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The North East has produced some of the country's most successful stand-up comedians like Ross Noble, Chris Ramsey and Sarah Millican so you can guarantee you’ll get some good laughs at comedy events in Newcastle and Gateshead when you visit.

Tyne Theatre and Opera House are fast becoming the theatre of choice for comedians, stand-up and comedy acts in Newcastle. The Victorian theatre in the centre of Newcastle continues to welcome big stars all year round with top billings going to the likes of James Acaster, Celeste Barbar, Iain Stirling and John Bishop.

Utilita Arena in Newcastle and the O2 City Hall Newcastle both attract a host of big comedy nights in Newcastle, stand-ups and touring shows with everyone from Jason Manford to Jimmy Carr making the line-up.

If you're looking for a more intimate night of comedy in Newcastle, then head to The Stand Comedy Club with comedy gigs performed nearly every night of the week. You will be treated to raw and side-splitting comedy in close quarters where only the brave sit on the front row.

And for something more involved, visit The Cumberland Arms, regular host of The Suggestibles , an improv-comedy troupe who take your suggestions to inspire the show. Grass roots improv is booming in Newcastle too with gigs cropping up at pubs and bars around the city.

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Life is a stress: full of rushed breakfasts, angry people, internal conflict, and Jacob Rees-Mogg. But what happens when everything you thought was important – your problems, grievances against others, your very identity – simply disappears?

Multi-award-winning and trail-blazing comedian,  Paul Foot , is back on tour with Dissolve, his most personal, surprising and ground-breaking show ever.

In the year 2022 AD something momentous changed for Paul, and in this show he will reveal how he discovered the secret of life on the outskirts of Lancaster.* Inevitably he does get distracted by King Tutankhamun, the House of Lords, Sir Cliff Richard, officious lollipop ladies and what Jesus might have achieved if he’d been a plumber.

As seen on Would I Lie To You?, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

‘Sublime, original, brilliant’ The Independent

*To be clear, Paul discovered the secret of life while he was located on the outskirts of Lancaster. Not the secret to living on the outskirts of Lancaster. There isn’t an answer to that.

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Paddy McGuinness

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Peter Kay is back. ‘One of Bolton’s funniest comedians’ is returning to stand-up comedy after twelve years.

Rhod Gilbert

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Multi-award winning comedian Rhod Gilbert brings a brand-new live tour to the stage

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The incredibly funny tongue-in-cheek comedian from Crawley brings a brand new show on tour

Russell Howard

27/04/2024 – 28/04/2024

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Sarah Millican

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Emmanuel Sonubi

10/04 – 02/06/2024

Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Emmanuel Sonubi returns on a brand new tour

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Star of Live at the Apollo, Laura Smyth, brings a dazzling new tour to the stage

Lucy Beaumont

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Embarking on his biggest tour to date with his brand new show, ‘Underdog’, Tom will be exploring life as the longshot.

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Tom Ward, as seen on Live at The Apollo, QI, Roast Battle and more, is bringing a brand new show to venues across the country.

The Comedy Store

01/02/2023 – 01/11/2024

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Alasdair Beckett King

27/03/2024 – 24/05/2024

Out of the swirling maelstrom he steps, his sword of jokes, his shield of whimsy and his armour made of a third amusing thing. Cursed to return on tour. Multi award-winning stand-up Alasdair Beckett-King unravels life’s shallowest mysteries. A true Renaissance man, Alasdair is 500 years old. As seen on Mock the Week and the internet.

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Aurie Styla

01/02 – 04/05/2024

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Big Deal Comedy

21/09/2023 – 03/10/2024

Big Deal Comedy, voted Comedy Club of the year 2023, is known for showcasing the best comedians from across the UK – coming to various venues near you

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New comedian Chris Kent takes to the stage with his Back At It tour

Comedy In Your Eye

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Daniel O’Reilly

09/02 – 25/05/2024

Daniel O’Reilly is still boasting one of the largest, strongest, most loyal and fastest growing social media followings in the UK that his fans has grown up with him through the years!

Eshaan Akbar

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Eshaan Akbar is back doing jokes on tour! Catch him at a venue near you.

Grace Campbell

16/10 – 24/11/2024

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John Kearns

03/02/2024 – 17/05/2024

John Kearns returns to the stage with new tour The Varnishing Days

Just the Tonic

Just the Tonic Comedy Club raids the address book from a 26-year period of producing comedy and pulls in some favours from some of the biggest names in the industry.

