DARWIN COMEDY FESTIVAL

If you’re a comedy nut, then strap in – you’re in for a rollicking ride, as the Darwin Comedy Festival returns for a second year boasting some of the biggest names in comedy getting around.

WORDS TIERNEY WHITE

OVER THREE MASSIVE days, comedians from across the country descend upon Darwin to dish out their giggle-gettin’ material. And although it’s only in its second year, this fairly fresh annual festival has attracted some dead set legends of the craft.

You might remember Jimmy Rees from the pandemic days, his hilarious video at an imagined check-out till going viral after perfectly highlighting the shopping lists of Top Enders to include YETI merch, laksas, and, yep, beers. Also making waves during that time was Nat’s What I Reckon, whose YouTube cooking videos about ditching jar sauce went viral.

Sound effect and physical theatre wizards The Umbilical Brothers, beloved Australian comedian Denise Scott, and master of unscripted comedy gold Akmal also feature on the bill, as well as the riotous Lizzy Hoo, the ever so busy Mel Buttle, national treasure Kevin Kropinyeri, the perimenopausal Em Rusciano in her Darwin debut, and top-four finalist from Season One of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under, Karen From Finance.

Told you. What a line-up.

Locals also weigh in, with Amy Hetherington’s latest show Gone Troppo, the Top Floor Comedy Showcase – aka Laugh Lounge – and the Territory’s emerging comedy cohort in Class Clowns.

Towns beyond our tropical capital city are also treated to the Darwin Comedy Festival action, as Hetherington and Kropinyeri hit the track with shows in Katherine, Tennant Creek, and Alice Springs.

The mind really does boggle when you think about all these rib-tickling masterminds coming together, so don’t miss your chance to knock them all over in one fell swoop. If you’re mad keen, as we suspect many of our readers would be, enjoy 15 percent off three or more shows with the Grinners Multipack. Grinning, giggling, and just having a grand old time is sure to be a side effect of this hilarious weekend.

WHEN THU 5 – SAT 7 MAR 
AT AANT CENTRE 
INFO yourcentre.com.au

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