THE Melbourne International Comedy Festival is rolling into Port Macquarie on Saturday 21 June, playing two shows, one at 6pm and the other at 9pm.
Here’s a quick introduction to some of the men and women who will have visitors rolling in the aisles.
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Harley Breen
Harley Breen has blown away audiences from the Melbourne to the sweaty stages of the Edinburgh Fringe.
Regularly headlining around Australia, Harley has won over a legion of fans with his accessible and relatable comedy.
Consistently unpredictable, Breen’s sets seamlessly move from side-splitting material about the foibles of being a new-age dad to dodgy tales of his beloved old Kingswood – all without missing a beat.
A true professional, Breen always leaves the crowd wanting more.
Harley performed his seventh solo show, Some Kind of Something, at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival this year to sell-out crowds and many would say that the festival just wouldn’t be the same without him.
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Melbourne musical comedy duo ElbowSkin has been entertaining crowds around Australia and the world since 2003.
Their cheeky brand of musical comedy has seen them emerge as one of the best musical headline acts in the country, performing in front of sell-out crowds at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Melbourne and Adelaide Fringe Festivals, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
In recent times, ElbowSkin has been touring the country with the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow and is a regular fixture on P&O’s Comedy Cruises.
Neel Kolhatkar
Neel Kolhatkar is one of the brightest prospects in Australian comedy.
At 19, he boasts a CV which is already rivalling more seasoned stand-up professionals. With an existing subscriber base garnering him hundreds of thousands of hits on his YouTube videos, Kolhatkar sky rocketed to internet stardom in 2013 with his viral video Australia in 2 Minutes which collected more than 1 million hits within three days of its release.
As prolific a stand-up comedian as he is at writing, producing and directing videos, Kolhatkar charms audiences with his impeccable foreign accents, faultless impressions, refreshingly amiable style of insightful observation and energetic delivery.
Since winning The Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Class Clowns competition in 2009, Kolhatkar has gone on to perform at Australia’s top comedy clubs.
In both 2010 and 2011 Kolhatkar was invited to perform at MICF’s Teenage Gala – a showcase of Australia’s best comedians aged 20 or under.
In 2013 Kolhatkar was again handpicked by the Melbourne International Comedy Festival as the youngest of five comics to perform as part of its prestigious annual show The Comedy Zone.
Tiff Stevenson
A finalist on ITV1’s Show Me the Funny, Tiff Stevenson is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer who is known for her honest material and instantly likeable disposition.
In 2006, Tiff first hit the Fringe with a lead role in the Eric Bogosian play Talk Radio, directed by Stewart Lee.
The following year she teamed up with her Talk Radio co-star Phil Nichol and brought their London show Old Rope to Edinburgh for the first of a succession of sell-out festival runs.
Old Rope showcases new material from up-and-coming as well as established headline acts and it still plays to capacity crowds every Monday night in London.
Her solo Edinburgh stand-up shows Uncomfortably Numb, Cavewoman, Dictators and Along Came a Spider, have consistently had packed audiences and rave reviews.
In 2010 Tiffany starred in Celebrity Autobiography at the Fringe and in the West End alongside David Tennant, Michael Urie, Sally Phillips and Doon Mackichan.
