Shows at Big Fork Theatre
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.
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 the time being.
Called Shots - A Comedy Quiz Show
4 comedians VS the toughest darn quiz show you've ever seen!
Join us for a night of trivia and big laughs, as a panel of comedians go head to head and try to outwit each other and end up on top. From the brilliant minds of Big Fork Theatre performers Matthew E Matthews (2024 Cage Match Grand Finalist - And The Winner Is...) and Rhys McCane (Culprits & Master Taskers) comes a hilarious game show that is the perfect mix of comedy and trivia. Who will win? Grab a ticket and find out!
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!
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.
Student Graduation Show: Improv Fundamentals
Join Big Fork Theatre for a night of celebration and fun as our newest improvisers take to the stage for the first time!
Tonight's graduation show includes performances from these Term 1 classes:
Improv Fundamentals - Ben's Class
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Poop Joggers - Improvised Comedy Show
Brisbane improv comedy juggernaut Poop Joggers are hitting the stage!
Between 2017-2018 the quiet Brisbane suburb of Greenslopes was preyed upon by a corporate executive (CE) and his foul behaviour. On at least 30 different occasions this CE would go for a jog in the wee hours of the morning and defecate on a residential apartment block. After a successful sting operation by the residents, the CE was caught and given the nickname Poo Jogger.
From this story, four of the best improv comedians Taylor Edwards, Chris Milne, Coen Gilbert and Chris Martin (all from Greenslopes) teamed up and the improv comedy juggernaut that is the Poop Joggers was born. They have been tearing up comedy stages around Brisbane for 2 years now PLUS they sold out their show at the 2023 Brisbane Improv Festival. Their shows are always wild and so so funny!
The Poop Joggers are the true definition of the proverb - "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade." They are hilarious lemonade!
Saturday Night Comedy: Queer Show & Women’s Show
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!
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!
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.
Ridiculous Human Being w/Stuart Foreman
I’ve always known I’m a ridiculous human being—clumsy, absent-minded, and one bad decision away from being a walking PSA. But then I became a parent, and the universe threw me a curveball: a daughter who seems destined to follow in my chaotic footsteps.
This show is about my desperate, hilarious attempt to break the cycle and give her a fighting chance at normalcy. Can I teach her the life skills I’ve never mastered? Or am I doomed to raise the next generation of lovable disaster?
Come laugh at my misadventures, and find out if chaos really does run in the family
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.
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.
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.
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.
Saturday Night Comedy: Cool Story Bro & Wer Ya From
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!
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.
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.
Sunday Stand Up - Comedy Show
Brisbane's best comedians are at Big Fork Theatre!
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.
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.
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.
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.
Nonsense and Sensibility - Improvised Jane Austen
Welcome to the loose and hilarious world of Jane Austen!
Nonsense and Sensibility is the social event of the season, allowing audiences to enter the loose and hilarious world of Jane Austen as interpreted by three esteemed individuals of good standing, one of whom has read multiple Austen novels.
Just as Mr Darcy emerged from the lake of his private estate, Caitlin, Liz and Rhys emerged from their 2023 Big Fork Theatre Cage Match victory (as Eric Bana Montana) and captured hearts at the 2024 Brisbane Improv Festival and ITS Comedy Fest with Nonsense and Sensibility, showcasing Regency era tales that entertain Austen die-hards and newcomers alike.
Caitlin, Liz and Rhys have been performing improvised Jane Austen for two years, and are now bringing the hour long debut of Nonsense and Sensibility to you! Do accept this exclusive invitation to witness some of Brisbane’s best and most eligible, title-holding improv talent.
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!
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 the time being.
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.
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.
Ruby Rocket, Private Detective
Ruby Rocket is an intoxicating, intoxicated private eye who always gets her man. Except, of course, when she doesn’t. In this hilarious improvised show, Stacey Hallal plays Ruby, weaving vivid noir storytelling and physical comedy with Jon Timm’s innovative multimedia imagery. Featuring a guest cast of Brisbane’s top improvisers. Not to be missed!
Stacey Hallal and Jon Timm have toured Ruby Ruby across North America and Europe to packed houses and amazed audiences. The character of Ruby Rocket also appears in comic book, cartoon, and podcast form. To follow the adventures of Ruby, visit rubyrocketpi.com.
The Tony’s In Concert: A Retrospective
Musical comedy at it's very best!
