Shows at Big Fork Theatre
Big Fork Queer Comedy Hour
MELT FESTIVAL 2025
Brisbane's only dedicated Improv Comedy theatre is bringing their side-splitting show to MELT!
Featuring top LGBTQI+ improvisors, every hilarious moment is made up on the spot. Prepare for a night full of spontaneous laughter and unforgettable fun with some of Brisbane's best talent. Don’t miss out on this unique, vibrant, and utterly entertaining experience. Come and laugh the night away with the best of Brisbane's improv comedy scene!
The Wedding
MELT FESTIVAL 2025
Ten characters. One comedian. All chaos.
Dave and Tony just want to have the perfect day. Unfortunately, they've invited their family. From the well meaning best man to the judgemental aunt. Terrible bridesmaids to creepy uncles. They're all here. It's the wedding reception you never wanted, but always wanted to go to.
Join multiple award-winning comedian Andy Balloch for a queer, absurd, character sketch show about love and all the things that get in its way.
★★★★★ Lilithia Reviews
★★★★★ Fringefeed
★★★★★ Theatre Matters
★★★★ ArtsHub
★★★★ Hugging Comedians
★★★★ Glam Adelaide
“A brilliant queer comedic mind” The Age
“Nothing short of a wonder” Beat Magazine
“Simply incredible to watch unfold” My Melbourne Arts
“Unlike anything else that I’ve ever seen” Lilithia Reviews
“Rapid wit, face aching comedy and a brave statement on human rights” Theatre Matters
Nominee Golden Gibbo 2025 & 2023 - Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Winner Best Comedy Weekly Award 2025 - Perth Fringe
Winner Best Comedy Weekly Award 2024 - Adelaide Fringe
Winner QLD Tour Ready Award 2023 - Melbourne Fringe
Big Fork Queer Comedy Hour
MELT FESTIVAL 2025
Brisbane's only dedicated Improv Comedy theatre is bringing their side-splitting show to MELT!
Featuring top LGBTQI+ improvisors, every hilarious moment is made up on the spot. Prepare for a night full of spontaneous laughter and unforgettable fun with some of Brisbane's best talent. Don’t miss out on this unique, vibrant, and utterly entertaining experience. Come and laugh the night away with the best of Brisbane's improv comedy scene!
Caution, Under Concussion!
MELT FESTIVAL 2025
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. But what if life gives you not just lemons, but a variety of fruits, vegetables and more? What if all of those are invisible? Santoso‘s life changed drastically after an accident that created an enormous shift in her cognitive and physical capabilities.
She was mourning the loss of her old self, including her abilities that previously defined her, and how she lived her life by pushing her limits - which is a No No when you are recovering from a concussion. It took her a long time to accept herself and re-learn to take a break, and understand her unpredictable daily threshold.
This show is an honest and hilarious sneak peek about Santoso’s journey in living with invisible disabilities, how to find a new purpose in life, all while experiencing a spectrum reaction from others. She will tell stories, jokes, and sing parodies with hope to exhibit the harsh reality of looking good when you are indeed suffering.
Gays of Our Lives
MELT FESTIVAL 2025
Drama! Evil twins! Double crosses! And plenty of champagne!
Multiple award-winning comedian Andy Balloch, and Justin Porter, the award nominated team behind ‘Cher & Retweet’ (Australian Podcast Awards- Best Comedy Podcast), play every character in ‘Gays of our Lives’ – a completely improvised, gay soap opera!
“Masters of their craft” - Lilithia Reviews
“Goddamned hilarious” - The A.V. Club
“An unstoppable comedic duo” - Australian Arts Review
“I haven’t laughed so hard in so long” - QNews Magazine
Big Fork Queer Comedy Hour
MELT FESTIVAL 2025
Brisbane's only dedicated Improv Comedy theatre is bringing their side-splitting show to MELT!
Featuring top LGBTQI+ improvisors, every hilarious moment is made up on the spot. Prepare for a night full of spontaneous laughter and unforgettable fun with some of Brisbane's best talent. Don’t miss out on this unique, vibrant, and utterly entertaining experience. Come and laugh the night away with the best of Brisbane's improv comedy scene!
Caution, Under Concussion!
MELT FESTIVAL 2025
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. But what if life gives you not just lemons, but a variety of fruits, vegetables and more? What if all of those are invisible? Santoso‘s life changed drastically after an accident that created an enormous shift in her cognitive and physical capabilities.
She was mourning the loss of her old self, including her abilities that previously defined her, and how she lived her life by pushing her limits - which is a No No when you are recovering from a concussion. It took her a long time to accept herself and re-learn to take a break, and understand her unpredictable daily threshold.
This show is an honest and hilarious sneak peek about Santoso’s journey in living with invisible disabilities, how to find a new purpose in life, all while experiencing a spectrum reaction from others. She will tell stories, jokes, and sing parodies with hope to exhibit the harsh reality of looking good when you are indeed suffering.
Gays of Our Lives
MELT FESTIVAL 2025
Drama! Evil twins! Double crosses! And plenty of champagne!
Multiple award-winning comedian Andy Balloch, and Justin Porter, the award nominated team behind ‘Cher & Retweet’ (Australian Podcast Awards- Best Comedy Podcast), play every character in ‘Gays of our Lives’ – a completely improvised, gay soap opera!
