3 great comedians to check out at the 2014 Melbourne International Comedy Festival this July

PUBLISHED June 19th, 2014 04:30 pm | UPDATED January 20th, 2016 05:00 am

Oh crikey Sheila – it’s back again!

Yep, that’s right, this July sees the long-awaited return of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival to Singapore.

Renowned worldwide as one of the funniest and impressive cultural events in the Southern hemisphere, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival is the third largest comedy festival in the world… And we have the immense pleasure that for the past 10 years,  the best of the best acts have been shipped over to the shores of Singapore for a week of hernia-inducing fits of laughter.

Whilst there’s some stellar talent coming to the isle of Singapura, our quest to cherry pick the top 3 comedians that will be cracking audiences up next month is now complete, and after falling about with laughter for many an hour, here they are:

1) Harley Breen

Harley Breen has blown away audiences from Melbourne to the sweaty stages of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. 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.

2) Ronny Chieng

A regular on the lists of rising comedians and faces to watch, Chieng won the Best Newcomer Award at the 2012 Melbourne International Comedy Festivals (MICF) for his debut stand up show, The Ron Way. The critically acclaimed show sold out its entire Melbourne International Comedy Festival season including extra shows, and received rave reviews at the Sydney Comedy Festival the same year.

In 2012 and 2013, Chieng performed at the prestigious invitation-only Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, as well as selling out his entire 2-week run at London’s Soho Theatre in the West End.

3) Anne Edmonds

Anne Edmonds is one of Australia’s most exciting new stand up, character and banjo playing comedians. She burst on to the comedy scene in 2010 as a national finalist in Raw Comedy (Australia’s premier comedy talent quest) and went on to be nominated for ‘Best Emerging Comedy Talent’ at the Adelaide Fringe Festival. Anne has since performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Melbourne International Comedy Festival to sell out audiences and critical acclaim.