COMEDIAN DES BISHOP MAKES HIS LONG-AWAITED RETURN DOWN UNDER
Tickets on sale Wednesday 11 February
After nearly 7 long years, Live Nation has today announced that renowned comedian Des Bishop will return to showcase his comedic talents to Australian fans this November. With a career spanning more than 20 years and six hit stand-up specials including Made in China (Universal 2015), One Day You’ll Understand (RTE 2018), and his latest Of All People, Bishop’s show is a must-see for fans of provocative comedy.
Des Bishop’s Australia Tour 206 kicks off in Brisbane at Princess Theatre on Thursday 5 November, before heading to Melbourne’s The Capitol on Saturday 7 November, followed by Sydney’s Comedy Store on Tuesday 10 November, then across to Adelaide’s Norwood Concert Hall on Thursday 12 November, and concluding at Heath Ledger Theatre in Perth on Saturday 14 November.
Tickets for all shows go on sale on Wednesday 11 February at 11am.
An artist presale is available from Tuesday 10 February at 10am, running until Wednesday 11 February 11 at 10am.
My Live Nation members may also secure tickets first during the pre-sale beginning Tuesday 10 February at 10am until Wednesday 11 February at 10am. Register at livenation.com.au/register.
For complete tour and ticket information, visit livenation.com.au.
All times are local.
DES BISHOP
AUSTRALIA TOUR 2026
PRINCESS THEATRE, BRISBANE THU 5 NOVEMBER
THE CAPITOL, MELBOURNE SAT 7 NOVEMBER
COMEDY STORE, SYDNEY TUE 10 NOVEMBER
NORWOOD CONCERT HALL, ADELAIDE THU 12 NOVEMBER
HEATH LEDGER THEATRE, PERTH SAT 14 NOVEMBER
TICKETS ON SALE WEDNESDAY 11 FEBRUARY, 11AM
For complete tour and ticket information, visit www.livenation.com.au
ABOUT DES BISHOP
A rising star in the US and a massive name in Ireland, native New Yorker Des Bishop moved from Queens to Ireland in his mid-teens in 1990. The openness and honesty of his presenting style combined with his restless imagination and perceptive comic observations make Des Bishop a must-see for fans of unique, insightful and provocative comedy.
He came to Irish fame with TV shows, The Des Bishop Work Experience (2004), where he lived on minimum wage working different jobs in Ireland, Joy In The Hood, where he taught stand-up comedy in disadvantaged areas of four major Irish cities, and In The Name Of The Fada (2008, winner of the IFTA Best TV Series Award) about when he decided to learn Irish from scratch and perform a 60-minute stand-up comedy routine in the Irish language.
In 2010, Des wrote his most personal show called My Dad Was Nearly James Bond, inspired by his father, Mike who was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Bishop won an Irish Book Of The Year Award for his memoir of the same name and brought a solo show version to the Edinburgh Fringe to widespread acclaim and five-star reviews. In 2013, Bishop went to Beijing, China to learn Mandarin. He is now fluent and the show about his experience, Breaking China was another major hit series with another acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Des has appeared on many live stand-up shows including Edinburgh Comedy Festival Live (BBC), Live at the Comedy Store (Comedy Central) and Australia’s Spicks and Specks (ABC). He was also the star of HBO’s A Comic’s Climb, his Aspen Comedy Festival debut in 2005.
He has also embraced the podcast world, sharing hosting duties on Berner Phone with his wife Hannah Berner and helming a weekly comedy podcast with John Bishop called the Bishop Exchange.
In total, Des has released six hit stand-up specials including Made in China (Universal 2015), One Day You’ll Understand (RTE 2018), and his latest Of All People. View Of All People full special here.
