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 ten 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 four ‘tours of duty’ performing for our troops abroad. These tours have seen Lehmo perform in army bases in East Timor, Iraq, Kuwait, UAE, Afghanistan and two secret countries he’s not allowed to name!!
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, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011) and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2011). 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)
Lehmo also holds the Guinness World Record for the most jokes told in an hour (549).
Corporate Comedy
Lehmo has performed for businesses big and small throughout Australia and south east Asia. These functions have included AGMs, team bonding days, Christmas dinners, conferences and the list goes on. Having spent ten years working in the corporate world as a chartered accountant Lehmo is perfectly qualified for any such function. Lehmo knows exactly what it takes to put a smile on a corporate face. He’s even completed an entire festival show on the subject – the very successful “Taxing Lyrical”.
Radio
Lehmo currently hosts the very successful Mix Fm breakfast show in Melbourne with Brigitte Duclos. From 6am to 9am every weekday morning they keep Melbourne laughing (and sometimes crying) with their unique brand of humour. Over the last two years Brig and Lehmo have interviewed everyone from Prime Ministers and Premiers to award winning actors and rock n’ roll legends.
Prior to this Lehmo hosted the much loved national drive show on Triple M with Wil Anderson. And prior to this Lehmo’s radio career started on the number one rating SAFM breakfast show in Adelaide.
TV
Lehmo is currently a panelist on the very popular network 10 AFL show “Before The Game”. His co-hosts are Dave Hughes, Mick Molloy, Andy Maher and Sam Lane. Every week during the AFL season the panel taked a look at the lighter side of the game and interviews it’s biggest names. The show has been running since 2003 and has been Logie nominated for best sports show on six occasions.
Lehmo is no stranger to tv though, having also appeared on the following shows – Good News Week, Rove Live, 7pm Project, The Circle, The Glasshouse, Stand Up Australia, 11am, Hey Hey It’s Saturday and Stand Up Live (UK tv).
Lehmo has also played cameos in two feature films, played a guest role on Neighbours (as himself) and has starred in a string of TV ads.