“Masters of their craft” - Lilithia Reviews
“Goddamned hilarious” - The A.V. Club
“An unstoppable comedic duo” - Australian Arts Review
“I haven’t laughed so hard in so long” - QNews Magazine
Caution, Under Concussion!
MELT FESTIVAL 2025
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. But what if life gives you not just lemons, but a variety of fruits, vegetables and more? What if all of those are invisible? Santoso‘s life changed drastically after an accident that created an enormous shift in her cognitive and physical capabilities.
She was mourning the loss of her old self, including her abilities that previously defined her, and how she lived her life by pushing her limits - which is a No No when you are recovering from a concussion. It took her a long time to accept herself and re-learn to take a break, and understand her unpredictable daily threshold.
This show is an honest and hilarious sneak peek about Santoso’s journey in living with invisible disabilities, how to find a new purpose in life, all while experiencing a spectrum reaction from others. She will tell stories, jokes, and sing parodies with hope to exhibit the harsh reality of looking good when you are indeed suffering.
Big Fork Queer Comedy Hour
MELT FESTIVAL 2025
Brisbane's only dedicated Improv Comedy theatre is bringing their side-splitting show to MELT!
Featuring top LGBTQI+ improvisors, every hilarious moment is made up on the spot. Prepare for a night full of spontaneous laughter and unforgettable fun with some of Brisbane's best talent. Don’t miss out on this unique, vibrant, and utterly entertaining experience. Come and laugh the night away with the best of Brisbane's improv comedy scene!
Identity Quest
MELT FESTIVAL 2025
A celebration of the life and adventures of Julie Peters.
As a child, people kept telling Julie Peters she was a boy, and she could never be a girl. She didn't believe them! At first, her quest to become her authentic self, with a coherent identity, was totally undirected and took decades. On her journey she needed to overcome all the negative labels and the mega stress inflicted by wrong puberty.
Along the way she tried showbiz, academia, politics, environmentalism, promoting social justice and equity, becoming an accidental archivist and fashionista. We meet the `personae dramatis’ of her life including family, teachers, nuns, monks Macbeth’s witches, movie stars, colleagues.
Big Fork Queer Comedy Hour
MELT FESTIVAL 2025
Brisbane's only dedicated Improv Comedy theatre is bringing their side-splitting show to MELT!
Featuring top LGBTQI+ improvisors, every hilarious moment is made up on the spot. Prepare for a night full of spontaneous laughter and unforgettable fun with some of Brisbane's best talent. Don’t miss out on this unique, vibrant, and utterly entertaining experience. Come and laugh the night away with the best of Brisbane's improv comedy scene!
Identity Quest
MELT FESTIVAL 2025
A celebration of the life and adventures of Julie Peters.
As a child, people kept telling Julie Peters she was a boy, and she could never be a girl. She didn't believe them! At first, her quest to become her authentic self, with a coherent identity, was totally undirected and took decades. On her journey she needed to overcome all the negative labels and the mega stress inflicted by wrong puberty.
Along the way she tried showbiz, academia, politics, environmentalism, promoting social justice and equity, becoming an accidental archivist and fashionista. We meet the `personae dramatis’ of her life including family, teachers, nuns, monks Macbeth’s witches, movie stars, colleagues.
A Drag Race RPG (comedy show)
MELT FESTIVAL 2025
The epic tabletop roleplay show for binge watchers comes to Melt - Start your engines, we're doing Drag Race!
Step into the Werk Room for a live tabletop roleplay game full of challenges, runways and lipsyncs that will leave you gagged. Game Master Taylor Edwards leads a fierce band of queer comedians through a sickening new adventure, where the dice decide which queens will stay and who will sashay away. Only those with Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve and Talent will make it to the top!
Hot Shot Adventures homebrews one-shot TTRPGs out of your favourite shows, and trials them onstage with hilarious improvisers and comedians! Perfect for casual gamers and the uninitiated alike, with no need to follow a campaign or understand mechanics. Roll for chaos!
Hot Shot Adventures is hosted and created by your game master - comedian Taylor Edwards.
Big Fork Queer Comedy Hour
MELT FESTIVAL 2025
Brisbane's only dedicated Improv Comedy theatre is bringing their side-splitting show to MELT!
Featuring top LGBTQI+ improvisors, every hilarious moment is made up on the spot. Prepare for a night full of spontaneous laughter and unforgettable fun with some of Brisbane's best talent. Don’t miss out on this unique, vibrant, and utterly entertaining experience. Come and laugh the night away with the best of Brisbane's improv comedy scene!
Identity Quest
MELT FESTIVAL 2025
A celebration of the life and adventures of Julie Peters.
As a child, people kept telling Julie Peters she was a boy, and she could never be a girl. She didn't believe them! At first, her quest to become her authentic self, with a coherent identity, was totally undirected and took decades. On her journey she needed to overcome all the negative labels and the mega stress inflicted by wrong puberty.
Along the way she tried showbiz, academia, politics, environmentalism, promoting social justice and equity, becoming an accidental archivist and fashionista. We meet the `personae dramatis’ of her life including family, teachers, nuns, monks Macbeth’s witches, movie stars, colleagues.
Get It* Inya: *Experimental Sketch Comedy
Brisbane's longest running sketch comedy show!
