Every Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 8:00pm (Returns January 2)

Comedy Republic's signature lineup show!

Main Stage has quickly become our biggest show, selling out on the regular with huge all-star lineups and lively fun-loving crowds. Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, you can be sure to catch a heap of the best comedians Melbourne and the wider world have to offer.

- - - MAIN STAGE FORMAT - - -

Main Stage (90min show, 5+ comedians, inc interval)
Thursday 8:00pm - $29
Friday 8:00pm - $34
Saturday 8:00pm - $39

- - - UPCOMING LINEUPS - - -

FRIDAY 2 JANUARY Bronwyn Kuss, Mish Wittrup, Suren Jayemanne, Han Arbuthnott, Kelsey De Almeida & Siobhan Larkin

SATURDAY 3 JANUARY Bronwyn Kuss, Mish Wittrup, Suren Jayemanne, Han Arbuthnott, Kelsey De Almeida & Siobhan Larkin

(Lineups are subject to last minute changes)

Saturday 3 January, 6:30pm

Certifiably the best way to cope with returning to work after the holidays, this cult classic returns to Comedy Republic for two shows only following a UK tour spanning the Edinburgh Fringe and England's iconic Latitude Festival.

With six comedians performing six different PowerPoints (none of which were created by your boss), this is a line-up show like no other.

Hosted by the agents of Microsoft Office chaos, Sweeney Preston and Ethan Cavanagh, this wild showcase is easy to follow and begging for technical difficulties.

So grab your family, friends and anyone else who has endured boring work presentations or tedious uni slides as we all heal together. It’ll be more stuffed with goodness than your leftover Christmas turkey.

Featuring:
Takashi Wakasugi (The Gala), Sez (400,000 Followers Across Social Media), Noah Szto (Directors Choice Award MICF), Con Coutis (Talkin' 'Bout Your Gen), & Annie Louey (MICF's Opening Night Allstars Supershow).

“Like those chaotic PowerPoint nights on TikTok, but way funnier.” PEDESTRIAN.TV  

Monday 5 January, 7:30pm

Monthly drag bingo with your favourite nans.

Edith Vale, Maureen McGillicuddy and Caroline Springs have been hosting their sold out Granny Bingo night for 10 years. The pandemic almost took them out, but never fear; Caroline doesn't think it's real, so we're back live in the Comedy Republic bar!

And yes, you will actually play bingo! Nanna kisses xx

Every Tuesday, 7:30pm (No Show 30/12)

New comedians doing their best, and the best comedians doing their new.

Get the crew together for cheap tickets, cheap drinks, cheap laughs. What’s not to love!

TUESDAY 23 DECEMBER: Takashi Wakasugi, Tor Snyder, Urvi Majumdar, Firdi Billimoria, Tess Birch, Maren May & Sweeney Preston

(Lineups are subject to last minute changes)

Every Wednesday, 8:00pm (Returns January 7)

Melbourne's best improv show, starring cast and crew from Ch 10’s television improv juggernaut 'Thank God You’re Here' plus a different special guest every week.

It’s long form improv at its finest, with famous faces dropping by each week for a completely improvised and always chaotic performance.

Based off audience suggestion, Something Good makes up a show that is something great and something that will never be seen again. Past guests include Aaron Chen, Andy Lee, Broden Kelly, Glenn Robbins, Anne Edmonds, Bajo, Wil Anderson, Guy Montgomery, Rhys Nicholson, Tom Cashman, Charlie Pickering, Nina Oyama, Zachary Ruane and way way more.

Each week our special guests are joined by a rotating casat of Melbourne's best improvisers: Amy Ruffle, Ben Russell, Lena Moon, Alistair Baldwin, Pedro Cooray, Tiana Hogben, Taylor Griffiths, Millie Holten, Tim Hewitt, Kyran Nicholson, Josh Chodziesner and Barney Pollock.

UPCOMING SPECIAL GUESTS:

Wednesday 7 January Damian Callinan

Wednesday 14 January David Correos

Wednesday 21 January Cassie Workman

Friday 16 January, 6:30pm

Scout promises 50 minutes of their best stand up comedy and unflinching eye contact with every single audience member.

This show will be filmed, so if you're a slut for screen time please sit in the front row.