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Sondheim, Lin Manuel-Miranda. All great musical creators with one thing in common… they can’t hold a candle to The Tony’s. Join three of the greatest, most talented (and most delusional) musical theatre auteurs of our time, all conveniently named Tony as they take you on a fully improvised journey through their greatest hits and their decades spanning partnership… just don’t mention Phantom of the Opera.
A Night With The Windsors
Chavprov presents A Night with the Windsors!
Chavprov is the greatest improv duo to ever come out of Brisbane – only a fool would miss this one-night engagement.
Da’Relle and Chesney are brothers who weave together characters and comedy beyond the comprehension of most minds. Their skill, talent and devotion to improvisation have earned them the title “The Little Dukes of Improv”.
Leaving behind the gritty streets of London, Chavprov have travelled the world sharing their gift of laughter in what can only be described as a true act of selflessness.
For ONE NIGHT ONLY see the brothers in all their glory – don’t be left wondering what if – buy a ticket today.
Queer Story Bro
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!
Kelly Mac: Pimp My Son!
🎤 Kelly Mac: Pimp My Son! - Trial Show 🎤
Be part of the miracle! Award-winning comedian Kelly Mac is back with her latest show, Pimp My Son! – a raw, raucous, and pop-your-bra look at middle-aged life in the gig economy, and why her youngest son is living the dream on charm alone.
Off the back of her Best Comedy win at Newcastle Fringe 2023, Kel’s not pulling any punches. At 55, she’s broke, sober, and still hustling. Meanwhile her son seems to be shagging half of Europe with the other half lined up eagerly waiting, and for free, no less. If children really are the future, it’s time for Kel’s youngest to finance hers. It's a comedy hour that’s equal parts brutal honesty and belly laughs – with a side of pure grit.
Expect wit sharper than a knife, stories that’ll make you laugh and wince at the same time, and an unapologetic look at the chaos of life, love, and surviving marriage with the same bloke for 34 years.
💥 “Australia’s next comedy genius” - Tim Ferguson, Doug Anthony All Stars
💥 “Mac delivers. The laughs kept coming from the rapt audience” - NOTA
💥 “Pushes a joke further than thought possible” - Theatre Travels
Come for the laughs, stay for the no-BS storytelling, leave for a big night out – Kelly Mac is the perfect amuse douche! 💥
Someone In This Crowd Will Betray Me
I've got a terrible feeling about this show. Like somehow the whole thing is doomed. I have this recurring dream where I'm on stage, thousands of miles from home and the crowd has turned on me. There are thousands of them and they are all booing me and Sofia Vergara (from Modern Family) is there and so is Simon Cowell and he’s slamming his fist into a red buzzer and the sound splits the air like a gunshot and the ceiling rips open and confetti rains down like debris but the booing only gets louder and louder and louder and louder and then I wake up, and realise that all of that actually happened to me.
This show has nothing to do with that story. I doubt I'll even mention it.
As booed on America's Got Talent
'Offers nothing personal and almost no actual content.' ★★★★ Chortle (UK)
'Egotistical delusions.' ★★★★ The Scotsman (UK)
'Indescribable.' ★★★★ The List (UK)
'Disorderly.' ★★★★★ Isolated Nation
'When it was evening, he reclined at table with the twelve. And as they were eating, he said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” And they were very sorrowful and began to say to him one after another, “Is it I, Lord?”'
Matthew 26:20
Someone In This Crowd Will Betray Me
I've got a terrible feeling about this show. Like somehow the whole thing is doomed. I have this recurring dream where I'm on stage, thousands of miles from home and the crowd has turned on me. There are thousands of them and they are all booing me and Sofia Vergara (from Modern Family) is there and so is Simon Cowell and he’s slamming his fist into a red buzzer and the sound splits the air like a gunshot and the ceiling rips open and confetti rains down like debris but the booing only gets louder and louder and louder and louder and then I wake up, and realise that all of that actually happened to me.
This show has nothing to do with that story. I doubt I'll even mention it.
As booed on America's Got Talent
'Offers nothing personal and almost no actual content.' ★★★★ Chortle (UK)
'Egotistical delusions.' ★★★★ The Scotsman (UK)
'Indescribable.' ★★★★ The List (UK)
'Disorderly.' ★★★★★ Isolated Nation
'When it was evening, he reclined at table with the twelve. And as they were eating, he said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” And they were very sorrowful and began to say to him one after another, “Is it I, Lord?”'
Matthew 26:20
Student Graduation Show: The Scene, Characters & Group Mind
Join Big Fork Theatre for a night of celebration and fun as some of our more experienced improvisers graduate to the next level!
