emails have just gone out to venues all around Melbourne, potentially who want to participate in the 2027 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Stig WemyssHOST
If you are a venue that wants to be part of this massive event and you haven't received your email, then what can we do, Murray? I think you can go to the
Morry MorganHOST
Melbourne International Comedy Festival website.
Morry MorganHOST
I think you can probably Google that yourself.
Morry MorganHOST
Or
Joey EliasHOST
Okay.
Joey EliasHOST
I've been offered to go play in the Melbourne Comedy Festival.
Joey EliasHOST
The honest to God's truth is I'm an awful flyer.
Peter VrionisHOST
Me too.
Peter HelliarGUEST
When I started out, I had a drink with, this is actually before I started doing comedy.
Peter HelliarGUEST
This is a great thing about the Melbourne Comedy Festival as well.
Peter HelliarGUEST
You can actually get pretty up close, you know, with comedians.
Peter HelliarGUEST
I had a drink with Judith Lucy in the Peter Cook bar.
John PainterHOST
Mm.
MareeGUEST
Including, like, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival-
John PainterHOST
Yeah
MareeGUEST
... and Have You Been Paying Attention?, Guy Montgomery's Spelling Bee.
Bill BaileyGUEST
And it's, gosh, 30 years ago now.
Bill BaileyGUEST
I played the Melbourne Comedy Festival and stayed in a flat, an apartment.
Bill BaileyGUEST
I had a place to stay down in St Kilda.
Bill BaileyGUEST
I got to know the place, the area.
Damien Warren-SmithGUEST
Then I went to Adelaide Fringe and I did another like four or five work in progress shows.
Damien Warren-SmithGUEST
Melbourne Comedy Festival, a couple more work in progress shows.
Damien Warren-SmithGUEST
Then I came to the UK and I booked in a performance and that my director could see.
Damien Warren-SmithGUEST
But this is the first time I bring someone else in.
Lizzy HooHOST
Mm-hmm.
Kath EbbsGUEST
Uh, I did Melbourne Comedy Festival recently-
Lizzy HooHOST
Yep
Kath EbbsGUEST
...
Cameron JamesGUEST
Yeah.
Cameron JamesGUEST
[laughs]
Kath EbbsGUEST
The market's Glebe's Melbourne Comedy Festival.
Lizzy HooHOST
Yes.
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