Kirsty Webeck

Kirsty Webeck’s entrance into the world of stand-up comedy has already become the stuff of legend. In 2013, she performed a five-minute set at the end of a comedy workshop. Immediately after this, she began writing and performing her own full-length show in Canberra, Australia, using the skills from her (now former) PR career to sell tickets. Two years later, she made her debut at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival — the world’s largest comedy-only festival — with a well-received run of 12 shows. The following year, her shows sold out. As the 2020s begin, she is one of Australia’s most popular stand-up comedians, her organic, hard-working rise to fame and her relatable, feel-good humour endearing her to the nation.

Webeck’s prolific live schedule has grown to encompass almost every landmark event in the Australian comedy calendar. In addition to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, she has appeared at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, Mardi Gras, Brisbane’s Sit Down Comedy Club, Jokers Comedy Club in Hobart, Queer Stories in Sydney, The Lesbian Comedy Gala at Midsumma Festival, Earthcore Festival, Rainbow Serpent Festival, and more. She has hosted the GLORIAs (the Gay & Lesbian Outrageous Ridiculous and Ignorant Comment Awards) at New South Wales’ Parliament House and a benefit for the AIDS Action Council in Canberra. Her hard graft has rightfully been rewarded with the Kings of Comedy Comedian of the Year Award.

More recently, in 2020, Webeck went online when she launched her own podcast, The Best, available on major platforms such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Firmly established at the heart of Australian entertainment, Webeck is looking forward to the second decade of her comedy career being even more successful than the first.