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!
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.
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.
Culprits are back! Two of Brisbane’s favourite improvisers reunite to perform a completely improvised play before your eyes, but now one is a father and the other bought a new couch!
After two years off, Brisbane’s favourite improv duo are back to perform a two-person improvised play with way more than two characters. No tricks, no gimmicks, just two actors making everything up as they go along, all inspired by a single word from the audience.
“We were promised at the beginning of the performance that everything we would see would be completely improvised. After the show, my group could barely believe it... to our untrained eyes, it was too perfect and too funny to fit our meagre understanding of improvisation. And if that’s not the best compliment for Culprits, I don’t know what is" - Nothing Ever Happens in Brisbane
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 birthday year! To celebrate ALL tickets to Big Fork Theatre produced shows will only be $10 + booking fee for January & February 2025.
One Shot Tabletop RPGs meet pop culture – played live for one night only!
Hot Shot Adventures heads to Seymour’s Bay for a live roleplay game in a tribute to the world of Bob’s Burgers. Host Taylor Edwards leads a band of comedians through a mini campaign full of buns, butts and bops. Find out today’s special burger!
Hot Shot Adventures homebrews one-shot games out of your favourite shows, movies and more, 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 presented by Taylor Edwards.
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 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 Musical Mixer.
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.
BrisAsia Festival and Big Fork Theatre present: BrisAsia Stands Up
Prepare for an unforgettable night of laughs at BrisAsia Stands Up – the ultimate showcase of Brisbane’s top Asian-Australian comedy talent!
Presented by Big Fork Theatre, this show brings together the sharpest local voices lighting up stages nationwide and making waves on TV, radio, and online. Our comedy legends have shared stages with world-class acts and are primed to unleash their hottest material yet.
After two sold-out years, tickets are flying – so secure yours now to catch Brisbane’s finest comics in action. With past guests like Ting Lim, Sandeep Totlani, Ashwin Segkar, and Jo Gowda, this year’s lineup promises to be just as electric. Don’t miss out – join us at BrisAsia Stands Up for a night of punchlines, perspective, and pure comedy gold!
Suitable ages 15+, may contain adult themes and strong language. Under 18s must be accompanied by a legal guardian.
Presented by Big Fork Theatre
BrisAsia Festival and Big Fork Theatre present: BrisAsia Stands Up
Prepare for an unforgettable night of laughs at BrisAsia Stands Up – the ultimate showcase of Brisbane’s top Asian-Australian comedy talent!
Presented by Big Fork Theatre, this show brings together the sharpest local voices lighting up stages nationwide and making waves on TV, radio, and online. Our comedy legends have shared stages with world-class acts and are primed to unleash their hottest material yet.
After two sold-out years, tickets are flying – so secure yours now to catch Brisbane’s finest comics in action. With past guests like Ting Lim, Sandeep Totlani, Ashwin Segkar, and Jo Gowda, this year’s lineup promises to be just as electric. Don’t miss out – join us at BrisAsia Stands Up for a night of punchlines, perspective, and pure comedy gold!
Suitable ages 15+, may contain adult themes and strong language. Under 18s must be accompanied by a legal guardian.
Presented by Big Fork Theatre
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 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 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 birthday year! To celebrate ALL tickets to Big Fork Theatre produced shows will only be $10 + booking fee for January & February 2025.