Join Brisbane's best comedy writers and performers as they showcase their brand new sketches, characters and comedy bits you'll never see the like of again. Every show is a totally new hour of sketch comedy that will have you howling with laughter. If you love shows like Thank God You're Here or Saturday Night Live, then this is the show for you!
TICKETS ARE ONLY $10 ONLINE | $15 ON THE DOOR
Cage Match: Improvised Comedy Showdown
Brisbane's favourite improvised comedy showdown every Thursday night at Big Fork Theatre!
Each week our reigning Cage Match 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. This is comedy at its competitive best. This is mate vs mate. This is Cage Match!
Opening the show this week is the La Ronde.
TICKETS ARE ONLY $10 ONLINE | $15 ON THE DOOR
Inshallah, He's Funny!
Get ready, Brisbane—Rajaei Masoud is bringing his solo stand up comedy show, Inshallah, He’s Funny, to the Big Fork Theatre!
Fresh off being a RAW Comedy QLD finalist, Rajaei is quickly becoming one of the most exciting names in the Brisbane comedy scene. Known for his sharp wit, hilarious storytelling, and infectious energy, he takes the stage with a unique perspective shaped by his Jordanian-Palestinian heritage and his everyday life as a family man in Logan.
Expect laugh-out-loud stories about:
Navigating cultural clashes with unnecessary amount of honesty
The quirks of Logan’s wild and wonderful community
Aussie citizenship perks (and pitfalls)
The immigrant hustle, chasing dreams, and fitting into two worlds
Whether he’s roasting stereotypes, poking fun at local characters, or sharing tales of his roots, Rajaei has a gift for turning the everyday into comedy gold.
Why come to this show?
Don’t miss Rajaei Masoud: Inshallah, He’s Funny—a fresh, bold, and unmissable night of comedy in Brisbane. If you love discovering stand up that mixes sharp cultural commentary with everyday Aussie chaos, this show is for you.
DOORS 630PM | SHOW 7PM
Holographic Charizard
A comical music show about the greatest Pokémon and Pokémon card ever made.
Every song is about Charizard, interspersed with stories that take you on a journey of love, betrayal, hardship and humour. After not performing in Australia for 10 years, Holographic Charizard is back, bringing evolved showmanship and stories to new audiences around Australia.
The show mixes comedy, acoustic guitar and other spectacles alongside positive and uplifting crowd interactions (unless they are squirtle fans). You will hear all the cult classics including 'A song about Charizard', 'I choose you Charizard' and 'Why did you have to leave me Charizard'. Along with new works about Charizard adventures in far off lands including 'Everywhere you go is Charizard' and a song written entirely in Indonesian, 'lagu lagu Charizard harus dangdut la'. Many people have asked for it, now it's here, a new Holographic Charizard experience.
Come celebrate the greatest ever Pokémon with us!
Saturday Night Comedy: Cool Story Bro & Women's Show
Back to back killer shows for your Saturday night!
Cool Story Bro mixes the real-life stories of our special guest storytellers with the fast-paced comedic minds of Brisbane’s best improvisers. This is a one-of-a-kind show that’ll have you laughing your socks off. CSB sold out at the Brisbane Comedy Festival, Wynnum Fringe Festival and Brisbane Improv Festival. Big Fork Theatre's longest running show!
Women's Show is one of our best shows period. Featuring a stellar cast of women & non-binary performers, they will create incredible comedy scenes and stories that will leave you in stitches. You'll be smiling ear to ear!
TICKETS ARE ONLY $15 ONLINE | $20 ON THE DOOR
Holographic Charizard
A comical music show about the greatest Pokémon and Pokémon card ever made.
Every song is about Charizard, interspersed with stories that take you on a journey of love, betrayal, hardship and humour. After not performing in Australia for 10 years, Holographic Charizard is back, bringing evolved showmanship and stories to new audiences around Australia.
The show mixes comedy, acoustic guitar and other spectacles alongside positive and uplifting crowd interactions (unless they are squirtle fans). You will hear all the cult classics including 'A song about Charizard', 'I choose you Charizard' and 'Why did you have to leave me Charizard'. Along with new works about Charizard adventures in far off lands including 'Everywhere you go is Charizard' and a song written entirely in Indonesian, 'lagu lagu Charizard harus dangdut la'. Many people have asked for it, now it's here, a new Holographic Charizard experience.
Come celebrate the greatest ever Pokémon with us!
Cage Match: Improvised Comedy Showdown
Brisbane's favourite improvised comedy showdown every Thursday night at Big Fork Theatre!
Each week our reigning Cage Match 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. This is comedy at its competitive best. This is mate vs mate. This is Cage Match!
Opening the show this week is the Montage.
TICKETS ARE ONLY $10 ONLINE | $15 ON THE DOOR
Do Something
An evening of hilarious alternative comedy from Brisbane's best comedians!
Clowns, poets, sketch comedy, live music, burlesque! We got it all! It’s going to be weird and that’s exactly what we want! Do Something is a big night of alternative comedy where Brisbane’s best comedians do anything except stand-up comedy.
Presented by Brisbane sketch comedy legend Matt Nunn.
Holographic Charizard
A comical music show about the greatest Pokémon and Pokémon card ever made.
Every song is about Charizard, interspersed with stories that take you on a journey of love, betrayal, hardship and humour. After not performing in Australia for 10 years, Holographic Charizard is back, bringing evolved showmanship and stories to new audiences around Australia.
