Audible Presents: Live from the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival

The 33rd Melbourne International Comedy Festival put forward a massive program once again, with over 600 shows jam-packed into the 26-day event. The 2019 Festival might be over for another year, but the laughs and fun of the Festival don’t have to be!

You can now listen to some of the most incredible breakthrough performers from the 2019 Festival as part of the first Australian live audio recording for Audible Original. Featuring 25 artists from Australia and further afield, the six-episode series Audible Presents: Live from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2019 puts you in the front row for an intimate and immersive audio experience that really is the next best thing to being there! The line-up includes Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s 2019 Best Newcomer Blake Freeman, the straight-talking and sardonic USA star Liza Treyger, two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Ahir Shah, Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s 2019 joint Pinder Prize Winner Sam Taunton, rising star and 2018 RAW Comedy National Winner Bec Melrose, Most Outstanding Show of the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival nominee Cassie Workman, Kolkata-born, Mumbai-based stand-up Anirban Dasgupta and Australian musical comedy duo The Stevenson Experience, just to name a few. 

This Australian release comes hot off the back of 2018’s series recorded live by Audible from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Content is available across the Audible platform world-wide, providing a channel for comedy lovers across the globe to access a ‘live’ experience from two of the world’s largest comedy festivals direct to their device. The Melbourne International Comedy Festival produces hours of TV and online video content annually, with the Audible platform providing an additional pathway for local and visiting comedians to gain exposure and reach new audiences. For Audible, this is the first comedic Audible Original produced in Australia, with an array of new Australian content coming out soon.

The series is free for Audible members, or you can sign-up to Audible’s 30 day trail to access it as part of your free trial credit. For more info visit audible.com.au/MICF.