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Kai Humphries brings his new show Gallivanting to stages across the UK.

Laura Ramoso

09/04 – 25/04/2024

Laura Ramoso is a German-Italian comedian best known for her viral impressions on Instagram and TikTok – coming to stages across the country.

Lloyd Griffith

01/03 – 18/05/2024

Lloyd returns with a brand new show Baroque and Roll

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The stand-up comedian brings his new show Matt Bragg Has Nothing Wrong with Him to venues across the UK

MC Hammersmith

19/03 – 28/04/2024

Hip-hop comedian MC Hammersmith announces his ‘Straight Outta Brompton’ tour will continue throughout March and April 2024!

Michelle Brasier

14/05 – 06/06/2024

After a sold out run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2023, Michelle Brasier (Aunty Donna, Double Denim) returns with her critically acclaimed show, Reform.

Nurse Georgie Carroll: Sista Flo 2.0

01/05/2024 – 02/06/2024

Following a sell-out season at the Edinburgh Fringe and a sell-out UK tour, Nurse Georgie Carroll brings her hit show Sista Flo 2.0 back to the UK.

Pierre Novellie

09/10 – 10/11/2024

Pierre Novellie is known for his award-winning comedy/observations as seen on The Frank Skinner Show on Absolute Radio, the hit podcast BudPod with Phil Wang and The Now Show on Radio 4.

He can’t stress enough that he thinks these thoughts are normal and reasonable – it’s you people that don’t make sense. He is the normal one, definitely, but that does raise an important question:

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Ray Bradshaw

25/02 – 28/04/2024

Following supporting John Bishop on tour, Ray Bradshaw brings his new show Doppelginger to the stage

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02/10/2024 – 28/10/2024

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The Queer Comedy Club

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Tom Houghton

01/02 – 12/05/2024

Social media sensation Tom Houghton brings his new tour It’s Not Ideal to venues across the country

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Join bestselling author and global internet sensation Tova Leigh on a new UK tour

Urzila Carlson

15/10 – 02/11/2024

The South African-born New Zealand comedian and actress Urzila Carlson comes to the UK

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Nearly 50 years since it first hit our TV screens, the ‘Greatest British sitcom of all time’ (Radio Times) is now a brand-new stage play, adapted by comedy legend John Cleese and directed by Caroline Jay Ranger.

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Geoff Norcott

06/09/2023 – 27/04/2024

On this his sixth UK tour, Geoff Norcott will be trying to make sense of the current cultural and political scene with his playfully provocative brand of humour.

Iain Stirling

20/03 – 28/04/2024

Smart-talking comedian and Love Island narrator announces new tour Relevant for 2024

19/04 – 16/05/2024

After dismantling a barge, doxxing himself in the Doubletree, and blanking on the 1992 Ipswich Town crest (Taskmaster, Off Menu, University Challenge), comedian Ivo Graham ropes his audience into more chaos against the clock.

JaackMaate’s Happy Hour Live

10/05 – 23/05/2024

JaackMaate’s Happy Hour Podcast is back on the road with a yet another stage show nobody asked for.

The O2, London

Jo’s uniquely relatable comedy pulls inspiration from his colourful family that has reached all kinds of people and has translated into sold-out arenas around the world.

12/05 – 10/11/2024

Fresh on the heels of his critically acclaimed memoir, Montana’s transatlantic messenger returns with new rants, knife-edge observations, thrilling musical interludes and an ever-formidable knack for laughs on the fly.

Richard Herring: Can I Have My Ball Back?

08/05/2024 – 16/07/2024

In 2021 Richard Herring went to his GP to find out why his right ball seemed to be growing bigger. It turned out that he had testicular cancer and one month later he was lying in hospital waiting to have his murderous gonad removed.

In his return to stand-up after six years, Richard talks bollocks and answers the question on everyone’s lips: Is a severed gonad in a jar a fitting prize to bring in for Taskmaster?

Rosie Jones

10/02 – 23/04/2024

Russell Kane

Russell Kane is back with a brand new tour next year that is guaranteed to be packed full of his signature high-energy and turbo can-do attitude.

Seann Walsh

17/05 – 30/05/2024

Sophie McCartney

13/05 – 26/04/2024

See Sophie McCartney on her Tired & Tested tour from May 2023 to Apr 2024.

09/02 – 08/06/2024

Tom Allen is back on the road with his brand new show Completely.