Tonight's graduation show includes performances from these Term 1 classes:
The Scene: Cameron's Class
Characters - Janette's Class
Group Mind - Imogen's Class
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 Characters students having been honing their improv characters for the last 6 weeks - they're going to big, silly and fun!
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!
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.
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.
Saturday Night Comedy: Women’s Show & Wer Ya From
Back to back killer shows for your Saturday night!
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!
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.
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.
Do Something
THIS IS STRICTLY AN 18+ EVENT
An evening of hilarious alternative comedy from Brisbane's best comedians!
Do Something is an alternative comedy night where Brisbane's best comedians get to do anything except stand-up, and it's going to get weird. We've got sketch, improv, music, burlesque, clowning, and more! Grab some mates, have a beer and start your weekend the right way.
Presented by Brisbane sketch comedy legend Matt Nunn.
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.
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.
SKETCH FEST 2025: BEST EVER VIDEO SKETCH COMEDY COMPETITION
SKETCH FEST 2025: BEST EVER VIDEO SKETCH COMEDY COMPETITION
Featuring hilarious hosts and several character commentators!
Step into the world of bite-sized hilarity with the Sketch Fest Video Sketch competition! Join us as we sift through a treasure trove of comedic gold, showcasing the best and brightest sketches from talented creators. From quick-witted quips to laugh-out-loud scenarios, each minute packs a punch of entertainment. Vote for your favourite to help us crown the winner (who gets a cash prize!).
Sketch Fest is presented by Big Fork Theatre. Running Friday 21 March to Sunday 23 March, a whole weekend dedicated to hilarious sketch comedy shows and workshops. Last year's Sketch Fest was an absolute smash, so don't miss out on your tickets!!!
SKETCH FEST 2025: Buried Away & Woman Woman Sketch Sketch
Buried Away (a cemetery drama) (Ben Snaith & Alt City)
“Do you remember that old soap opera set in a cemetery called Buried Away? Well, we’ve found an old episode of it taped off the telly! In my opinion, the best part of old tapes like that is all the ads and community announcements from back in the day. But the soap opera was pretty good too: Remember how Rad Angel got worms in their brain while carrying out a shady deal with the towns’ mayor while also looking after their baby Samsung who speaks telepathically and who was now next in line to inherit the cemetery caretaker position since Rad’s younger half relative Sullivan needed time off to try to rescue their mum from the clutches of the Mineshaft Mermaid? Mayhaps you need a refresher, comedy-seeker!”
Woman Woman Sketch Sketch (Rosa Sottile & Friends)
A sketch show featuring Brisbane's funniest women writers, from new writers to old hands! Come see a showcase of some of the best women comedy writers and performers Brisbane has to offer. These sketches will explore neuroses, social mishaps, bizarre characters, and more.
Sketch Fest is presented by Big Fork Theatre. Running Friday 21 March to Sunday 23 March, a whole weekend dedicated to hilarious sketch comedy shows and workshops. Last year's Sketch Fest was an absolute smash, so don't miss out on your tickets!!!
SKETCH FEST 2025: Mom Help, Nothing Is Making Sense & That's Showbiz Baby!
Mom Help, Nothing Is Making Sense (Sammy Baumgartner)
They say the older you get, the wiser you get, but is this true? Before deciding, take a quick second to think about the everyday situations and interactions that surround you and the answer should reveal itself. As a society, we have really grown too accustomed to the everyday oddities and weirdness just to make it through another day. It is time to revamp our outlook, have a laugh, and view these scenarios for what they really are, weird enough to make you call your mom and ask her “what the heck is going on?”
That's Showbiz Baby! (Garth Remington)
All aboard the fame train. See what it takes to break a leg. Meet the absurd characters you'll find behind the curtain call. Learn how to be the lemon of the limelight. There will even be a few big name celebrity cameos.
Sketch Fest is presented by Big Fork Theatre. Running Friday 21 March to Sunday 23 March, a whole weekend dedicated to hilarious sketch comedy shows and workshops. Last year's Sketch Fest was an absolute smash, so don't miss out on your tickets!!!
Square Pegs
Square Pegs is a split bill stand-up comedy show by Georgie Row and Louisa Jones.
As two (neurodivergent) thirty-somethings, Louisa and Georgie each bring their own take on the decade. The show addresses the highs and lows of new motherhood, tales from a career in HR, dating, and an addiction to health fads that promise quick fixes with minimal effort. This show brings the laughs with a mix of the strikingly relatable and utterly unhinged.
