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!
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!
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!
2025 is Big Fork Theatre's 10th birthday year! To celebrate ALL tickets to Big Fork Theatre produced shows will only be $10 + booking fee for January & February 2025.
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*How to narrow the dating pool and find your right match through a personality test?
*How to be OK with emotionally avoidant parents that have never said ‘I love you’?
*How to get a woman to relax without telling her to “Just Relax”?
If you answered Yes to one or all of these questions, than this show is for you!
A comedy show filled with jokes, stories, confessions and tips that may be great life hacks or terrible advice. Either way there’s guaranteed laughs!
“Always surprising, Thao laced cheeky one-liners through poignant moments with ease. A compelling storyteller” - Upside Adelaide
“Unique and refreshing humour” - Sydney Arts Guide
“Natural and honest, Thao has a fascinating way of intertwining issues of today in creative ways” - Fringe Review
“Thao had us laughing from the get-go” - Upside Adelaide
"She has an interesting tale to tell – and the audience are enraptured" - Chortle
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.
2025 is Big Fork Theatre's 10th birthday year! To celebrate ALL tickets to Big Fork Theatre produced shows will only be $10 + booking fee for January & February 2025.
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.
2025 is Big Fork Theatre's 10th birthday year! To celebrate ALL tickets to Big Fork Theatre produced shows will only be $10 + booking fee for January & February 2025.
Comedy is hard. Parenting is harder.
Come join the parents of Big Fork Theatre (who just happen to be some of Brisbane’s best improvisers) for a made up on the spot hour of comedy inspired by the parenting experiences of our cast and audience.
It’ll be as hilarious, cathartic and deeply silly as raising a child, but with fewer bodily fluids, door slams and eye rolls.
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!
2025 is Big Fork Theatre's 10th year! To celebrate ALL tickets to Big Fork Theatre produced shows will only be $10 + booking fee for the time being.
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!
2025 is Big Fork Theatre's 10th year! To celebrate ALL tickets to Big Fork Theatre produced shows will only be $10 + booking fee for the time being.
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.
2025 is Big Fork Theatre's 10th year! To celebrate ALL tickets to Big Fork Theatre produced shows will only be $10 + booking fee for the time being.
An hour of hilarious comedy featuring Brisbane's best LGBTQIA+ comedians!
Queer Story Bro is a one hour show where real-life stories meet the quickfire comedy of Brisbane’s best LGBTQIA+ improvisers and comedians. The show features one incredible storyteller sharing a personal tale, and then our talented performers turn it into a hilarious, unpredictable comedy experience.
This special night isn’t just about laughs… it’s also a fundraiser for one of our own, helping them raise money for surgery. Don’t miss your chance to be part of this unique event at Big Fork Theatre. Grab your tickets now and get ready for a night full of laughs, stories, and good vibes... all for a fantastic cause!
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!
Crowd Sourced is out fast-paced, wild-fun times comedy show. Our cast of amazing comedians will get several offers from the audience and turn them into comedy gold before your very eyes. You'll be laughing non-stop!
2025 is Big Fork Theatre's 10th year! To celebrate ALL tickets to Big Fork Theatre produced shows will only be $10 + booking fee for the time being.