Tommy Tiernan

Tommy Tiernan’s brand new show ‘tommedian’ is a fun fuelled trip through the comic imagination of one of the best comedians in the world.

This is a wild, uninhibited and fiercely physical display of stand up. A madcap parade of characters, memories and ridiculous flights of fancy. Theatrical, poetical and slightly unhinged…don’t you dare miss it!

Prices from £30.60

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Screen sensations.

Watch them on TV? Listen to them on a podcast? Like them on TikTok? Find the latest social media sensation on tour.

Chris McCausland

19/01 – 13/12/2024

Sharp-edged stand-up Chris McCausland returns with a brand-new show for 2024!

04/02 – 29/06/2024

Ed Gamble has minced a load of meat (thoughts), piped it into a casing (show) and it’s coming to a bun (venue) near you. Don’t miss Hot Diggity Dog!

Lou Sanders

25/03/2025 – 26/03/2025

A show about being human – can you relate???

Just like Tom Cruise does all his own stunts, I’m going to do all my own jokes!

A deep, dumb show for the masses.

Mo Gilligan

03/11 – 30/11/2024

Don’t miss out on Mo Gilligan’s In The Moment 2024 world tour, which extended in the UK due to popular demand.

Rob Beckett

19/11 – 21/02/2026

Yes! Bobby Beckles is back on tour. Smashing the life out of the M25, M1, M5 and any other road that’s in his way.

Kevin Bloody Wilson

17/10 – 21/11/2024

2024 marks 40 years since Kev’s first album was released. INTERNATIONAL DILLIGAF DAY is every day! Celebrate with a brand new tour from Kevin Bloody Wilson.

Maisie Adam

17/09 – 07/11/2024

Fresh from Live At The Apollo, A League Of Their Own and Have I Got News For You, Maisie Adam is heading back out on tour with a brand new show.

03/09 – 20/09/2024

Wildly popular comedian and actor Matt Rife announced his ProbleMATTic World Tour hitting cities across North America, Australia, and Europe throughout 2023 and 2024

Only Fools and Horses The Musical

17/12/2024 – 05/01/2025

Eventim Apollo

The smash-hit West End musical Only Fools and Horses returns to London for a limited festive season at the Eventim Apollo, before embarking on a HUGE UK tour!

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Clinton Baptiste

29/03 – 09/11/2024

Clinton Baptiste brings his brand new tour Roller Ghoster! to venues across the UK

Jenny Eclair

05/10/2024 – 23/03/2025

Jenny Eclair comes to venues nationwide with a brand-new autobiographical show, ‘Jokes, Jokes, Jokes, Live’.

Julian Clary

12/04 – 14/06/2024

Julian Clary embarks on a new 2024 UK tour – A Fistful of Clary

21/06/2024 – 23/11/2024

Paul Smith is back and better than ever with his latest tour show, “Pablo”.

20/09/2024 – 21/03/2025

It’s a risky business navigating the tightrope of today’s times but Tom’s approaching it with his usual gusto. Without risk there is no reward.

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11/04 – 31/10/2024

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03/07/2024 – 07/07/2024

Preston Park, Brighton

Brighton Comedy Garden returns to Preston Park for five nights of laughs and street food. See the likes of Dara Ó Briain, Sara Pascoe, Phil Wang, Sindhu Vee, Maisie Adams, Harry Hill and more take to the stage.

17/07 – 21/07/2024

Parker’s Piece

The all-new Cambridge Comedy Garden lands in Parker’s Piece this July with five nights of all-star stand-up live in the Big Top plus craft beer, street eats and more.

Count Arthur Strong

See Count Arthur Strong in ‘And It’s Goodnight From Him!’, part one of his farewell tour of the world!

Dr. Strangelove

08/10 – 21/12/2024

Noël Coward Theatre

Seven-time BAFTA Award winner Steve Coogan stars in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s iconic Dr. Strangelove.

Prices from £30

16/06 – 23/06/2024

The American boundary-pushing comedian brings The Eric Andre Show Live Tour to the UK this May.

Garth Marenghi

28/10 – 31/10

Garth Marenghi returns to stages with his INCARCERAT book tour

Jason Byrne

03/10 – 30/11/2024

Jason Byrne returns to the stage with brand new tour No Show

11/10/2023 – 03/11/2024

An hilarious evening of world-class stand-up from live comedy’s internationally acclaimed Irish master!

