High octane laugh out loud improv comedy!

The best indie improv teams are coming to Big Fork Theatre every Thursday night to face off against each other in the ultimate comedy showdown.

Each week the reigning Cage Match champions are challenged by a new team. Both teams get 15 minutes to win over the audience, who vote on who continues to next week. This show is high octane laugh out loud improv comedy.

Opening the show this week is the Musical Mixer - musical improv comedy scenes featuring Brisbane's best musical improvisers. It's a lot of fun!

TICKETS ARE ONLY $10 ONLINE | $15 ON THE DOOR

A night of big laughs at one of Brisbane’s best establishments!

Quick fire jokes, off the cuff characters, fun improv games and songs guarantee non-stop laughs. If you’re a fan of Whose Line Is It Anyway or Thank God You’re Here – this is the show for you!

Featuring the best improvisers in Brisbane from the award winning Big Fork Theatre.

This show will be in the beautiful main beer hall of the Brisbane German Club. The beer and food is delicious and the entertainment will be worldclass. Come have a Schnitz & Giggle.

“Deeply entertaining” - Anywhere Festival

“Chaotic hilarity” - Nothing Ever Happens In Brisbane

"The audience exited the theatre with tears of laughter still streaming down their face" - Theatre Haus

Ticket Prices:
General/Conc - $28/$25
Group of 4+ - $25pp
Table of 6 - $150 ($25pp)

This show will be performed in English.

An absolutely stacked line up of BIPOC comedians!

It’s the BIPOC comedy night you didn’t even know you’d been waiting for - the Kaju Comedy Show! From the legendary standup sensation Craig Quartermaine to the award-winning Asian Aunties improv duo to the comedy debut of national poetry champion Huda the Goddess, prepare to be severely tickled as our lineup of comics take the stage!

Tickets: $25/20 full/concession (only 80 seats - grab yours now!)
Date: Friday May 1st, 7.00pm - 8.30pm
Venue: Big Fork Theatre (Lv 2, 252 St Pauls Ter, Fortitude Valley QLD 4000, Australia)

Organisers: Dylan Prins and Ayesha Ratnayake along with Big Fork Theatre

Brisbane's best musical improv show!

Join us for a brilliant night of musical comedy whimsy! The Tuning Forks are here and they're going to perform an entire Broadway-style musical for you, made up completely on the spot - all they need is a title to get started.

Watch this amazing ensemble sing, dance and joke through the entire show. They will leave you in stitches and also a little bit gobsmacked - they're world-class!

TICKETS ARE ONLY $20 ONLINE | $25 ON THE DOOR

A Spoken Word Artist performing at a comedy lounge?

Get ready for an art form so new that a Google search will only provide a single article from a random academic arts journal in Vienna.

An art form so new that the above mentioned artist only knows one other artist that performs it.

We heard you like Standup Comedy, we hope you like Spoken Word Poetry, now get ready for Standup Poetry!

Alexi Edwards is a poet and spoken word performer from Boorloo (Perth), now based in Meanjin (Brisbane). Her work explores mental health, queer identity, and politics through sharp social critique and narrative lyricism. Drawing on the blunt veracity of Catullus, the storytelling tradition of Banjo Paterson, and a touch of Edgar Allan Poe's theatricality, her poetry bridges page and stage while somehow managing to give her audience a good laugh. Alexi self-published her debut poetry book and spoken word album which launched on 4 April and is available both in-person and online via her Ko-Fi shop.

'I Am Not Okay - Live' is the next evolution of the debut album, turning the album into a full length stage experience. 'I Am Not Okay - Live' combines elements of traditional spoken word poetry with standup comedy to create a unique hybrid experience that feels right at home in a theatre, poetry bar, or comedy lounge — taking audiences on Alexi's ten year journey from her lowest to genuinely being okay over an emotional yet hilarious hour.

High octane laugh out loud improv comedy!

