Bron Lewis’ life is complete and utter chaos, just ask her dog trainer. She has three kids – an emotional tweenager, a four-year old stalker and a middle one, and just when things couldn’t get any harder, she bought a puppy. A glutton for punishment, Bron has welcomed the flourishing of her comedy career, which means she has a million plates in the air and even more smashed on the ground around her feet.
Bron, an ex-high-school teacher, wears the battle scars of an undervalued profession and is still reeling from the initial shock of motherhood 12 years ago. Come bask in her humiliating attempts to juggle – parenting, teaching, a career change and flailing mental health. If you’ve ever thought ‘If one thing goes wrong, we’re all dead meat’ then this is the comedy show for you!
Hello! I’ve been vying for your attention for a long time now. I’d comfortably say, it’s been 30 years. 30 years of trying to make people look at me. In that time there have been many attempts to try and masquerade it as something “important” or “educational” but the longer I’ve sat with it, the more I’ve come to accept that it could maybe just be vanity. So I won’t sugar coat it in the blurb. There’s no secrets about to be dished, no valuable lesson to take away. I’m just a 35 year old gay man, who was told there was something special about him as a kid and has been grappling with that ever since, standing in front of an audience asking them to take a good hard look ME!
Dilruk Jayasinha confidently claims his superpower is “gratitude”. But after taking a break from touring last year, he realised he has actually spent most of the last few years whinging about his life. To be fair, his heart attack off the back of a global pandemic, sprinkled with a hearty serve of heartache from a breakup, are reasonable ingredients for a solid sook. But in spite of being single and alone at 40, and as the surgeries and visits to ER seem to keep coming, he is desperately trying to focus more on what’s going right in his life so he can return to being the GOAT (gratefullest of all time)!
Dilruk Jayasinha has appeared on Utopia and Celebrity MasterChef Australia and filmed a stand-up special for Amazon Prime.
★★★★ Time Out
Nick White craves validation from audiences. This year he is upping the ante by seeking validation through 6 additional personas that live through him. But really, he just wants to have a fun, silly and interactive night with the characters his fans love most. Join Nick, Carli, Jerrie, Jean, Sharni, Bobbi and Leaf to find out who will walk away with the top prize.
“Hilarious and lightning quick” Theatre Travels
After a sold-out run at the 2025 Adelaide Fringe and 50+ million views online, Kushi is back with her show Still Happy, a dive into what it means to be twenty and already feel like your life’s spiralling out of control — with older people telling you you’ve got your whole life ahead of you while younger kids are calling you unc.
‘Hits the mark with every joke, tale, and reference’ On the Record ★★★★1/2
‘Definitely the best comedian in the world’ My Mum ★★★★★
‘Commands the mic with the ease and flair of comedic presenter beyond her years’ ArtsHub
Directed by Jason Chong
Jordan is unbulliable. This show is about the people who have tried.
Jordan Barr is the triple j weekend breakfast host who has previously opened for Hannah Gadsby and Catherine Cohen. She’s back with another stand-up show. Yewwwww!
Expect embarrassing stories, dark humour, and a weird chick demanding your attention (that’s her).
“It’ll turn gears in your head, and you’ll leave bemused, confused, and in awe.” ★★★★ Time Out
“You know that friend who always knows how to turn any situation into something hilariously memorable? That’s Jordan.” The Scoop
A special peek-behind-the-curtain as Bec creates the PERFECT SHOW* – because seeing how the sausage gets made is much more interesting than seeing a sausage**.
★★★★★ “Just put her on Taskmaster already.” BroadwayBaby
*This is NOT the PERFECT SHOW, but the lead-up to one (a bit like that song, Tribute).
**There are (probably***) no sausages in the show.
***No refunds.
Bring a “show-and-tell” item (a trinket/something you made/your favourite childhood joke/etc) in case of emergency.
JLR is an award-winning comedian from the UK, who has performed 10 solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe and around the world. In previous shows, he’s set out to find the 24 missing Spice Girls (Mel A, and Mels D through Z), revealed all the punchlines to all the jokes at the beginning of the hour, and dressed up as his dead dad to perform an hour of insult comedy. In this new show he’s taking things back to basics, mixing silly stand-up with Spike Milliganesque poetry and songs.
“A one-man finger-in-the-dyke against the blandification of comedy” The Guardian
2024 Edinburgh Fringe Legend Award Winner
One of The Telegraph’s 50 Funniest Comedians of the 21st Century
★★★★★ Fest
★★★★★ The List
★★★★ The Guardian
★★★★ The Telegraph
★★★★ The Times
Aaqib Merchant has no secrets from his audience! But yours are invited. Confess honestly and anonymously (or make public) the events that broke you and let Aaqib create catharsis from the comfort of your seat.
Getting scammed over a d*** pic, witnessing a goat sacrifice, and a man killed by a flying cow – Aaqib brings true stories and hilarious stand-up to an all-new show format where audience confessions make up half the show.
He’s an immigrant brown man with zero jokes about Uber, and he’s a long way from being the Ubermensch – but after an hour in his company audiences will leave feeling lighter, refreshed and with a sense of satisfaction that makes them a better person.
“Mischievous…cheeky routines to impress” Chortle UK
Audience confessions are encouraged but not required, and you can make them anonymously or make them public as you prefer.
Pyramids. Pharaohs. Spells. Few civilizations capture the imagination quite like Ancient Egypt: a world of mystery, magic and mildly concerning burial practices. Now, award-winning comedian and amateur Egyptologist AJ Lamarque (Celebrity Letters & Numbers, ABC Radio Evenings) invites you to unwrap the myths in a crash course 5,000 years in the making.
After sold-out seasons at Sydney Comedy Festival, Melbourne Fringe and Brisbane Comedy Festival, AJ returns with an adults-only hour that’s part history lesson, part comedy, and entirely entertaining. Expect gods, gossip and a few historically questionable practices along the way.
★★★★½ Theatre Thoughts
★★★★½ The Barefoot Review
★★★★ Time Out Sydney
★★★★ Hugging Comedians
★★★★ Lilithia Reviews
Urvi Majumdar is a Teacher by day, Comedian by night and hoping not to get recognised for the wrong one! From surviving six periods of PE to mishaps on Compass, a date that lasted 21 mins and road rage, nothing’s off limits in this brand-new hour of raw and honest stand-up from one of Australia’s best.
Urvi has performed to sold-out crowds around the country. You might recognise her from ABC’s critically acclaimed hit shows Fisk, Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee and Spicks and Specks or Channel Ten’s Cheap Seats.
Her debut solo comedy show Urvi Went to an All Girls School was adapted by Screen Australia and ABC, into an AACTA and AWGIE nominated web-series and a half hour pilot which aired on ABC and ABC iview.
Ever worn one outfit for so long that it begins to form layers of sweat, counting the days like rings on a tree? That’s what happened to fat, queer, anxiety-riddled, musical-loving comedian Chelsea Heaney when she lost her luggage on Contiki.
Chelsea Heaney is a comedian on the rise. Her signature, charmingly awkward humour keeps audiences in stitches. A twice RAW Comedy State Finalist (VIC 2024, ACT 2023), Chelsea’s debut cabaret Historians Call Us Roommates sold out at the 2024 Midsumma Festival. After receiving rave reviews at Perth Fringe World and an incredible debut run at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Chelsea is excited to have more people come see what is in her Big Pants at Adelaide Fringe.
★★★★½ “You’re about to have a new favourite comedian” Fringefeed