08/09/2024 – 27/03/2025

Larry has been spending a lot of time with his grandmother lately, and he wants to tell you about it.

Join the thrice Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated, two-time star of Live At The Apollo for a hilarious new show about identity, heroes and the benefits of being a dafty.

18/03 – 31/12/2024

See the best in live stand-up with comedians from such shows as BBC2’s Mock The Week, Channel 4’s 8 Out of 10 Cats, BBC1’s Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow.

03/03 – 18/12/2024

Duchess Theatre, London

Comedian Matt Forde (Spitting Image, Have I Got News For You, The Royal Variety Performance, Mock the Week and Question Time) brings his hugely successful The Political Party to London’s West End

The Horne Section

14/03 – 21/11/2024

“Britain’s Funniest Band” (The Guardian) have made appearances on The Last Leg (Channel 4), Peter Crouch’s Year- Late Euros (BBC One), and are the only band to ever host Never Mind The Buzzcocks.

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Ticketmaster’s Comedy Guide is your complete guide to the best comedy shows and all kinds of funny stuff ranging from comedy festivals, stand up comedy, comedy concerts to theatrical productions. We’ve got loads of information – including announcements, exclusive interviews and reviews – to keep you up to date about all the comedians on tour in 2024 & 2025. From Edinburgh Festival Fringe to world-class favourites, our guide includes everyone from award-winning sell-out tours to up and coming performers. So whether you’re looking to find out what’s happening this week, this year or even next year, our guide will have you laughing in theatres and venues across the UK.

Whether you’re interested in top comedians or emerging stand up comedy, whether you’re looking in London, Manchester, Edinburgh or other cities across the UK… here’s where you’ll find comedy tickets for all the comedic entertainment you need so you can be there to laugh out loud.

Looking beyond comedy for your summer festival fix? Whether you’re into indie, rock, electronic or pop music, there’s a festival out there for you.

2024 is set to be a bumper year for comedy tours of all sizes. Top-class stand-up comics are touring the UK throughout the year, and well into 2025. If you’re looking  for tickets to attend a comedy show or stand up comedy gig near you, there are loads to choose from. Watch established stand up comedians and their razor-sharp wit, or get tickets to an up and coming performer.

Our Comedy Guide features a Coming Soon section, listing all the comedians who are currently touring or embarking on a tour within the next month. Right now, you can catch the following line-up of comedians:

• Al Murray with The Pub Landlord tour
• Bill Bailey with his Thoughtifier tour
• Daniel Sloss with his Can’t tour
• Ed Gamble with his Hot Diggity Dog tour
• Frank Skinner with his 30 Years of Dirt tour
• Romesh Ranganathan with his Hustle tour

In addition to seeing comics perform at comedy clubs and in arenas, you can also experience big laughs in the West End and at other theatres around the country. Edinburgh Festival Fringe has a rich line up of side-splitting talent that’s not to be missed each August.

You can look forward to a lot of comedy superstars hitting the road in 2024 and 2025 as they perform for audiences. In the “Coming soon” section of our Comedy Guide we tell you all about the comedy tours and stand up shows due to launch and head your way in the next six months.

The UK is home to several great comedy clubs. Enjoy stand-up shows, improv, storytelling, sketches, open mics and much more at The Comedy Store which has over 40 years in the business to its name. For a funny night out, visit their two permanent UK homes:  The Comedy Store London  and  The Comedy Store Manchester .

A night of comedy makes a great gift idea for birthdays, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Christmas or really any occasion! Buying tickets to a comedy tour – or a Ticketmaster gift card if you’re unsure of the right comedian – are perfect to give anyone you know who likes a belly laugh.

For more event ideas in London, view our  London Guide.  For ideas for events outside of London and across the UK, not just stand up comedy, check out our City Guides and Days Out guides.

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The 30 biggest comedy tours happening now through summer 2024

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If you love laughing the night away , then you need to get tickets to one of these comedy tours.

From Sebastian Maniscalco to Kevin Hart , there are comedians chock-full of jokes putting on comedy shows for just about every single humor type.

Tickets are available for all comedy shows on Ticketmaster and most secondary markets, including StubHub , Vivid Seats , TicketCity and SeatGeek .

Vivid Seats is currently offering first-time users $20 off an order of $200 or more by using promo code NJ20 at checkout.

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The biggest comedy shows of summer 2024

Colin mochrie and brad sherwood’s “colin & brad live tour”.