The show mixes comedy, acoustic guitar and other spectacles alongside positive and uplifting crowd interactions (unless they are squirtle fans). You will hear all the cult classics including 'A song about Charizard', 'I choose you Charizard' and 'Why did you have to leave me Charizard'. Along with new works about Charizard adventures in far off lands including 'Everywhere you go is Charizard' and a song written entirely in Indonesian, 'lagu lagu Charizard harus dangdut la'. Many people have asked for it, now it's here, a new Holographic Charizard experience.
Come celebrate the greatest ever Pokémon with us!
Saturday Night Comedy: An Improvised Musical from the Tuning Forks
A totally improvised musical from Brisbane's best musical improv troupe the Tuning Forks!
See these talented comedians sing, dance and joke through a Broadway-style musical made up entirely on the spot. Accompanied by the incredible musician/director Mark Grimes, this show will leave you in stitches and also a little bit gobsmacked - they're world-class!
TICKETS ARE ONLY $15 ONLINE | $20 ON THE DOOR
Holographic Charizard
A comical music show about the greatest Pokémon and Pokémon card ever made.
Every song is about Charizard, interspersed with stories that take you on a journey of love, betrayal, hardship and humour. After not performing in Australia for 10 years, Holographic Charizard is back, bringing evolved showmanship and stories to new audiences around Australia.
The show mixes comedy, acoustic guitar and other spectacles alongside positive and uplifting crowd interactions (unless they are squirtle fans). You will hear all the cult classics including 'A song about Charizard', 'I choose you Charizard' and 'Why did you have to leave me Charizard'. Along with new works about Charizard adventures in far off lands including 'Everywhere you go is Charizard' and a song written entirely in Indonesian, 'lagu lagu Charizard harus dangdut la'. Many people have asked for it, now it's here, a new Holographic Charizard experience.
Come celebrate the greatest ever Pokémon with us!
Cage Match: 2025 Brawl Off Heat 1 PLUS Musical Mixer
The best Cage Match teams of 2025 are competing for a spot in the Grand Final!
HEAT 1
Each week our reigning Cage Match 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 has been going all year AND NOW the 2025 Brawl Off begins!
The best teams of 2025 have been chosen. They will face off against each other, with the funniest team grabbing a spot in the 2025 Grand Final on Thursday 18 December. This is comedy at its competitive best. This is mate vs mate. This is Cage Match!
Opening the show this week is the Musical Mixer!!! Brisbane's best musical improvisers will sing hilarious songs off the cuff in this absolute spectacle of a show.
TICKETS ARE ONLY $10 ONLINE | $15 ON THE DOOR
Would You Lie To Me?
Think you're good at spotting a fib?
Get ready for an evening of outrageous stories, dubious confessions, and quick-witted banter in Would You Lie to Me?—the hilarious panel show where truth is stranger than fiction… or is it? Inspired by the hit BBC series Would I Lie to You?, this show pits two teams against each other as they bluff, guess, and giggle their way through unbelievable anecdotes. Some are 100% true. Others? Total fabrication. The only question is—can you tell the difference?
Saturday Night Comedy: Raised by Wolves & Wer Ya From
Back to back killer shows for your Saturday night!
Raised By Wolves, Brisbane's best and longest running improv group, are back! Watch them weave a hilarious improv set from nothing more then a single word. With more then 50 years of improv experience between them, RBW are Brisbane comedy royalty. Come on a wild, laugh out loud journey with them!
Wer Ya From is an improvised comedy show based on hilarious true stories of heritage and culture, performed by Big Fork Theatre's best multicultural performers. They are brilliant! Come see why Wer Ya From packs out Big Fork Theatre ever show.
TICKETS ARE ONLY $15 ONLINE | $20 ON THE DOOR
Student Graduation Show: The Scene & Characters
A night of celebration and fun as our newest students perform their grad show!
The Scene students have taken their improv skills to the next level and have been working really hard on the 2 person scene. They are ready to roll!
Our Character students have been working on creating strong improv characters on the spot. We can't wait for them to showcase these new skills!
Calling on friends, family, partners, work colleagues, and anyone else - come support this new crop of students as they take their improv journey to the next level.
TICKETS ARE ONLY $10 ONLINE | $15 ON THE DOOR
Cage Match: 2025 Brawl Off Heat 2
The best Cage Match teams of 2025 are competing for a spot in the Grand Final!
HEAT 2
Each week our reigning Cage Match 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 has been going all year AND NOW the 2025 Brawl Off begins!
The best teams of 2025 have been chosen. They will face off against each other, with the funniest team grabbing a spot in the 2025 Grand Final on Thursday 18 December. This is comedy at its competitive best. This is mate vs mate. This is Cage Match!
Opening the show this week is The Mixer.
TICKETS ARE ONLY $10 ONLINE | $15 ON THE DOOR
Cool Story Bro
The final Cool Story Bro of 2025!
Cool Story Bro mixes the real-life stories of our special guest storytellers with the fast-paced comedic minds of Brisbane’s best improvisers. This is a one-of-a-kind show that’ll have you laughing your socks off. CSB sold out at the Brisbane Comedy Festival, Wynnum Fringe Festival and Brisbane Improv Festival. Big Fork Theatre's longest running show!
TICKETS ARE ONLY $15 ONLINE | $20 ON THE DOOR
Afterbirth from a Hellmouth
Alternative comedy at its best!
