Among the many, many amazing events that sadly had to be canned due to COVID-19 were Australia’s most-loved comedy festivals and tours, including the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Sydney Comedy Festival.
So what do you do when you’ve got a bunch of comedians suddenly out of work, with tons of jokes and no platform to share them? You create a TV special, obvs.
Local streaming giant Stan has crafted a four-part special called Australian Lockdown Comedy Festival.
The Stan Original series includes performances from over 20 of Australia’s favourite comedians including Wil Anderson, Cal Wilson, Nazeem Hussain, Dave Hughes, Zoe Coombs Marr, Tommy Little, Geraldine Hickey, Dilruk Jayasinha, Steph Tisdell, Aaron Chen, Sam Campbell, Michelle Brasier, Nath Valvo along with new additions Tom Ballard, Randy Feltface, Claire Hooper, Becky Lucas, Sam Taunton, Nikki Britton, Demi Lardner & Tom Walker, and exciting emerging talents Lauren Bonner, Oliver Twist, Blake Freeman and Bec Charlwood.
Australian Lockdown Comedy Festival premieres Saturday, 9 May at 7pm AEST, only on Stan.