Tour runs Jan. 4 through Aug. 18

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Adam Carolla’s comedy tour

Tour runs Jan. 5 through July 13

Fortune Feimster’s “Live Laugh Love Comedy Tour”

Tour runs Jan. 5 through May 18

Brad Williams’ comedy tour

Tour runs Jan. 6 through Aug. 31

Jim Gaffigan’s “Barely Alive Tour”

Tour runs Jan. 9 through May 2

Marc Maron’s “All In Tour”

Tour runs Jan. 9 through June 22

Joe List’s comedy tour

Tour runs Jan. 11 through Aug. 10

Nate Bargatze’s “Be Funny Tour”

Tour runs Jan. 11 through Aug. 9

David Spade’s “Catch Me Inside Tour”

Tour runs Jan. 12 through Sept. 28

Hasan Minhaj’s “Off With His Head Tour”

Tour runs Jan. 12 through July 13

Ronny Chieng’s “The Love To Hate It Tour”

Tour runs Jan. 12 through June 1

Seth Meyers and John Oliver

Tour runs Jan. 12 through June 16

Impractical Jokers’ “Drive Drive Drive Drive Tour”

Tour runs Jan. 12 through June 23

Katt Williams’ “23 and Me Tour”

Tour runs Jan. 12 through May 11

George Lopez’s tour

Jay leno’s comedy tour.

Tour funs Jan. 12 through May 31

Bert Kreischer’s “Tops Off The World Tour”

Tour runs Jan. 13 through July 20

Brett Goldstein’s “Second Best Night Of Your Life Tour”

Tour runs Jan. 19 through June 15

Tom Segura’s “Come Together Tour”

Tour runs Jan. 18 through June 15

Chelsea Handler’s “Little Big B—- Tour”

Tour runs Jan. 19 through May 26

Matt Rife’s “ProbleMATTic Tour”

Tour runs Jan. 31 through Sept. 7

Kevin James’ “The Irregardless Tour”

Tour runs Feb. 3 through June 29

Gabriel Iglesias’ “Don’t Worry Be Fluffy Tour”

Runs Feb. 14 through Aug. 4

Bill Burr’s “Bill Burr Live Tour”

Tour runs from Feb. 16 to July 21

Kountry Wayne’s “The King Of Hearts Comedy Tour”

Tour runs from March 15 to May 25

Jimmy Carr’s “Terribly Funny Tour”

Tour runs from March 16 to June 29

Daniel Sloss’ “HUBRiS Tour”

Tour runs from April 11 to May 18

Taylor Tomlinson’s “The Have It All Tour”

Tour runs from March 22 to May 9

Steve Martin and Martin Short’s “The Dukes of Funnytown Tour”

Tour runs from May 3 to June 15

Kevin Hart’s “Come Together” tour

Tour runs from June 29 to Dec. 4

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After Hannah Gadsby's Gender Agenda, we take a look at some of Australia's up-and-coming genderqueer comedians

One of my favourite things about Hannah Gadsby's Netflix showcase Gender Agenda was the very specific and niche ways the different comics identify themselves.

Canada's DeAnne Smith wants their gender to be, "almost the exact same feeling you get when you look at the word 'zucchini' spelt out". And the UK's Chloe Petts knows that, on a wedding dance floor, they 100 per cent identify "as a man with a tie on his head".

As a queer, disabled, first-generation Colombian Chilean comedian, actor and drag king, I rushed to watch Gender Agenda as soon as I could.

But, for some reason, this Netflix special barely made a splash in Australia. When talking to queer friends, I was surprised they hadn't heard of it. In a very non-scientific way, it confirmed a strong hunch that I've had for some time.

First, that Australia's comedy scene is at least a decade behind — not in terms of talent, but in terms of representation, exposure and diversity.

It's no secret that we collectively suffer from tall poppy syndrome. This affects no one more than those who don't fit the "norms" of palatable, marketable, commercial viability, i.e. queer, POC and trans artists. Our successes are rationed and harder to secure, and we're often the most susceptible to scrutiny and surveillance, missing out on opportunities altogether.

Second, I think as a community, we've built up a resistance to comedy — more specifically stand-up, and understandably so. It's easy to grow disconnected from an art form that has not only consistently made us the butt of the joke, but has found immeasurable success in doing so.

