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October 2024
Stitch & Kitsch
Are you a knitting novice? Hooked on crochet? Embroiled in embroidery? Or do you just have an ungodly amount of threadbare socks to darn? All identities and styles of stitching are welcome!
Granny Flaps – Hot Off the Chest Tour
The award-winning comedy act Granny Flaps will have you laughing from beginning to end as she explores love, lust and everything in-between.
Drawing Straws: Burlesque Life Drawing
Wickedly fun Burlesque Life Drawing on Tuesdays.
Day/Night
A series of monologues by Lilian Hudson and Fergus Black exploring the working world. From 9-5 to hospitality, it is a meditation, a love letter, and a cry for help.
Type A Marketing Man
Playing his ukulele as the ship went down, would type A marketing man sell you a lifeboat?
November 2024
Loose News
Melbourne’s newest weekly sketch comedy show will have you in newsworthy fits of laughter.
ETHICAL SLEAZEBAG
Sensual, sensuous and not at all saintly, welcome to the hottest late night variety in town.
Butt Hole
Our flagship cabaret riot! Lubricate your levity with a slippery wet cocktail before gorging your senses on a rotating smorgasbord of silliness and sleaze.
Kitsch Glitz Karaoke
It's kitschy. It's glitzy. It's a frankly ludicrous amount of fun. And it's completely free.
Magic Masterclass
Monday magic workshop! Perfect for date nights, work activities, and aspiring magicians. Learn amazing, professional magic.
Johnny Balance - The Fabulous Idiot
If you love magic you’ll love this show, and if you hate magic you’ll love it even more!
Drawing Straws: Cabaret of Curiosities
A new life drawing event from the minds that brought you Burlesque Life Drawing with a focus on the craziest nighttime costumes, creatures and club kids.
Thirsty Thursdays - Piano Bar
Kick off your weekend early with Dr Trevor Jones for a night of laughter, cocktails, and live music!
The Executive Functioner
A heartfelt musical journey by Brandon Koolloos through ADHD, love, and the triumph of self-discovery in life's winding path.
Madwomen Monologues
Madwomen is back for a 13th and final season! 12 monologues written by madly talented women.
Out of Date
A theatrical journey with three women from Italian, Malaysian and Sierra Leonean backgrounds, celebrating food and cultural traditions.
Queers, Femmes and Thems
Hosted by the fabulous Josh Rayne and featuring some of the best comedians in town, prepare for a wild, witty night of acid tongued queer comedy.
Hear to Feel
“For many years her voice was silent…until”
A raw stripped back intimate evening of storytelling through acoustic vocals and keys with Saskia Lane.
Pensive Like a Fox
You know how you think about really important stuff... but you can’t stop thinking like a small, sexy predator?
Dahlin! It’s The Jeanne Little Show
A biographical comedy-drama about one of Australia’s greatest comic talents and cabaret stars.
TruScum
Meet Greg, host of the YouTube channel The Logical Trap. He's a controversial, provocative, transgender wordsmith debunking TERFs, tucutes and transphobes. If you want to know the unfiltered truth about trans people, he’s your man.
Jack the Ripper
A gentleman discovers his wife's infidelity against the backdrop of the Ripper murders.
I Don't Want To Die On A Thursday Night
A collection of love stories told by Vania Octaviani through spoken words and musical performances.
Sustainable Stand Up Comedy Show
A comedy showcase starring a bunch of smart, lovely people who are working to make the world better. MC’d by comedian, activist and ordained Buddhist Tejopala Rawls.
Murder Village: An Improvised Whodunnit
Step into the world of a classic English murder mystery, complete with mysterious characters, devilish red herrings, clever clues, and an amateur sleuth always on hand to outsmart local law officials and solve the case themselves.
December 2024
I did it!!
Why cry over squandered potential when we can laugh?
Requiem for Men
To put the ghost of his father to rest, a young man must perform the eulogy at his funeral. But he has nothing nice to say. So he begins.
Lucy Best's Disgraceful Christmas!
Being a heathen never stopped Lucy Best from celebrating the festive season. Hear naughty, nice, and hilarious festive tales of Christmases past!
Sleigh Girl Sleigh 2: The Sleighing
Its Christmas Eve and tragedy has struck the North Pole; the Grinch is dead. Join us for a Christmas Burlesque Murder Mystery for the ages.
Speak Now
Emma and Dean’s wedding starts… soon? The groom is in the sacristy, the bride is on her way, and the only guest is waiting in the antechamber.
SAUCE
When life gives you lemons… f*ck lemons, order a takeaway – with loads and loads of SAUCE. "Simply delicious.” ★★★★★ – The Arts Review
January 2025
#SwiftTok
A TikTok ‘Live’ from the scariest thing a 14 year old can be... A Swiftie.
Random Things
Aden’s truthful storytelling is unique and will have you laughing and smiling right through the show.
Cancer and Cartwheels
Laugh through the tough stuff with stand-up, skits, and songs about Dr Jo’s victory over cancer and her cartwheeling ability.
Glory Down The Line
An omnipotent payphone in a deserted rural town guides two stranded teenagers through trials that will alter the course of their lives.
Glee Club
Glee Club is the singalong choir that everyone can be a part of.
Not Done Yet - Ripe For Action
Share the surprises as these old and bold players give birth to a new show every night. You won’t forget it, but they might.
February 2025
Fractured Love
A new theatre piece by Joachim Matschoss where Shakespeare’s much loved heroines deal with love, gender and identity.
Mrs. Marvin
Emma Algeri is back with an original satirical musical comedy, starring as crowd favourite, Jackie Marvin.
Orchard Grove: The podcast confessions
Get ready for an unforgettable night of music as James Frampton, Mitchell Roberts, and Felicity Adams take the stage! This powerhouse trio blends the smooth sophistication of jazz with the infectious energy of pop hits, to leave you spellbound.
Turning 25
A tale of modern women, about nothing and everything.
March 2025
The Cadaver Palaver
An artfully-embellished one-man show of derring-do (and don’ts), from the overactive imagination of C.S. Carroll.