Louisa is a comedian, writer and improviser based in Brisbane who has written and performed in the Anywhere Festival, Brisbane Fringe Festival and Brisbane Comedy Festival. She spent two months in the United States in 2023, training at iO Theatre and Second City as well as performing stand-up comedy in Chicago and New York. Louisa appears regularly on the Big Fork Theatre stage and Brisbane stand-up scene.
Georgie is a comedian and writer from Brisbane. An ex-lawyer with a background in theatre performance and direction, she has also written and produced sketch comedy. Georgie has undertaken training with the National Institute of Dramatic Art and the Cours Florent theatre school in Paris. She appears regularly on the Brisbane stand-up scene.
Together, Georgie and Louisa bring you a comedy hour that will keep you wildly entertained, whether you're preparing for, living in or fondly remembering the exciting (and often confusing) ride that is your thirties.
SKETCH FEST 2025: Get It* Inya - Same Day Delivery
Get It* Inya - Same Day Delivery (Rosa Sottile & Liz Talbot & Friends)
The freshest catch of the day - and we really mean only one day. Get It* Inya is Big Fork Theatre's long-running monthly experimental sketch comedy show - and at Sketch Fest 2025, the stakes are high and the turnaround time is tight. This sketch comedy show will be written, workshopped, rehearsed and performed on the same day. Brisbane's most brave, impatient and productive sketch comedians will bring you GI*IY: SAME DAY DELIVERY merely hours after first forming their ideas, guaranteeing:
Raw, fresh concepts
Chaos
Incredibly topical jokes
Teamwork
It's the sketch comedy equivalent of buying straight from the farm at harvest time, so pull over and get it* inya.
*experimental sketch comedy
Sketch Fest is presented by Big Fork Theatre. Running Friday 21 March to Sunday 23 March, a whole weekend dedicated to hilarious sketch comedy shows and workshops. Last year's Sketch Fest was an absolute smash, so don't miss out on your tickets!!!
SKETCH FEST 2025: Matt Funn & Slow Cooked
Matt Funn (Matt Nunn)
Matt Nunn is a huge man with huge ideas. One time he got scammed in Runescape and thought "Oh so that's just how you make money" and he immediately started scamming people. Years later he would say of the incident "oops". Unlike Matt's primary source of gold pieces, this show is not a scam. Matt Funn is a lovingly (and legally) crafted compilation of Matt's favourite sketches from the last 12 months. If you enjoy weird, wit, and whimsy, this is 25 minutes of comedy you cannot miss.
Slow Cooked (Sam Loewenthal & Will Cook)
Slow Cooked is a brand new sketch comedy show featuring Brisbane comedic duo Sam Loewenthal and Will Cook, two twenty something hasbeens who probably should have let their comedy dreams die at uni.
Sam and Will have cooked up a show featuring all sorts of wacky characters, from clueless business consultants, to zany choir conductors and everything in between.
Slow Cooked has the perfect recipe for a night of silly, saucy and spicy fun for everyone - bring your dad, your dog or your doctor for a night of sketch comedy fun!
Sketch Fest is presented by Big Fork Theatre. Running Friday 21 March to Sunday 23 March, a whole weekend dedicated to hilarious sketch comedy shows and workshops. Last year's Sketch Fest was an absolute smash, so don't miss out on your tickets!!!
SKETCH FEST 2025: Freak Box
Freak Box (Taylor Edwards & Friends)
The freaks are out of the box. This is character comedy at its wildest!
Host and comedian Taylor Edwards has called on Brisbane's best and boldest character comedians for a stuffed showbag of their hilarious creations. From the clever to the bizarre and everything in between, Freak Box brings to life the best/worst people you've never met, from comedians you need to know.
Sketch Fest is presented by Big Fork Theatre. Running Friday 21 March to Sunday 23 March, a whole weekend dedicated to hilarious sketch comedy shows and workshops. Last year's Sketch Fest was an absolute smash, so don't miss out on your tickets!!!
SKETCH FEST 2025: Expresso & The Brotherhood Of The Travelling Clipboard
Expresso: Short & Sweet(Liz Talbot & Friends)
The Perfect Blend of Nonsense and No-Nonsense.
Expresso: Short & Sweet promises an astounding laughs-per-minute ratio, with each piece capped at 90 seconds maximum. Exciting things come in petite packages, and these bite-sized sketches will be wasting no time before making way for the next premise. Audiences will be granted short opportunities to catch their breath in between bursts of quickfire comedy that are all killer and no filler.