Ross Purdy plays "Ross Purdy" in this alternate reality alternative comedy, putting the "destruction" in "deconstructionist anti-comedy stand up". He obliviously performs for a charity foundation spearheaded by the devilish Ian Faust to "solve" the cost of living crisis.
A Caligula orgy of nihil-ha-ha-ism, a bamboozling deluge of non sequiturs, nonsensical wordplay, body horror and punk music.
Saturday Night Comedy: An Improvised Musical from the Tuning Forks
A totally improvised musical from Brisbane's best musical improv troupe the Tuning Forks!
See these talented comedians sing, dance and joke through a Broadway-style musical made up entirely on the spot. Accompanied by the incredible musician/director Mark Grimes, this show will leave you in stitches and also a little bit gobsmacked - they're world-class!
TICKETS ARE ONLY $15 ONLINE | $20 ON THE DOOR
Afterbirth from a Hellmouth
Alternative comedy at its best!
Ross Purdy plays "Ross Purdy" in this alternate reality alternative comedy, putting the "destruction" in "deconstructionist anti-comedy stand up". He obliviously performs for a charity foundation spearheaded by the devilish Ian Faust to "solve" the cost of living crisis.
A Caligula orgy of nihil-ha-ha-ism, a bamboozling deluge of non sequiturs, nonsensical wordplay, body horror and punk music.
Get It* Inya: *Experimental Sketch Comedy
Brisbane's longest running sketch comedy show!
Join Brisbane's best comedy writers and performers as they showcase their brand new sketches, characters and comedy bits you'll never see the like of again. Every show is a totally new hour of sketch comedy that will have you howling with laughter. If you love shows like Thank God You're Here or Saturday Night Live, then this is the show for you!
TICKETS ARE ONLY $10 ONLINE | $15 ON THE DOOR
Cage Match: 2025 Brawl Off Heat 3
The best Cage Match teams of 2025 are competing for a spot in the Grand Final!
HEAT 3
Each week our reigning Cage Match 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 has been going all year AND NOW the 2025 Brawl Off begins!
The best teams of 2025 have been chosen. They will face off against each other, with the funniest team grabbing a spot in the 2025 Grand Final on Thursday 18 December. This is comedy at its competitive best. This is mate vs mate. This is Cage Match!
Opening the show this week is the La Ronde.
TICKETS ARE ONLY $10 ONLINE | $15 ON THE DOOR
Date Night: 'Twas The Date Before Christmas
A Christmas sketch comedy extravaganza!
Wrap your gifts, make that eggnog, put up those stockings and hold in all those farts, because it's a very Christmas DATE NIGHT!!!
FACT: The greatest aphrodisiacs known to man are chocolate, oysters and a hot wild Christmas sketch comedy show – served on a sexy platter by Brisbane’s best AND hottest comedy duo.
Featuring wiz-bang Brisbane sketch comedy group Date Night PLUS a bunch of their funny mates.
The Christmas comedy event of the season!!!
Saturday Night Comedy: Raised by Wolves & Singalong
Back to back killer shows for your Saturday night!
Raised By Wolves, Brisbane's best and longest running improv group, are back! Watch them weave a hilarious improv set from nothing more then a single word. With more then 50 years of improv experience between them, RBW are Brisbane comedy royalty. Come on a wild, laugh out loud journey with them!
Singalong is an instant comedy hit! We take classic karaoke bangers and sing our hearts out, before a cast of Brisbane's best improvisers make hilarious comedy inspired by the song lyrics. It's one big funny party from start to finish!
TICKETS ARE ONLY $15 ONLINE | $20 ON THE DOOR
Student Graduation Show: Improv Fundamentals & Group Mind
A night of celebration and fun as our newest students perform their grad show!
Our Improv Fundamentals students have been working hard learning all the basics of improv comedy, and now they get to showcase these new skills in a final class performance for you!
Our Group Mind students have been learning how to work together as an ensemble, one of the most important and difficult parts of any successful improv group. They're ready to roll!
Calling on friends, family, partners, work colleagues, and anyone else - come support this new crop of students as they take their improv journey to the next level.
TICKETS ARE ONLY $10 ONLINE | $15 ON THE DOOR
Cage Match: 2025 Brawl Off Grand Final
The 3 best Cage Match teams of 2025 will go head to head in the Grand Final!
GRAND FINAL
Each week our reigning Cage Match 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 has been going all year AND NOW the 2025 Brawl Off Grand Final is here!
The 3 best teams of 2025 have been chosen. They will face off against each other, with the funniest team being crowned the 2025 Best Cage Match Team. This is comedy at its competitive best. This is mate vs mate. This is Cage Match!
TICKETS ARE ONLY $10 ONLINE | $15 ON THE DOOR
A Big Comedy Christmas Bit Show!
Our final show for 2025 and we're going out with a BANG!
To celebrate Christmas we are throwing a massive comedy party featuring some loose, fast-paced, wild and downright hilarious shows.
Featuring the best improvisers and comedians in Brisbane this is going to be HUGE!
TICKETS ARE ONLY $15 ONLINE | $20 ON THE DOOR
Saturday Night Comedy: Cool Story Bro & Crowd Sourced
Back to back killer shows for your Saturday night!
