The Festival Club

HOSTED BY ALEX HINES & LOU WALL
The most epic (and best costumed) lip-sync battles of the Fest.

Fridays, after the comedy, 28 Mar, 4, 11 & 18 Apr

Friday 28 March
Hosted by Alex Hines, featuring Josh Glanc, Steve Porters and Fran Middleton. Followed by DJ Gay Dad

Friday 11 April
Hosted by Alex Hines, featuring Clara Cupcakes, Mr Snotbottom Vs The Zombie Boogers
Geraldine Quinn
Dane Simpson & Isaac Compton

Friday 18 April
Hosted by Alex Hines & Lou Wall, featuring Dane Simpson & Issac Compton, Elouise Eftos and Fran Middleton as Tara Bark

Future lip-syncers to be announced

HOSTED BY OTTO & ASTRID 
Berlin band Die Roten Punkte rock the haus with DJ Andrew McClelland and world class musical comedy, circus and variety. Featuring:

Piotr Sikora: Furiozo (POL) 
Hot Department
Flo & Joan + George Fouracres (UK) 
Circus Oz
Charlene Kaye (USA)

HOSTED BY DAVE WARNEKE
Do Go On... in Quiz form! Team captains Jess Perkins and Matt Stewart are joined by special guests on one big topic from history. Nerdy, and incredible fun.

Featuring special guest artists Cameron James and Lizzy Hoo.

HOSTED BY NAT HARRIS & OLIVER COLEMAN 
The best character comedians are checking their IDs at the door. Doesn’t matter who you are, just don’t break character!

Taylor Griffiths 
Wilson Dixon (NZ)
Steen Raskopoulos
Stuart Daulman
Alex Hines
Vidya Rajan & Mel McGlensey
Stephanie Broadbridge

HOSTED BY OWEN MERRIMAN 
Terrible Ideas, Improvised. Each night some of the finest comedians will try to convince us that they are experts... the twist is, they will have no idea what their expert subject is until they walk out on stage! This is a battleground of pop-culture references, quick wit, cringeworthy puns, and improvised absurdity.

Featuring:
Eli Mathewson (NZ)
Lousa Fitzhardinge
David Correos (NZ)
Steve Porters (UK)
Frankie McNair
Chris Parker (NZ)

HOSTED BY HENRY YAN & WILLIAM WANG
The funniest Asian comedians of the Festival come together for a night of jokes and roasts.

Featuring:
Jacky Ng (Singapore)
Rizal van Geyzel (Malaysia)
He Huang
Sam See (Singapore)
Ting Lim
Grace Zhang

HOSTED BY JOSH GLANC
We’re letting the clowns loose in the Club for a night of comedy chaos.

Featuring
Piotr Sikora: Furiozo (Poland)
Cvnt
Jeromaia Detto
Elf Lyons (UK)
Josh Ladgrove
Hannah Camilleri
Clara Cupcakes
Vidya Rajan & Mel McGlensey

HOSTED BY CLAUDIA NANKERVIS
Melbourne’s cult storytelling night. One topic, five comedians, infinite possibilities.

Featuring
Paul Foot (UK)
Anisa Nandaula
Takashi Wakasugi (Japan)
Amy Annette
Lou Wall

HOSTED BY MARK WATSON 
Bite-size briefings from the wisest comedians in the game. Life lessons you didn’t know you needed.

Featuring
Scout Boxall
Emma Holland
Lou Wall
Noah Szto
Paddy Young (UK)
Tom Cashman
Kiri Pritchard McLean & Rachel Fairburn (UK)

HOSTED BY MICHELLE BRASIER & BEN RUSSELL
Festival favourites dazzle with their showstopping skills as they audition for their dream musical roles.

Musical Director: Gillian Cosgriff

Featuring: 
Stu Daulman
Charlene Kaye (USA)
Chloe Petts (UK)
Paul Williams (NZ)
Emmanuel Sonubi (UK)
Josh Burton
Jordan Barr