Still, despite all of this, many of us continue to grind. This is something that Gadsby really thoughtfully and intentionally showcases; for so many QTPOC to be platformed like that in Australia, we'd have to be athletes rather than artists.

Gadsby also made a point of spotlighting a newer performer, Krishna Istha, saying, "when you're genderqueer in the comedy world, stage time is not always safe time". It's a feeling us POC are all too familiar with, and one that has sadly deterred some comics all together.

But if your interest is piqued, here are some trans and gender-diverse comedians in Australia you could get around:

Neptune Henriksen (They/It)

I've heard Neptune Henriksen's name attached to countless projects, and they also have some extensively impressive accolades — seriously, I suggest going to their website because it's too many to list here.

Henriksen is a comedian and theatre maker who has directed and written for other comedians' solo shows. But, finally, just like a reunion tour, they're back with their first comedy hour since 2016.

"Sex sells, but gender sells out." That one got me good.

Their new show explores "gender, capitalism and desirability, through a queer lens". In short, it's a show "for the outsiders, the weirdos and the curious".

Neptune Henriksen: Being a Woman for Money is at Melbourne International Comedy Festival until April 21.

Maddy Weeks (They/Them)

Maddy Weeks is a stand-out stand-up based in Melbourne, who started at the tender age of 17. If you know anything about how hard stand-up is, let alone as a queer performer, let alone as a non-binary performer, let alone as an ADHD performer, you know that some people really just are born with it! 

I would say Weeks's stage presence is infectious, but it's more like what you take when you get an infection: It makes you feel instantly better. Their nomination for MICF's best newcomer award is well deserved.

They're bucketloads of joy and energy on stage, and every minute is equivalent to one therapy session. So, essentially, if you go to their show you can go without a mental health care plan this year. (I'm being silly — look after your mental health! Plus that's not correct maths.)

Maddy Weeks: Never Gonna Die is at Melbourne International Comedy Festival until April 21. 

Jay Wymarra (He/They)

Jay Wymarra is a lauded comedian, drag queen, self-proclaimed Black nerd (huge Lord of the Rings fan) and a "true First Nations renaissance man". He's been on countless all-star and festival line-ups, with good reason. Wymarra has had years of practice, starting their comedy journey in their mid-teens through Class Clowns.

Wymarra is a very specific brand of unreined, otherworldly, fantastical joy and his sets are filled with stirring insight, (often about LOTR). If I've lost you, keep reading, there's a lot more to Wymarra. Their new show is quite a different endeavour: a "quasi-musical, comedic cabaret" and a "queer-feral rock opera". WE NEED MORE ROCK OPERAS!

Jay Wymarra: AmaJayus is at Melbourne International Comedy Festival until April 21, then will tour to Sydney Comedy Festival. 

Frankie Fearce (She/They)

Frankie Fearce is a tradie originally from Newcastle, who is now a Sydney socialite. Her candid anecdotes and observations online have quickly grown her a cult following — one closely rivalled by that of her famous lizard, Solomon.

Donning a majestic moustache, Fearce talks about dismantling gender norms and expectations, the prejudice they experience from bigots on a daily basis and how to respond to said haters, often in the most whimsical and unexpected ways. Go for the costumes, stay for the jokes.

Are You a Boy or a Girl? is at Sydney Comedy Festival from May 15-19.

Bea Barbeau-Scurla  (She/Her/They)

Bea Barbeau-Scurla, once a regular on the Sydney comedy circuit, is now a regular in the Melbourne scene, having started multiple successful rooms across both cities. Barbeau-Scurla is not only a comedian, but an accomplished writer, film producer and performer.

Sharing her Mauritian culture and her ever-crumbling mental health in a vulnerable and brutally honest way, Barbeau-Scurla is refreshingly authentic.

She's not afraid to call herself insane — in fact, her comedy show at MICF is called Make Women Insane Again, and she revels in sharing the "crazy little thoughts" inside her brain that would have had her burned at the stake not that long ago.

Bea Barbeau-Scurla & Edan Mcgovern: Make Women Insane Again is at Melbourne International Comedy Festival until April 20.

Natali Caro (they/she) is a comedian, actor and drag king based in Sydney. In case you're wondering, they describe their gender identity as "little boys dancing". Specifically, those viral videos of little boys dancing , and the feeling you get watching their ripening confidence (which is the safe amount of male confidence).

Natali Caro Is Seeking Representation is at Melbourne International Comedy Festival until April 21. 

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