Big Fork is Brisbane’s home of comedy
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Improvised comedy
Improvised comedy is made up on the spot. Big Fork has Brisbane’s funniest and best improvisers performing every week, including in our flagship show Cool Story Bro featuring local Brisbane legends telling true stories. Big Fork’s improvisers have trained at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade, New Zealand Improv Festival and iO Chicago.
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Sketch comedy
Sketch comedy, like Saturday Night Live or Full Frontal, is bite sized comedy scenes. Big Fork Theatre have been performing live sketch comedy since 2014, and we have the finniest writers and actors in Brisbane bringing you regular hilarious sketch comedy including in our show Get It* Inya. (*live comedy).
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Stand up comedy
Stand up comedy is a core part of any comedy lineup - one person, a mic and finely honed jokes. Big Fork Theatre presents some of the best stand up comedians Brisbane has to offer, with a guarantee of quality and entertainment. Come have a laugh and see comedians performing new and tried and tested work.
See a show at Big Fork Theatre!
Winner Best Comedy Weekly Award 2024 Perth Fringe
Winner Best Comedy Weekly Award 2023 Adelaide Fringe
Every show I've ever done has been unanimously enjoyed. Also, nothing has ever gone wrong. This time, I can only presume, will be no different.
'admire the chaos' ★★★★★ Isolated Nation
'a unique style all of his own' ★★★★½ The Barefoot Review
'almost indescribable' ★★★★ The List
'egotistical delusions' ★★★★ The Scotsman
Big Fork Theatre is a licenced venue. Patrons under 18 years MUST be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Winner Best Comedy Weekly Award 2024 Perth Fringe
Winner Best Comedy Weekly Award 2023 Adelaide Fringe
Every show I've ever done has been unanimously enjoyed. Also, nothing has ever gone wrong. This time, I can only presume, will be no different.
'admire the chaos' ★★★★★ Isolated Nation
'a unique style all of his own' ★★★★½ The Barefoot Review
'almost indescribable' ★★★★ The List
'egotistical delusions' ★★★★ The Scotsman
Big Fork Theatre is a licenced venue. Patrons under 18 years MUST be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Winner Best Comedy Weekly Award 2024 Perth Fringe
Winner Best Comedy Weekly Award 2023 Adelaide Fringe
Every show I've ever done has been unanimously enjoyed. Also, nothing has ever gone wrong. This time, I can only presume, will be no different.
'admire the chaos' ★★★★★ Isolated Nation
'a unique style all of his own' ★★★★½ The Barefoot Review
'almost indescribable' ★★★★ The List
'egotistical delusions' ★★★★ The Scotsman
Big Fork Theatre is a licenced venue. Patrons under 18 years MUST be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Every Thursday at Big Fork Theatre, see improvised comedy teams compete for the Cage Match title belt.
Each week our reigning champions are challenged by a new team. Each team performs a hilarious 20 minutes of improvised comedy, and you the audience get to vote on who continues to next week. This raucous, fun show will get you through to Friday with a spring in your step. The show is opened by a different improv format each week as well, so it’s 3 shows for the price of one in a neat 80 minute package.
Four teams. One winner. The Brisbane Improv League pits the best of the best against each other in an electrifying showdown of wit, jokes, and goofs. With all the exhilarating highs and lows of the State of Origin footy season, the Brisbane Improv League is a not-to-be-missed comedy event!
Raw muscle, tactical thinking, good cardiovascular fitness... all these things are USELESS in the Brisbane Improv League stadium. Who will win? The Bin Chickens? The Brown Snakes? The Kookaburra Queens? The City Cats? Find out across four shows from May to July. Choose your team and cheer them through to the finals. No fence sitters allowed.
A totally improvised musical from Brisbane's best musical improv troupe the Tuning Forks!
See these talented performers sing, dance and joke through a Broadway-style musical made up on the spot. Watch the heroes journey, see them meet and interact with their world and their classic rivals and villains, and the whole time enjoy incredible spontaneous music accompanied by incredible musician and director Mark Grimes.
Brisbane's brand new late night variety show: stand-up, sketch & music collide!
Nothing to do on a Saturday night? Stay up late-lin with Rhys and Caitlin!
Stand-up, sketch and music collide in this brand new late night variety show starring a selection of Brisbane’s favourite comedians, and hosted by your new best friends, Caitlin and Rhys!
The perfect evening of side-splitting stand up comedy. Each show features a brilliant MC, alongside the best comedians from Brisbane and beyond - you never know who might drop in!
Round out your night by enjoying a drink from our stacked bar, serving an awesome selection of beers from the Newstead Brewing Co range.
Finish your weekend with a laugh. Every Sunday (except the 1st Sunday of the month).
Every Thursday at Big Fork Theatre, see improvised comedy teams compete for the Cage Match title belt.
Each week our reigning champions are challenged by a new team. Each team performs a hilarious 20 minutes of improvised comedy, and you the audience get to vote on who continues to next week. This raucous, fun show will get you through to Friday with a spring in your step. The show is opened by a different improv format each week as well, so it’s 3 shows for the price of one in a neat 80 minute package.
This Friday night, have a belly laugh with us as we bring you the best improvised comedy in Brisbane. This show features Big Fork Theatre's LGBTQIA+ improvisers in Queer Show. Sharing stories from their lives, and bringing cheeky fun to their lived experiences, it's a guaranteed fun time.
Also featuring the Musical Mixer, where improvisers make up songs and scenes from musicals on the spot. It's a rollicking good time with Brisbane's best performers.
“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