Cool Story Bro mixes the real-life stories of our special guest storytellers with the fast-paced comedic minds of Brisbane’s best improvisers. This is a one-of-a-kind show that’ll have you laughing your socks off. CSB sold out at the Brisbane Comedy Festival, Wynnum Fringe Festival and Brisbane Improv Festival. Big Fork Theatre's longest running show!
Opening the show is Crowd Sourced. We take all our audience suggestions and write them on a whiteboard. Then a cast of Brisbane's best improvisers turn all these suggestions into hilarious scenes. It's fast-paced and so much fun!
TICKETS ARE ONLY $15 ONLINE | $20 ON THE DOOR
Thank God You’re Queer
MELT FESTIVAL 2025
WALK THROUGH THE RAINBOW DOOR
Thank God You’re Queer is a fabulous gay twist on Australia’s most successful improvised show.
Join Brisbane’s finest LGBTQI+ improvisers as they bring to life scenes inspired by the real-life queer experiences of the audience. Each scene features a guest improviser, all of whom are exploring queer territory for the first time. That’s right, all our guests are straight. They just want to be good allies, but will they make it through unscathed – probably not.
Presented by Brisbane Powerhouse in association with Second Beat Productions and Big Fork Theatre
"It's stupid, silly, and a whole lot of gay fun" - Stage Whispers
Cage Match: Improvised Comedy Showdown PLUS Musical Mixer
Brisbane's favourite improvised comedy showdown AND musical comedy all in one show!
Each week our reigning Cage Match 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. This is comedy at its competitive best. This is mate vs mate. This is Cage Match!
Opening the show this week is the Musical Mixer!!! Brisbane's best musical improvisers will sing hilarious songs off the cuff in this absolute spectacle of a show.
TICKETS ARE ONLY $10 ONLINE | $15 ON THE DOOR
Saturday Night Comedy: Wer Ya From & Big Fun Show
Back to back killer shows for your Saturday night!
Wer Ya From is an improvised comedy show based on hilarious true stories of heritage and culture, performed by Big Fork Theatre's best multicultural performers. They are brilliant! Come see why Wer Ya From packs out Big Fork Theatre ever show.
Big Fun Show is our newest show at Big Fork Theatre. A cast of brilliant improvisers doing what we do best - good funny improv!
TICKETS ARE ONLY $15 ONLINE | $20 ON THE DOOR
Turtleneck Comedy Presents SKETCHSPOOK
A smorgasbord of sketch and improvised comedy!
What’s this? Another night of screaming good comedy from the minds of Rhys McCane and Imogen Behan-Willett? It can’t be! BUT IT IS.
Yes, from the minds of “What The Horse’s Told Me” (briefly Amazon’s #1 top selling comedy horse book) comes SKETCHSPOOK! A smorgasbord of sketch and improvised comedy!
The first half is sketch comedy in the style of The Mighty Boosh meets a little bit of Fry and Laurie! The second half is an improvised comedy show tailor made for YOU. It’s like if the Top Deck chocolate was good!
The Big Musical Improv Show
Musical comedy by Brisbane's best improvisers!
Unfortunately Girl Band had to postpone their show (a new date will be sorted soon) BUT no worries because Brisbane's best musical improvisers are stepping in to perform one hell of a musical comedy show.
Watch these amazing comedy performers sing, dance and joke through an entire show. They'll leave you with your cheeks aching from laughter and a little bit gobsmacked.
Cage Match: Improvised Comedy Showdown
Brisbane's favourite improvised comedy showdown every Thursday night at Big Fork Theatre!
Each week our reigning Cage Match 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. This is comedy at its competitive best. This is mate vs mate. This is Cage Match!
Opening the show this week is the Montage.
TICKETS ARE ONLY $10 ONLINE | $15 ON THE DOOR
Saturday Night Comedy: Raised by Wolves & Women’s Show
Back to back killer shows for your Saturday night!
Raised By Wolves, Brisbane's best and longest running improv group, are back! Watch them weave a hilarious improv set from nothing more then a single word. With more then 50 years of improv experience between them, RBW are Brisbane comedy royalty. Come on a wild, laugh out loud journey with them!
Women's Show is one of our best shows period. Featuring a stellar cast of women & non-binary performers, they will create incredible comedy scenes and stories that will leave you in stitches. You'll be smiling ear to ear!
TICKETS ARE ONLY $15 ONLINE | $20 ON THE DOOR
John Comedy Presents: As Per My Last Email
A comedy show from Brisbane's only four comedians!
John Comedy is a tight-knit group of Brisbane's only four comedians (excluding Rove McManus). As Per My Last Email takes your wildest work stories and co-worker interactions and turns them into 50 minutes of comedy gold.
Known for their relatable characters and slice of life scenes, John Comedy then blows them completely out of proportion, taking them to their bizarre yet logical conclusion.
Similar to New York's famous Upright Citizens Brigade, watch as Brisbane’s only four comedians (excluding Rove McManus) weave together funny scenes as they explore, and often ruin, their character’s worlds. John Comedy, Game on! Starring, Cameron Watson, Imogen Behan-Willett, Georgia McLean, and John Garrad.
Brisbane Improv League - Grand Final
GRAND FINAL - THE WINNING TEAMS OF HEAT 1 AND HEAT 2
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? Find out across four shows from August to October. Choose your team and cheer them through to the finals. No fence sitters allowed.
Cage Match: Improvised Comedy Showdown
Brisbane's favourite improvised comedy showdown every Thursday night at Big Fork Theatre!
