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Image supplied by artist Square Peg Bonus Hole 8 November 2025 PIP Theatre, Milton A comedy night for anyone who's ever been too much, not enough, or just not what they ordered. Daniel Bruschweiler - Brisbane's #1 36-year-old FTM comedian & two-time RAW State Runner Up - delivers an unfiltered, laugh-out-loud take on life, love... Continue Reading →
Lucille MacKellar Has Boy Problems 6-7 November 2025 Good Chat Comedy Club, Petrie Terrace Lucille dreams of having a boyfriend, but despite her beauty and charm, can't seem to find one. The problem can’t be her, right? There must be something else going on… Lucille MacKellar Has Boy Problems is not your typical coming out... Continue Reading →
The cast of Laughing Out Loud take a bow. Imagery provided by Blue Roo Theatre Company Inc. Blue Roo Theatre Company Inc.'s original production Laughing Out Loud included comedy, music, and dancing. There were plenty of laughs and audience interaction in this hour-long performance of skits and sketches, and the cast seemed to enjoy themselves... Continue Reading →
Photographed by Daniel Boud Peter and the Starcatcher is full of all the wonder, magic, and comedy that might be expected of a new chapter in the Peter Pan story, but with modern humour sprinkled throughout for those who have had to grow up. Commissioned and originally produced by Disney Theatrical Group, Peter and the... Continue Reading →
Functional Bottom 7 - 9 November 2024 Brisbane Powerhouse Riverside Terrace, New Farm Internationally renowned, award winning non-binary artist, journalist and storyteller, Jessi Ryan returns to MELT festival with their breakout Melbourne International Comedy Festival hit show Functional Bottom. A fusion of storytelling, contemporary performance art, filth, provocation and tears probably, Functional Bottom is a... Continue Reading →
(L to R) Liam Hartley, Fiona Kennedy, and Jett Robson in Loot. Ad Astra presents Joe Orton's fast-paced and razor-sharp dark farce Loot, directed by Jennifer Flowers with assistant direction and production management by Liam Wallis. Compulsive truth-teller Hal McLeavey (Jett Robson) and his lover Dennis (Liam Hartley), an undertaker, have robbed a bank and... Continue Reading →
Rijen Laine as Jake and Tegan Braithwaite as Ishtar. Imagery supplied by PIP Theatre. Presented at PIP Theatre, the provocatively-titled Banging Denmark is an anti-rom-com about toxic online communities, the blurry line between attraction and revulsion, and the timeless pursuit of human connection. Written by Australian social commentator Van Badham, the play made its world... Continue Reading →
Melbourne-based comedian Nick Robertson brought his stand-up show Leave to Enter to his hometown of Brisbane for one night only, performed in the Good Chat Comedy Club on Petrie Terrace. Making his solo stand-up debut, Leave to Enter was driven by the story of Robertson being refused entry to the United Kingdom; a paperwork issue... Continue Reading →
Murder Village: An Improvised Whodunnit 20 - 21 May 2023 Brisbane Powerhouse Rooftop Terrace Following critically acclaimed sell-out runs in Melbourne and Sydney, Murder Village: An Improvised Whodunnit returns to Brisbane for the first time in seven years at this year’s Brisbane Comedy Festival. First created for a season at the Spring Hill Reservoir in... Continue Reading →
Brisbane Improv Festival 12 - 19 November 2022 Big Fork Theatre, Level 2, 252 St Paul's Terrace, Fortitude Valley The second Brisbane Improv Festival will be presented by Big Fork Theatre this November, with 8 days and 7 nights of live shows and workshops hosted in their purpose-built improv and comedy theatre in Fortitude Valley,... Continue Reading →
Image supplied by David Massingham Content warnings: Parental guidance is recommended for audiences aged under 13. David Massingham brought his solo sketch comedy show, Little Sketch Book of Horrors, to Big Fork Theatre just in time for Halloween. Part of the Fringe Brisbane programme, this was classic sketch comedy at its best – a hilarious... Continue Reading →
David Massingham. Image credit: Mark Gambino David Massingham’s Little Sketch Book of Horrors 27 - 30 October 2022 Big Fork Theatre, Fortitude Valley Tickets from $20 Following a successful run at the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, David Massingham brings his solo sketch comedy spookshow to Fringe Brisbane in time for Halloween. Little Sketch Book... Continue Reading →
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