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Lehmo

Lehmo is one of Australia’s most experienced and well travelled comedians. Lehmo’s live work has seen him headline at comedy clubs for well over fifteen years and work all corners of the globe – USA, UK, Ireland, South Africa, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Thailand.

Lehmo has also become Australia’s number one ‘combat comic’, having completed seven ‘tours of duty’ performing for our troops abroad. These tours have seen Lehmo perform in army bases in East Timor, Iraq, Kuwait, UAE, Afghanistan, Egypt, Qatar and on a number of naval ships around the world.

Lehmo is also a regular on the festival circuit having performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (1996 and 1997), the Adelaide Fringe Festival (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 to 2011 and 2017) and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (1998, 2002 to 2017). These shows have included the following:

“My Goodness My Guinness” – a show about the Guinness Book of Records

“Christmas in Baghdad” – about doing comedy for our troops

“Taxing Lyrical” – a show about Lehmo’s ten years as a chartered accountant

“White Line Fever” – about Lehmo’s love of sport (particularly the Hawthorn football club)

“War, Marriage & Puppy Love” – about war, marriage and puppy love.

“The Family Lifeboat” – about navigating life as a new father

Lehmo also once held the Guinness World Record for the most jokes told in an hour (549).