The best indie improv teams are coming to Big Fork Theatre every Thursday night to face off against each other in the ultimate comedy showdown.

Each week the reigning Cage Match champions are challenged by a new team. Both teams get 15 minutes to win over the audience, who vote on who continues to next week. This show is high octane laugh out loud improv comedy.

Opening the show this week is The Mixer - several short fast-paced comedy scenes featuring our most experienced and newest improvisers. It's a lot of fun!

TICKETS ARE ONLY $10 ONLINE | $15 ON THE DOOR

Brisbane’s best comedians do anything except stand-up comedy!

Chaos show big wild show fun insane show yay!

Clowns, poets, sketch comedy, live music, burlesque! We got it all! It’s going to be weird and that’s exactly what we want! Weird Show is a night of alternative comedy where Brisbane’s best comedians do anything except stand-up comedy.

Presented by Brisbane sketch comedy legend Matt Nunn.

Little spoons for big laughs!

Come see Brisbane's funniest and most endearing disabled and chronically ill improvisers do funny make-em-ups on stage for your entertainment.

We know better than most that laughter isn't actually the best medicine, but it sure can ease the load of moving through a world that wasn't built for you.

Diagnonsense is scheduled at an early evening showtime to help you manage your spoons. Head home early if you're spent or hang around for more hilarious comedy with Big Fork Theatre's regular Saturday Night Comedy programming.

Big Fork Theatre is a fully accessible venue. The corner entrance to the building is stair-free, there's an elevator that will bring you up to the second floor and the flexible seating in our theatre can be adapted to accommodate any needs. Strobe lighting will never be used in a Diagnonsense show.

Personal accommodations (headphones, stimming, etc) are welcome, we just ask that you respect the performers' needs and limit talking/vocal expression while the cast is performing. Laughing is encouraged of course! Please reach out of you have any particular accessibility needs you'd like accommodated. We can't promise everything will be possible but we'll always try.

Diagnonsense is brought to you by a Little Spoons, a group of Big Fork Theatre community members living with disability and chronic illness. Through these shows, we hope to grow the visible representation of disability and chronic illness on Brisbane performing arts and comedy stages. In the process we might just happen to break down some stigmas, challenge some internalised ableism and encourage more inclusive practices across the arts. But no pressure!

TICKETS ARE ONLY $10 ONLINE | $15 ON THE DOOR

All proceeds for this show will support homeless people in Brisbane (many of whom have disabilities and chronic illness). We are also collecting donations of ready to eat non-perishable food, clothing, sleeping bags, mobile phones and other needed items.

Two killer comedy shows for your Saturday night!

Raised By Wolves headlines this banging show. The best improv group in Brisbane are back with a vengeance in 2026. Their shows are total comedy chaos - big energy and non-stop laughs. Come see why they are slowly becoming Brisbane comedy royalty.

Queer Show is one of our most popular shows, featuring the best LGBTQIA+ comedians. They absolutely tear the stage apart every time they perform, leaving the audience crying with laughter. It's a 10/10 would do again comedy show!

TICKETS ARE ONLY $20 ONLINE | $25 ON THE DOOR

A one-night only Brisbane showing that is camp as tits!

Aussie comedian Joshua Hauville blends stand up, theatre and clowny burlesque to share his experience of trying to make it, find love and learn French in the piss-ridden streets of Paris with no money and a whole lotta dream.

After a Melbourne comedy debut in 2025, the show has toured in Paris, London, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide and MICF 2026 and is coming in hot for a one-night only Brisbane showing that is camp as tits.

Join Joshy as he braves a slew of ridiculous scenarios. Will he triumph over Paris, or will France smoke this f*g just like every other?"

‘Expect to never be bored in this show and to never be able to predict what comes next.’ Perth Theatre Reviews

‘A high energy hour of non-stop laughter; Joshy in Paris will give you a great ab workout’ ★★★★ Matilda Marseillaise