Airdate: Comedy Up Late

Now this sounds like fun…

ABC2 is set to bring us Comedy Up Late, performances from The Festival Club at the 2013 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, hosted by Lawrence Mooney.

Mooney also has his own ABC2 series in development Dirty Laundry Live.

Comedy Up Late will be hosted by Lawrence Mooney and feature performances by local and international comedians including Sean Choolburra, Cal Wilson, Melinda Buttle, DeAnne Smith (CAN), Anne Edmonds, Matt Okine, Wes Snelling as Tina Del Twist, Pete Holmes (USA), Ronny Chieng, Kate McLennan, Joel Creasey, Tommy Little, Urzila Carlson (NZ), Kevin Kropinyeri, Harley Breen, Geraldine Quinn, Nazeem Hussain and Trevor Noah (ZA).

Josh Thomas (ABC2’s PLEASE LIKE ME) and Sam Simmons (ABC1’s Problems) will also form part of the riotous line-up.

Executive Producer Kirsty Bradmore said, “ABC2 is a destination for innovative programming. We’re thrilled to be able to screen such a dynamite line-up of comedy and through our collaboration with the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, help bring these artists to a wider audience.”

The Festival Club, located at the Hi Fi Bar in Melbourne, is a venue where comedians and comedy-enthusiasts congregate, embrace insomnia, and watch comics from near and far perform daring one-off performances.

Comedy Up Late screens April 7 to 13 at 10.30pm on ABC2.