Anesti Danelis has close to one million followers, and more than 500 million online views. . . Making him one of comedy’s fastest-rising stars.
Raised in a loud, traditional Greek family, and navigating life as a first-generation Canadian, Anesti has always felt pulled between identities. Unsure who he really is, he outsources the job of self-discovery to ChatGPT. Unfortunately, ChatGPT doesn’t know who Anesti is. . . And it keeps asking him for more data.
Doing what it says, Anesti realises he might know himself a lot better than he thought. Maybe his unconventional upbringing has shaped him into a pretty cool – yet stunted – anxious, millennial-queer child of immigrants. . . A true multi-hyphenate.
This show asks its audiences who we are. . . In the age of algorithms. Do we shape ourselves? Does the internet shape us? Can AI replicate the human experience, or does it just flatten culture? ‘Artificially Intelligent’ also highlights tech’s obsession with putting AI into everything, and the entertainment industry’s alarming eagerness to replace creatives with it.
Anesti does all this through sharp, witty songs on piano, diving into tech dependence, and the messy process of figuring yourself out.
Tickets on sale now.
Anesti Danelis Australia 2026 Tour Dates
26 March-5 April – The Greek (Melbourne International Comedy Festival)
16-19 April – The Comedy Store (Sydney Comedy Festival)
