Saturday 1 November, 4:00pm

“I've always considered the Greens to be a real, serious danger to Australia”  Scott Morrison  

One of the top 20 coolest Australian left-wing podcasts in the country is reaching 200 episodes and we want YOU to help us celebrate.

Join filthy commies EMERALD MOON, TOM BALLARD and producer THE GRIFF as they return to Comedy Republic to critique #auspol, inspire hope and change and generally take the piss. Expect laughs, hot takes, and good times.

Featuring a VERY special guest: cheeky comedian legend and friend-of-the-show WIL ANDERSON!

This show will sell out - BOOK NOW!

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Saturday 1 November, 6:30pm

A-List Entertainment presents

I can’t focus. I don’t know if it’s microplastics, long covid or because I pay $500 a week to live in a mould experiment.

This year - I went to a rally dressed as Boba Fett and was bashed by both police and protestors. - I formed a parasocial relationship with a doordash chatbot - I lost all my crpyto trying to buy a mermaid skeleton

“His mind works like no other” ★★★★★ Chortle (UK)  

“Genius and insanity… a truly brilliant writer” ★★★★ The Scotsman (UK)  

“Book yesterday” ★★★★ The Age (UK)  

Winner: Best of the Fest, Sydney Comedy Festival 2025
Winner: Director’s Choice Award, Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2025
Winner: Piece of Wood Award, Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2023

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Every Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 8:00pm

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 - - -

THURSDAY 30 OCTOBER Sam Taunton, Kirsty Webeck, Tony Lyall, Con Coutis, Nicolette Minster & Ben Russell

FRIDAY 31 OCTOBER Kirsty Webeck, Tony Lyall, Nicolette Minster, Ben Russell, Noah Szto & Charisa Bossinakis

SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER Sam Taunton, Kirsty Webeck, Tony Lyall, Dan Rath, Nicolette Minster & Ben Russell

THURSDAY 6 NOVEMBER Takashi Wakasugi, Jordan Barr, Frankie Rowsthorn, Annie Boyle, Chris Demos & Ben Hunter

FRIDAY 7 NOVEMBER Takashi Wakasugi, Jordan Barr, Frankie Rowsthorn, Annie Boyle, Chris Demos & Ben Hunter

SATURDAY 8 NOVEMBER Takashi Wakasugi, Jordan Barr, Frankie Rowsthorn, Annie Boyle, Chris Demos & Ben Hunter

(Lineups are subject to last minute changes)

Monday 3 November, 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 9 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

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 4 NOVEMBER: Annie Louey, Ray O'Leary, Ben Hunter, Frankie Rowsthorn, Angus Gordon, Oscar Robertson & Roisin McAlinden

TUESDAY 11 NOVEMBER: Daniel Connell, Rohan Ganju, Meg Jäger, Stu Daulman, Rose Bishop, Sean Collier & Stella Wu

Every Wednesday, 8:00pm

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 Amy Ruffle, Ben Russell, Lena Moon and Alistair Baldwin will be joined by an extended ensemble cast including Pedro Cooray, Tiana Hogben, Taylor Griffiths, Millie Holten, Tim Hewitt, Kyran Nicholson, Josh Chodziesner and Barney Pollock.

UPCOMING SPECIAL GUESTS:

Wednesday 5 November Frankie Rowsthorn

Wednesday 12 November Josh Earl

Wednesday 19 November Chloe Petts

Wednesday 26 November Holy Shit Improv - Casey Feigh, Dave Theune & Jacob Womack

Thursday 6 November, 6:30pm

Meg Jäger and Sammy Petersen are going to film their greatest jokes from this years comedy festival and FILM THEM. And you can be a part of that!

Friday 31 October, 6:30pm &
Friday 7 November, 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

31 October: Claire Hooper, Bron Lewis, Tony Lyall, Ray O'Leary & Ben Russell

7 November: Lloyd Langford, Takashi Wakasugi, Jordan Barr, Bronwyn Kuss & Lizzy Hoo

7 & 8 November, 10pm

Fine I'll do another standup show!! You've all been gagging for it!!

Over two nights I'm going to riff and muck around with NEW STORIES and NEW OPINIONS.

This is all brand new, un-tested, half-improvised, total slop, from the mind of an OPERATIONAL GENIUS. Both nights will be different. I got a lot of home truths and I'm going to absolutely LET LOOSE.

Saturday 8 November, 5:00pm

You are cordially invited to the very first table reading of Fergus Linacre’s THE KNOT. A brand new comedy series about love, chaos, and the beautiful mess that goes on behind the scenes with the wedding event staff.

Join us at Comedy Republic for one night only, to witness this pilot script come to life at the table for the first time, with a complimentary glass of prosecco on arrival.

Join Alex Dyson, Tom Ballard, Jordan Barr, Francis Greenslade, Jamie Timony, Amy Ruffle, Tiana Hogben, Janty Blair, and Barney Pollock as we take you through the very first episode in an intimate read that lets you feel the rhythm of the writing and be part of the night the world of the show takes its first breath.

