Just as the curtains close on the funniest month of the year in Melbourne, the Festival's most loved and laughed-at comedians will pack their bags and hit the road for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow.
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The Roadshow will home-deliver comedic treats right around Australia, including to Orange on June 22.
Featuring fantastic funny makers from Australia and beyond, the Roadshow travels across 88 Australian towns, presenting 99 performances of sketch, stand-up, satire, silliness and song across 11 weeks.
Performing at the Orange Civic Theatre will be emcee Bob Franklin, Dane Simpson, Daniel Connell, Ivan Aristeguieta and Nikki Britton.
Franklin is a London-born, Welsh raised, comedian who has lived in Australia since 1989. He has been both writer and performer with Jimeoin, Shaun Micallef and The Mick Molloy Show.
Batemans Bay born Connell performed his show 'Piece of Piss' in Melbourne to critical acclaim. Much of the show is centred around conversations with Connell's elderly neighbour. Connell said over cups of tea and the afternoon TV news the pair swap gossip.
Simpson, Aristeguieta and Britton have a long history of stand up between them and are sure to bring the goods when they make their way through the Central West.
Previous Roadshow casts have introduced audiences to the likes of Celia Pacquola, Luke McGregor, Dave Hughes, Peter Helliar, Nazeem Hussain, The Pajama Men (USA), Wil Sylvince (USA), Hannah Gadsby and many more big names you will recognise from radio and the telly.
This year's line-up also includes Aaron Chen, Any Saunders, Ben Knight, Bev Killick, Brennan Reece (UK), Cal Wilson, Dave Callan, Eleanor Tiernan (IRL), Georgie Carroll, Ivan Aristeguieta, John Hastings (CAN), Lauren Pattison (UK), Matt Okine, Nick Cody, Rahul Subramanian (IN), Rhys Nicholson, Sean Choolburra, Steph Tisdell and stacks more.
The stella line up will perform different legs of the tour across all states and territories.
For 20 years this roving tour-de-comedy has visited towns and cities around Australia, from Broome to Ballarat, Tasmania to the Territories with 2019 being no exception.
The journey doesn't end there either, with the Roadshow taking its talent abroad with International tour dates across Hong Kong, Singapore, India and Malaysia to follow.
Tickets to the Orange show are $38 and available through Ticketek.
For more venue, date and booking details visit comedyfestival.com.au/roadshow
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