Saturday 17 January, 5:00pm

The Newest Olympian is the #1 Percy Jackson podcast, following the journey of Mike Schubert, a grown man, making his way through the series for the first time.

TNO Live brings all the nerdy, comedic, and mythological joy from the podcast to a stage near you (if you live in the general vicinity of Melbourne, Australia)!

Mike will be joined by a guest to break down part of the fourth book in the Heroes of Olympus series: The House of Hades. And as is tradition, the show will end with audience Q&A!

Secure your tickets so we can Per-See Ya at the show!

Friday 23 January, 6:30pm

The new show by award winning Japanese comedian and your favourite 'Waka'.

Wabi-sabi (侘び寂び) is a Japanese aesthetic that finds beauty in imperfection, impermanence, and incompleteness.

Waka believes the concept of Wabi-sabi is the great way to make people happy. And he also thinks it might connect and adapt to his comedy. In this show you will find laughs and happiness with his Wabi-sabi comedy.
Arigato! Big bow.

As seen on The Gala, Thank God You're Here, Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee and Taskmaster Australia.

*WINNER* Director's Choice Award, Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2023
*Nominee* Most Outstanding Show, Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2024

“Exquisite stand-up” ★★★★ Chortle UK  

“Abundant pleasure... It's a genuine joy to be insulted by him” ★★★★ The Scotsman  

Thursday 29 January, 6:00pm

Danny Bhoy is about to embark on a regional tour of his smash hit show ‘Dear World…’

This is a chance to see a warm-up of the show which was a complete sell-out at the 2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival!

This is a 75-minute show with no interval. Limited 4 tickets per booking.

All Net proceeds from the show will be donated to Foodbank Victoria

Friday 30 & Saturday 31 January, 6:30pm

COMEDY SPECIAL TAPING

Con Coutis has been sent to Heck Island to perform stand-up comedy. After a security scare, he is wrongfully imprisoned. With an hour on the clock, he must break out, clear his name and tell at least 28 jokes.

Escape from Heck Island is like being inside a really funny prison break movie. To add to the immersion, the show makes use of surround sound (!) and some other tech trickery you'll have to see to believe.

★★★★★ ArtsHub  

★★★★★ The Funny Tonne  

★★★★★ Lilithia Reviews  

★★★★★ Theatre Matters  

★★★★ The Age  

NOMINATED - Green Room Award for Best Sound Design, Independent Theatre 2024 + 2025
NOMINATED - Golden Gibbo Award Melb Int. Comedy Festival 2023
NOMINATED - Best Comedy at Melbourne Fringe 2023 + 2024
WINNER - Sound and Technical Excellence Award at Melbourne Fringe 2024

Saturdays from 7 Feb - 7 Mar, 6:30pm

Melbourne's best comedians try out their new shit.

We’re peeling back the curtain and shining the light on Melbourne’s best comedians as they test out their freshest material in these lineup shows of our best comedians.

Be the very first to hear jokes that might end up in award-winning shows, Gala appearances, or maybe even straight in the bin.

Expect new bits, scribbled notes, nerves, and a whole lot of laughs from your favourite comedians trying their newest jokes.

UPCOMING LINEUPS TBA

26 March - 19 April, 6:00pm

After a 2025 sold-out national tour of his completely improvised stand-up show, Wil Anderson is back for more. No script, no recordings, just every night a different show created specifically for the audience in the room.

Witness one of the fastest comedic minds of his generation for a unique Festival experience in the intimate surroundings of Melbourne’s favourite Comedy Club - Comedy Republic.

BOOK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WILL SELL OUT TOO QUICKLY.

“A back-to-basics gem, stand-up in its most ephemeral and pure form.” The Saturday Paper, 2025  

26 March - 19 April, 7:30pm

I told my manager I wanted to write a show about dead dogs, and she said “oh god” but that’s not really my problem, it’s her job to market it.

This show isn’t sad, you will leave feeling good. I promise.

Thinking about asking my vet for a refund on the euthanasia just to see what happens.

Sunday 29 March, 4:30pm

A joyful, absurd celebration of Stuart Daulman’s 20 years in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Revisiting characters, stories and chaos in Stuart Daulman, This Is Your Comedy Life.