Joel Dommett, Chris McCausland and Ruby Wax will headline the comedy line-up at this year's Victorious Festival. 

Comedy performances will this year take place on the main stage, following the festival's afternoon special guests slot each day, ensuring all revellers can join in the laughs. 

Stand-up comedian, actor, and host of The Masked Singer UK, Joel Dommett will lead Friday’s billing, supported by Andrew Maxwell, the sharp shooting narrator of MTV’s Ex on the Beach.

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Saturday will see the arrival of Chris McCausland, a regular on shows like Live at the Apollo and Would I Lie to You?, and the most recent winner of Strictly Come Dancing. 

(Image: Victorious Festival) Closing the comedy is Ruby Wax, best known for 90s classics The Full Wax, Ruby Wax Meets..., The Ruby Wax Show and as script editor and actor on comedy series including Absolutely Fabulous. 

Victorious Festival will run from August 22 to 24 in Southsea and star Kings of Leon, Queens of the Stone Age, Vampire Weekend, Nelly Furtado and Southampton's Michael Kiwanuka.