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Anesti Danelis

comedian. writer. fun & cool guy.

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Tour

tour dates

2025 dates coming soon

About
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Anesti Danelis is an award-winning comedian based in Toronto. He’s known for his comedic videos and viral songs, earning over 450 million views and nearly 1 million followers across social media. He has taped multiple televised GALA’s for the CBC as part of the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, has a comedy special streaming UK's Next Up, has performed at Just for Laughs Montreal, and can be heard on CBC Radio’s Laugh Out Loud, and CBC's The Debaters.

 

As a live act he tours his musical comedy specials to sold-out audiences at festivals in North America and the UK. In 2018 his debut show was announced as a Top 8 Best Comedy Show at Edinburgh Fringe (Amused Moose Comedy Awards). In 2019 his sophomore show was taped for a UK comedy special. In 2022, his third hour was a hit at Toronto Fringe, and was taken on tour in 2023. In 2024 his latest show Artificially Intelligent was an instant smash hit in Toronto, selling out it's run and sweeping up the awards winning The Second City's "Best Comedy Award" and the Patron's Pick Audience Choice Award, before touring off to near sold-out run at Edinburgh Fringe, and London UK. 

about

comedy special

listen to the album below. Full video special out soon on YouTube.

Press

press

❝Brilliant blend of sharp wit, optimism, and perfectly dark humour.❞
​★★★★★ - Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
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❝The audience were enamoured by the pretty flawless songs...​a master of his craft.❞
★★★★ - Mumble Comedy
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❝Danelis is a really talented lyric writer – sharp, smart, funny

and often unexpected and he has an engaging onstage presence. 
★★★★ - Musical Theatre Review
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❝Anesti masterfully controls the thin line between hilarity and

plain vulgar jokes... had people laughing non-stop❞
★★★★ - Deadline News
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❝Winning Canadian songsmith frequently hits a  high note of excellent comedy
★★★★ - The Wee Review
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❝Catchy tunes that had the audience howling... wildly inventive weirdness.❞
 - Mooney On Theatre

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❝laugh-filled, live-music show❞ ★★★/4 - The Toronto Star
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❝Anesti Danelis’ honest and inventive musical standup routine is always a sure bet... it’s hard to go wrong with Danelis’ well-honed lyrics and engaging stage presence.❞
- My Entertainment World

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❝Anesti Danelis certainly offers a balm for the “post COVID” isolation rawness

in the form of tears of cathartic laughter❞
- Parton and Pearl

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❝Musical comedian, Anesti Danelis, is an endearingly audacious guide

through the self-help aisle of his hilariously twisted imagination
- Intermission Magazine

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For comedy album Quarantine Bops:

❝nicely capturing the surreal normalcy that has defined our lives for much of 2020.❞
​★★★★ - NOW Magazine
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❝Musical comic Anesti Danelis has built up a loyal following with his TikTok songs

parodying stupid questions and answers❞ ​- NOW Magazine
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Anesti (me the guy writing this) has also been featured in...

People Magazine, ViceFox News, New York PostDaily Mail (UK)

New Zealand Herald, AV ClubExtra TV, RTL Explosiv (Germany),

Stern (Germany), News (Australia), ABC News

Kiss 92.5 FM,  99.7 FM, Flo 107.1 and more

Contact

contact

MANAGEMENT

Mia Bezener - connect@riverlighttalent.com

BRAND PARTNERSHIP INQUIRIES

Mia Bezener - connect@riverlighttalent.com

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