Best of Sydney Comedy Fest: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Sydney Comedy Festival is Sydney's biggest annual comedy event. Every year, hundreds of the world's funniest comedians take to stages across Sydney to entertain. Foxtel was there on opening night at the Cracker Night gala to film a showcase of comedic talent creating the "Best of the Fest" for The Comedy Channel.

The two-part stand up special is hosted by Lawrence Mooney and features performances from some of the best local and international comedians. Steve Hughes, Larry Dean, Anne Edmonds, Dave Hughes, Ivan Aristgueta, Daniel Sloss, Dom Irrera, Aunty Donna and Akmal all perform live from Sydney's Enmore Theatre.

Lawrence Mooney is one of this country's most celebrated stand up comedians nominated for The Barry Award at The Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2015 and winner of Best Show at The Sydney Comedy Festival 2015. Lawrence has hit the microphone with his unique view of the human condition for 21 years and is also well known to TV audiences as host of Dirty Laundry Live and featured on It's a Date.

Series details

• Title: Best of Sydney Comedy Fest
• Format: Variety
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2016-07-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-07-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Comedy
• Network country: Australia
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 18536

Cast and credited roles

• Lawrence Mooney — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-07-15; final listed air date 2016-07-22.

Source and licence

Adapted from Best of Sydney Comedy Fest on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.