Episode Synopsis
Recently heartbroken, James arrives for his first shift as a waiter at a seemingly posh Melbourne wedding venue. He meets Emily, and joins the unruly staff in a futile endeavor to appease the cashed up bogans who know all too well how to celebrate. Fiasco ensues as we lift the veil on the wonderfully romantic and chaotically faulty world of weddings.

"THE KNOT is an homage to the nine years I spent working at a wedding reception. It became a second home for me and the staff, who often worked six weddings a week. We navigated young adulthood together amidst great pageantry, in a demanding, emotionally heightened environment." - Fergus Linacre (Singer & Guitarist - Kingswood)

Thursday 13 November, 6:30pm

Twenty years. That’s how long it’s been since Sami Shah first stepped on stage, told a joke, and thought, “This’ll be easy.”

Two decades later, he's got the stories, and the heckler scars to prove otherwise. In that time, comedy’s changed, the world’s changed, and he's changed. None for the better.

This 20th anniversary show is a greatest hits, a worst-of, and a brand-new set all rolled into one. It’s about survival: surviving bad gigs, hostile audiences, global pandemics, marriage(s), divorce(s), and jokes that should never have made it out of the notebook.

Expect sharp new material, ancient callbacks, and the kind of honesty that only comes from being too tired to lie anymore.

Two decades of stand-up. Zero chance Sami's stopping now.

Friday 14 November, 6:30pm

Get ready to buckle up for a wild ride with Bev Killick, the unapologetically bold and brassy queen of Aussie comedy! From the moment she blasts onto the stage, Bev delivers a high-octane, laugh-out-loud performance that’s raw, real, and riotously funny. Whether she’s flashing granny undies or dropping truth bombs with her signature bawdy charm, Bev’s irreverent rants and powerhouse presence leave audiences howling.

Having toured with Puppetry of the Penis, starred in Busting Out!, and shared the stage with legends like Weird Al Yankovic and Wayne Brady, Bev is no stranger to bringing the house down. She’s the first female stand-up to perform for the troops, and her credits span everything from Kath & Kim to The Very Excellent Mr Dundee.

This is not just a comedy show - it’s a full-throttle celebration of life, laughter, and letting loose. Bev Killick doesn’t hold back, and neither should you. Grab your tickets, bring your mates, and prepare for a night of comedy that’s as cheeky as it is unforgettable.

Monday 24 November, 7:30pm

Hosted by Damian Callinan with special guests Kirsty Webeck, Laura Davis & Rowan Thambar

Comedy Republic presents Stranger Than Fiction, an evening of wild ideas, vivid truths, real-life experiences and outright lies. Join Melbourne’s most exciting, funny and refreshing voices for an intimate evening storytelling. This month's theme 'Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire'

Be captivated as our storytellers from the worlds of comedy, literature and the media share their tall tales, nostalgic novellas, and fabulous fables.

Past guests Lawrence Leung, Georgia Love, Geraldine Hickey, Claire Hooper, Cal Wilson, Osman Faruqi, Zachary Ruane, Mark Watson (UK), Michael Hing, Chris Parker (NZ), Josie Long (UK) & Laura Davis, Celia Pacquola, Tom Ballard, Michelle Brasier, Rowan Thambar, Rhys Nicholson, Greg Larsen, Chloe Elisabeth Wilson, Sashi Perera & more.

Saturday 29 November, 6:30pm

An improv show featuring the best comedy talent in LA. Fast, funny, silly, smart, and as consistently hilarious as any written show, audiences can’t believe Holy Shit Improv is an entirely improvised hour of comedy. A show so funny, it’ll have you screaming, “Holy Shit!”

“Holy Shit Improv is fucking great!"- Bobby Moynihan (SNL)  
“Holy shit, I love Holy Shit Improv so much, I mean seriously, holy shit."- D’Arcy Carden (The Good Place)  

Featuring lineup from Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB): Casey Feigh, Dave Theune & Jacob Womack

2 December, 6:00pm
3, 4 & 5 December, 6:30pm

Come and join Tom Cashman as he tests out some brand-spanking-new jokes for his upcoming Australian tour.

He’ll be sweating it out with material that just might be gold or might never be heard again!

Saturday 6 December, 8:00pm

It’s beginning to look a LOT like Christmas. A time to cherish loved ones? Ew, no thanks.

After the last tour became a smash hit followed up by a Comedy Special on Binge, your favourite drunk aunties are back by inappropriate popular demand to bring you the biggest gay yuletide yet.

Joel Creasey (Australia’s #1 drive radio show “Ricki-Lee, Tim and Joel”, Eurovision, Netflix) and Rhys Nicholson (RuPaul’s Drag Race Downunder, Conan, Taskmaster) as they swap carols for queens and heartfelt stories for even heartfelter gossip with some of their favourite comedians, musicians and who knows, maybe even a guy dressed as an elf?

What better way to get in the Christmas spirit than spending some time with a couple of HO HO HOs?

This performance is held at The Capitol, 113 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000

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