Produced by prolific sketch-writer Liz Talbot (Brisbane Comedy Festival, Anywhere Festival, ITS Comedy Festival, Bris Funny Fest, Brisbane Fringe) and delivered by a cast of Brisbane’s cheekiest writers showcasing their quickest routes to punchlines, Expresso is a delightful show to kick off Sketch Fest 2025.
The Brotherhood Of The Travelling Clipboard(Drew Buchanan)
When 4 best friends come across a magical clipboard that fits them all despite their various body types, they can’t believe their luck. For their first ever summer apart, they decide to share its magical capabilities as they each embark on a daring new adventure.
Debuting at Big Fork Theatre’s Sketch Fest 2025, ‘The Brotherhood of the Travelling Clipboard’ is a one-man character sketch comedy show about that beautiful time in every man’s life when he must decide between what to let go and, more importantly, what to write down.
Sketch Fest is presented by Big Fork Theatre. Running Friday 21 March to Sunday 23 March, a whole weekend dedicated to hilarious sketch comedy shows and workshops. Last year's Sketch Fest was an absolute smash, so don't miss out on your tickets!!!
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.
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.
Student Graduation Show: Improv Fundamentals
Join Big Fork Theatre for a night of celebration and fun as our newest improvisers take to the stage for the first time!
Tonight's graduation show includes performances from these Term 1 classes:
Improv Fundamentals - Jim's Class
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!
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.
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.
Choose Your Own Comedy Show
Choose your own adventure comedy show with comedian Marcel Blanch-de Wilt!
Marcel hands the audience control of the show in this hybrid of stand-up and improv that is like no other. Expect the unexpected (just don’t expect refunds because it’s you who’s responsible for what takes place.)
Marcel has performed in every capital city in Australia, as well as the US, UK, and NZ. He has supported Lizzy Hoo at the Athenaeum Theatre and directed her show for Amazon Prime, toured with the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow, MC'd all the best comedy rooms in the country, and performs alongside his wife in their improv duo, The Newlyweds. He hosts The Comedy Writers Group podcast.
★★★★ “Marcel Blanch-de Wilt was born to be a performer.” - What’s On in Adelaide
★★★★ "I can tell you now that you simply cannot and will not be able to get through the show without having to break out into roaring laughter every 30 seconds." - Weekend Notes
"...ridiculously skilled at constructing a joke" - Funny Tonne
"Marcel’s comedy took up the whole stage with flare and cheeky mischief that had the audience barely able to catch their breath before the next laugh." - Newcastle Mirage
Saturday Night Comedy: Queer Show & Big Fun Show
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!
Big Fun Show is our newest show at Big Fork Theatre. A cast of brilliant improvisers doing what we do best - good funny improv!
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.
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, Beth Stevens 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
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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.
Parental Guidance Improv
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Confessions of a Comedian w/Thao Cao
Would you like to know:
*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
Saturday Night Comedy: Cool Story Bro & Queer 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!
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.
Chris Martin - Not The Guy From Coldplay
Work In Progress Show
Chris Martin (Coldplay) has it all – money, fame and my name! And Chris Martin (me), one of Brisbane’s best comedians, is sick of it!
I’m challenging Chris Martin (Coldplay) to a duel at Big Fork Theatre on Friday 21st February 730pm. Show up if you dare mate! If he doesn’t show up I’ll probably just do a sick comedy show because I’m really good at that sort of thing. Hey Chris Martin (Coldplay) - GIVE ME BACK MY NAME!
“Hilarious” – Scenestr
“Delivered belly-laughing joke after belly-laughing joke” – Theatre Travels
“Manages to command the room, who respond with laughter and applause throughout” – Theatre Haus
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.
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.
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!
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.
Date Night
Brisbane's best comedy duo are back for 1 night only!
Shave your legs, wash your hair, brush your teeth and do all your farts at work, because it’s DATE NIGHT!
FACT: The greatest aphrodisiacs known to man are chocolate, oysters and hot wild late night sketch comedy – served on a sexy platter by Brisbane’s best comedy duo, who also happen to be a couple... get a room!
A hilarious sketch show from Chris Martin & Taylor Edwards. Grab your partner, mate, neighbour, anyone, and come have the greatest Valentine's Day date night of all time!
"My cheeks ached from laughing by the time I left" – Anywhere Festival
"Better than headline acts at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival" – Brisbane Stage
"Cried laughing - loved the karaoke sketch, if you get a chance to see these two, you have to check out Date Night!" – Melbourne Fringe
What to expect:
Their hilarious sketch show they are taking to Adelaide Fringe (50mins)
20-30mins of new material after the intermission
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.
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.