Replay Festival: 30 epic Comedy Festival shows are returning to Melbourne
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21.06.2023

Replay Festival: 30 epic Comedy Festival shows are returning to Melbourne

Alex Dyson
Words by Staff Writer

Comedy Republic's Replay Festival returns with 30+ of the most talked about shows of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Comedy Republic’s Replay Festival returns this July with its biggest program yet – featuring Nath Valvo, Geraldine Hickey, Guy Montgomery, Lloyd Langford, Lizzy Hoo, Most Outstanding Show Award winner Gillian Cosgriff and many more. Now in its third year, the 30+ show program gives audiences another chance to see the most talked about shows of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

The full Replay Festival program

  • He Huang: Bad Bitch – Best Newcomer Nominee
  • Best In Show Awards Showcase featuring Gillian Cosgriff,
    Aiden Willcox & Isaac Haigh, Henry Yan, Frankie McNair, Woah, Alyssa!, Con Coutis and Andy Balloch
  • Bronwyn Kuss: Sounds Good
  • PowerPoint Comedy Showcase hosted by Ethan Cavanagh & Sweeney Preston
  • Kirsty Webeck: A Bit Of Fun
  • Nath Valvo: Hit Machine (A Best Of)
  • Hot Department: Wet Heat
    Sashi Perera: Endings – Best Newcomer Nominee
  • Zoomba: Online with Alex Dyson
  • Michael Hing: Long Live The Hing
  • Hannah Camilleri: Lolly Bag – Pinder Prize Winner
  • Tom Ballard: It Is I – Most Outstanding Show Nominee
  • Geraldine Hickey: Of Course We’ve Got Horses
  • Oliver Coleman: Neon
  • Lizzy Hoo: Woo Hoo!
  • Takashi Wakasugi: Japanese Worry – Directors’ Choice Award Winner
  • Woah, Alyssa!: 5 – Golden Gibbo Nominee
  • Daniel Connell: I’m Always Sore
  • Bron Lewis: Probably – Best Newcomer Nominee
  • Comedy Republic Pub Trivia with special guests
  • David Quirk: Astonishing Obscurity Most Outstanding Show Nominee 2021
  • Lloyd Langford: Current Mood
  • Michelle Brasier: Legacy
  • Emma Holland: Save The Orangutans – Most Outstanding Show Nominee
  • Con Coutis: Con vs Con vs Con – Golden Gibbo Nominee
  • Luke Heggie: Grot
  • Guy Montgomery (NZ): My Mind Is Blowing Me Crazy
  • Suren Jayemanne: The Bag Of Vegeta
  • Yes Yes Yes Character Comedy Night with Stuart Daulman, Nat Harris, Oliver Coleman & more
  • Greg Larsen: Slurps Up 2.0 The New Batch

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The adored independent comedy club has handpicked award-winning shows, sold-out seasons, critics’ favourites, and indie breakthroughs that had everyone talking.

Replay Festival sees some of Australia’s biggest comedy names performing alongside the most ingenious breakthrough artists. The program features a one-off performance of Gillian Cosgriff’s Actually, Good, which earned her both the Comedy Festival’s Most Outstanding Show Award, as well as Most Outstanding Show nominees Tom Ballard, Emma Holland, Guy Williams and Hannah Camilleri.

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On top of this, Best Newcomer nominees Sashi Perera, He Huang, Ray O’Leary and Bron Lewis will all treat audiences to their debut festival hours, and winners Aiden Willcox & Isaac Haigh will appear as part of Best In Show, a showcase of award winners and nominees. Directors’ Choice Award winner Takashi Wakasugi will perform his coveted show Japanese Worry, and Golden Gibbo nominees Woah, Alyssa! and Con Coutis will show off their forward-thinking sketch chops.

“I’m super excited to be doing my festival show again for one night only as part of Replay Festival. Comedy Republic is one of my favourite Melbourne venues and the lineup for this season is full of so many brilliant comedians. Plus I hear they have new toilets.” – Gillian Cosgriff.

Comedy Republic’s Replay Festival: Friday 23 June – Sunday 23 July. Tickets on sale now.