Each week our reigning Cage Match 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. This is comedy at its competitive best. This is mate vs mate. This is Cage Match!
Opening the show this week is the La Ronde.
TICKETS ARE ONLY $10 ONLINE | $15 ON THE DOOR
Student Graduation Show: Improv Fundies, Group Mind & Finding The Funny
Join Big Fork Theatre for a night of celebration and fun as our newest improvisers take to the stage for the first time!
Our Improv Fundamentals students have been working hard learning all the basics of improv comedy, and now they get to showcase these new skills in a final class performance for you!
Our Group Mind students have been learning how to work together as an ensemble, one of the most important and difficult parts of any successful improv group. They're ready to showcase their brand new skills!
Our Finding The Funny students have been busy learning about premise based improv comedy. They will thrill you with their very own Cool Story Bro grad show.
Calling on friends, family, partners, work colleagues, and anyone else - come support this new crop of students as they take their improv journey to the next level.
TICKETS ARE ONLY $10 ONLINE | $15 ON THE DOOR
Saturday Night Comedy: An Improvised Musical from the Tuning Forks
A totally improvised musical from Brisbane's best musical improv troupe the Tuning Forks!
See these talented comedians sing, dance and joke through a Broadway-style musical made up entirely on the spot. Accompanied by the incredible musician/director Mark Grimes, this show will leave you in stitches and also a little bit gobsmacked - they're world-class!
TICKETS ARE ONLY $15 ONLINE | $20 ON THE DOOR
Do Something
An evening of hilarious alternative comedy from Brisbane's best comedians!
Clowns, poets, sketch comedy, live music, burlesque! We got it all! It’s going to be weird and that’s exactly what we want! Do Something is a big night of alternative comedy where Brisbane’s best comedians do anything except stand-up comedy.
Presented by Brisbane sketch comedy legend Matt Nunn.
Cage Match: Improvised Comedy Showdown
Brisbane's favourite improvised comedy showdown every Thursday night at Big Fork Theatre!
Each week our reigning Cage Match 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. This is comedy at its competitive best. This is mate vs mate. This is Cage Match!
Opening the show this week is The Mixer.
TICKETS ARE ONLY $10 ONLINE | $15 ON THE DOOR
Sunday Stand Up - Comedy Show
Brisbane's best comedians are at Big Fork Theatre every second Sunday of the month!
The perfect evening of side-splitting stand up comedy. Each show features a professional MC, alongside the best comedians from Brisbane and beyond - you never know who might drop in!
Finish your weekend with a laugh. Every second Sunday.
TICKETS ARE ONLY $10 ONLINE | $15 ON THE DOOR
Saturday Night Comedy: Raised by Wolves & Crowd Sourced
Back to back killer shows for your Saturday night!
Raised By Wolves, Brisbane's best and longest running improv group, are back! Watch them weave a hilarious improv set from nothing more then a single word. With more then 50 years of improv experience between them, RBW are Brisbane comedy royalty. Come on a wild, laugh out loud journey with them!
Opening the show is Crowd Sourced. We take all our audience suggestions and write them on a whiteboard. Then a cast of Brisbane's best improvisers turn all these suggestions into hilarious scenes. It's fast-paced and so much fun!
TICKETS ARE ONLY $15 ONLINE | $20 ON THE DOOR
Hot Shot Adventures does Mad Max (a comedy RPG)
An epic tabletop role play show for binge watchers and film buffs – this month’s feature is the Australian film series MAD MAX!
Welcome to the Wasteland for a live roleplay game tribute to the post-apocalyptic dieselpunk world of Mad Max! Host Taylor Edwards leads a band of comedians through an action-packed adventure of survival. Witness epic chases and truly unhinged characters in a desert world of cars and chrome!
Hot Shot Adventures homebrews one-shot TTRP games out of your favourite shows, and trials them onstage with hilarious improvisers and comedians. It’s perfect for casual gamers and the uninitiated alike, with no need to follow a campaign or understand mechanics. Roll for chaos!
This adventure features:
Martin Ingle (Writer, film maker, performer)
Coen Gilbert (improviser)
Dan Dennis (comedian)
And Taylor Edwards as Game Master
And The Winner Is…
An improvised Hollywood award show in honour of you!
Forged in the hilariously brutal fires of Big Fork Theatre's weekly comedy showdown Cage Match, And The Winner Is... rose quickly through the ranks and soon became one of the most successful improv teams to ever grace the Big Fork stage.
Featuring a star-studded cast of Brisbane improvisers - Matthew E Matthews, Rhys McCane, Imogen Behan-Willett, Martin Ingle, Shayla Derwent and Kelsey Hamill - this show is a Hollywood awards ceremony made up entirely on the spot AND the audience gets to decide the award categories. This will be the most fun you have ever had at an awards night!
Come find out why And The Winner Is... is so damn good.
Cage Match: Improvised Comedy Showdown PLUS Musical Mixer
Brisbane's favourite improvised comedy showdown AND musical comedy all in one show!
Each week our reigning Cage Match 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. This is comedy at its competitive best. This is mate vs mate. This is Cage Match!
Opening the show this week is the Musical Mixer!!! Brisbane's best musical improvisers will sing hilarious songs off the cuff in this absolute spectacle of a show.
