top of page
Tour

Amused Moose Comedy Awards

laurels.png
laurels.png

Top 8 Best Comedy Shows at

Edinburgh Fringe Festival

❝Catchy tunes that had the audience howling... wildly inventive weirdness.❞
- Mooney On Theatre

★★★★

Mumble Comedy

​★★★★★

Edinburgh Festivals Magazine

LIVE MUSICAL COMEDY TOUR
2023 tour dates!

​★★★★

Musical Theatre Review

​★★★★

Deadline News

​★★★★

The Wee Review

show title.png
About

Who dis?

Anesti Danelis is an award winning comedian, musician, writer, and filmmaker whose work has been featured on VICE, People Magazine, AV Club, Daily Mail UK, Extra TV and other radio and TV shows across the globe. He has an hour-long musical comedy special streaming worldwide on Next Up Comedy, has performed on Global TV, and CBC as part of the Winnipeg Comedy Festival (Season 18 now streaming CBC Gem), and has been heard on CBC radio's Laugh Out Loud. His comedic videos consistantly go viral, raking in over 200 million views and listens across the internet, over half a million followers and a few thousand fan-made remakes on TikTok and Instagram. He's also created songs and ads for a few brands, like Splice, Adobe, Wealthsimple, International Delight, Trojan, and more. 

As a live act he tours his musical comedy concerts to festivals earning both audience and critical praise. His debut show was announced as a Top 8 Best Comedy Shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Amused Moose Comedy Awards), and he has been nominated for Best Variety Act at the Canadian Comedy Awards. I think I said enough?

TSWCYLpromo-photobyDahliaKatz-9_edited.jpg
TSWCYLpromo-photobyDahliaKatz-9_edited.jpg
Listen

Hey look, comedy albums.

Anesti_Cover_Clean@2x (2).png
QBAC.jpg

Ooooo comedy specials.

TOFRINGE-Wide.jpg

Anesti Danelis: Six Frets Under streaming www.nextupcomedy.com

CBCWCF18.jpg

Winnipeg Comedy Festival - Square Pegs Gala streaming CBC Gem

Press

Press.

❝Brilliant blend of sharp wit, optimism, and perfectly dark humour.❞
​★★★★★ - Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
read review here

❝The audience were enamoured by the pretty flawless songs...​a master of his craft.❞
★★★★ - Mumble Comedy
read review here

❝Danelis is a really talented lyric writer – sharp, smart, funny

and often unexpected and he has an engaging onstage presence. 
★★★★ - Musical Theatre Review
read review here

❝Anesti masterfully controls the thin line between hilarity and

plain vulgar jokes... had people laughing non-stop❞
★★★★ - Deadline News
read review here

❝Winning Canadian songsmith frequently hits a  high note of excellent comedy
★★★★ - The Wee Review
read review here

❝Catchy tunes that had the audience howling... wildly inventive weirdness.❞
 - Mooney On Theatre

read review here.

❝laugh-filled, live-music show❞ ★★★/4 - The Toronto Star
read review here

❝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

read review here.

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

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

read review here.

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

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

read review here.

For comedy album Quarantine Bops:

❝nicely capturing the surreal normalcy that has defined our lives for much of 2020.❞
​★★★★ - NOW Magazine
read review here

❝Musical comic Anesti Danelis has built up a loyal following with his TikTok songs

parodying stupid questions and answers❞ ​- NOW Magazine
read feature here

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

Dont be weird, say hi.

bottom of page