TICKETS ARE ONLY $10 ONLINE | $15 ON THE DOOR
Student Graduation Show: Improv Fundamentals, The Scene & Characters
Join Big Fork Theatre for a night of celebration and fun as some of our more experienced improvisers graduate to the next level!
Our Improv Fundamentals students have been working hard learning all the basics of improv comedy, and now they get to showcase these new skills in a final class performance for you!
The Scene students have taken their improv skills to the next level and have been working really hard on the 2 person scene. They are ready to roll!
Lastly, our Character students have been working on creating strong improv characters on the spot.
Calling on friends, family, partners, work colleagues, and anyone else - come support this new crop of students as they take their improv journey to the next level.
TICKETS ARE ONLY $10 ONLINE | $15 ON THE DOOR
Saturday Night Comedy: Queer Show & Crowd Sourced
Back to back killer shows for your Saturday night!
Queer Show is one of our most popular shows, featuring the best LGBTQIA+ improvisers and comedians in Brisbane. Sharing stories from their lives and bringing cheeky fun to their lived experiences, it's a 10/10 would do again comedy show!
Opening the show is Crowd Sourced. We take all our audience suggestions and write them on a whiteboard. Then a cast of Brisbane's best improvisers turn all these suggestions into hilarious scenes. It's fast-paced and so much fun!
TICKETS ARE ONLY $15 ONLINE | $20 ON THE DOOR
Brisbane Improv League - Wooden Spoon Final
WOODEN SPOON FINAL - THE LOSING TEAMS OF HEAT 1 AND HEAT 2
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? Find out across four shows from August to October. Choose your team and cheer them through to the finals. No fence sitters allowed.
Cage Match: Improvised Comedy Showdown
Brisbane's favourite improvised comedy showdown every Thursday night at Big Fork Theatre!
Each week our reigning Cage Match 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. This is comedy at its competitive best. This is mate vs mate. This is Cage Match!
Opening the show this week is the Montage.
TICKETS ARE ONLY $10 ONLINE | $15 ON THE DOOR
Saturday Night Comedy: An Improvised Musical from the Tuning Forks
A totally improvised musical from Brisbane's best musical improv troupe the Tuning Forks!
See these talented comedians sing, dance and joke through a Broadway-style musical made up entirely on the spot. Accompanied by the incredible musician/director Mark Grimes, this show will leave you in stitches and also a little bit gobsmacked - they're world-class!
TICKETS ARE ONLY $15 ONLINE | $20 ON THE DOOR
Double Comedy: A New History of Humans & Frozen Girl Sperm
Comedians Caitlin McGrath and Jaye Heather bring their new solo shows to Big Fork Theatre.
A New History of Humans (Caitlin McGrath). When the meteor hit the earth in the late 22nd century, humanity had to evolve quickly to survive. In this seminar, you will see newly discovered archived footage of some of the earliest hybrid human beings who emerged from this new world.
Frozen Girl Sperm (Jaye Heather). Would you like a chance to buy an existential crisis? Come to this show and you may get a chance. From the real life dilemma of genetic material in limbo, and a woman with no plans to create any new human-human hybrids. Sketch comedy, music, and story in a debut show from Jaye Heather.
Cage Match: Improvised Comedy Showdown
Brisbane's favourite improvised comedy showdown every Thursday night at Big Fork Theatre!
Each week our reigning Cage Match 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. This is comedy at its competitive best. This is mate vs mate. This is Cage Match!
Opening the show this week is the La Ronde.
TICKETS ARE ONLY $10 ONLINE | $15 ON THE DOOR
Saturday Night Comedy: Big Fun Show & Women’s Show
Back to back killer shows for your Saturday night!
Big Fun Show is our newest show at Big Fork Theatre. A cast of brilliant improvisers doing what we do best - good funny improv!
Women's Show is one of our best shows period. Featuring a stellar cast of women & non-binary performers, they will create incredible comedy scenes and stories that will leave you in stitches. You'll be smiling ear to ear!
TICKETS ARE ONLY $15 ONLINE | $20 ON THE DOOR
The Asian Aunties Show
The reigning queens of the Big Fork Theatre Cage Match are back — and this time, it’s a full hour of unfiltered fabulousness!
Say hello (again) to your favourite Asian Aunties: the delightfully direct Aunty Maria from the Philippines (Janette McBride) and the observantly opinionated Aunty Rani from Sri Lanka (Himali Ratnayake). Equipped with oversized handbags of wisdom, practical life hacks, and hearts bigger than their rice cookers, these fierce matriarchs are ready to solve your problems with unsolicited gold. They’ll spin your juicy dilemmas into hilarious and heartfelt improvised scenes with a little shimmy and a lot of sass.
This hour-long special is part advice column, part variety show, and 100% Auntie-approved. Guest visitors will be stopping by (shoes removed first, of course), Uncle Budi (Markus Daniswara) and niece Magenta (Nairi Lee).
Expect outrageous laughs, nods to culture, and perhaps even life clarity. Darlings, come and share the tea with your favourite Aunties.
Cage Match: Improvised Comedy Showdown
Brisbane's favourite improvised comedy showdown every Thursday night at Big Fork Theatre!
Each week our reigning Cage Match 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. This is comedy at its competitive best. This is mate vs mate. This is Cage Match!
Opening the show this week is The Mixer.
TICKETS ARE ONLY $10 ONLINE | $15 ON THE DOOR