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Laugh For Lifeline Comedy Fundraiser Comes to Bendigo, Melbourne, and Ballarat


by Stephi Wild - September 09, 2024

Lifeline supports people struggling with their mental health. Their Loddon Mallee centre answers thousands of calls each year and trains and supports crisis counselling for Bendigo to Swan Hill and the surrounding region. ...

Ellen O'Connor Debuts Solo Show LATE TO MY OWN PARTY At The Butterfly Club


by A.A. Cristi - April 29, 2024

The Butterfly Club will present LATE TO MY OWN PARTY, a production by Quiet Roar, this June. ...

Joana Joy: STANDING STILL is Now Playing at MICF


by Stephi Wild - April 01, 2024

After selling out across New Zealand, Joana Joy: STANDING STILL will make its MICF24 debut at Tasma Terrace. In a desperate move to “do” less and “be” more, seasoned comic, ex-professional dancer, and cabaret dynamo Joana Joy (Banana Jolie), performs witty, vibrant, chortle-inducing comedy EXCEPT wh...

REVIEW: Jens Radda's Fabulously Fun Camp Cabaret SKANK SINATRA Has Opened At The Butterfly Club


by Jade Kops - May 30, 2023

SKANK SINATRA is Jens Radda’s latest queer cabaret creation, blending their personal story with a compilation of ‘Ol’ Blue Eyes’ well known standards....

MJ Wilson Brings CABARET NIGHT FEVER To The Butterfly Club, 19 - 24 June


by A.A. Cristi - May 23, 2023

When MJ Wilson decided to bring back his popular 2022 Fringe show Cabaret Night Fever for a 2023 season, he wanted to make it a little bolder, a lot cheekier - and a great deal Bigger. With his inflatable sidekick Otto already pumped to maximum size, this inspired writer/comedian decided that the be...

Photos: First Look at Kirby Lunn In MESSHEAD


by Blair Ingenthron - May 21, 2023

International leading lady Kirby Lunn is starring in a new one-woman show MESShead. The show will be making its Australian debut at The Butterfly club in Melbourne and will go international when it debuts at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2023. As an unstoppable force in theatre and comedy we’re sure thi...

JENS RADDA: SKANK SINATRA Comes to the Butterfly Club


by Stephi Wild - April 26, 2023

Having recently returned from award winning performances at Adelaide Fringe Festival and in Queensland, Jens Radda will be performing a new original show Jens Radda: Skank Sinatra at The Butterfly Club from 29 May - 3 June, 2023 at 7pm. The solo comedy cabaret show features live singing and piano by...

IF UNICORNS WERE REAL Comes to The Butterfly Club in May


by Stephi Wild - April 19, 2023

Is happiness just a fairy-tale?  When two lost souls are brought together by Tinder, the boundaries of a first date are broken. Secrets are unveiled and skeletons are revealed. In Mollie Mooney's writing debut, the darker side of the dating game is brought to light. This is modern-day dating and a s...

THE SABOTEUR Comes to The Butterfly Club


by Stephi Wild - March 09, 2023

Critically acclaimed theatre company Jetpack Theatre Collective (Pea Green Boat, Art Heist) is bringing The Saboteur, the award-winning improvisation comedy show, to The Butterfly Club in Melbourne 20-25 March. ...

SILLY LITTLE THINGS by Laura Knaggs to Play The Butterfly Club Upstairs Theatre in March


by Blair Ingenthron - February 12, 2023

Directed by Sharnema Nougar, this vibrant and heart-warming one-woman show is written and performed by emerging playwright Laura Knaggs....

Past Shows

SAUCE
SAUCE
12/18 - 12/21/2024


When life gives you lemons... F*ck lemons, order a takeaway.   Mella is a compulsive liar. Maura is a kleptomaniac. Both are hot messes whose ...

POPERA: Sex, Death & Politics


Welcome to POPERA: Sex, Death & Politics with Uma Dobia, your game show host for the night. Get ready to spin the wheel, shake your ...

That Night!
That Night!
10/30 - 11/4/2023


Glass Road Productions invites you to That Night! as part of the Melbourne Monologue festival at the Butterfly Club. Renowned Australian A-lister, Sam Brown, has ...

Murder Village: An Improvised Whodunnit


It’s Agatha Christie, improvised!  Following an award-winning season at Sydney Fringe and sellouts at Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Brisbane Comedy Festival, Murder Village is ...

Death Pretzel
Death Pretzel
7/24 - 7/29/2023


When disillusioned artist Sam (Lucy Ross, Anyone Can Whistle ) dies and is visited by the Grim Reaper Morgan (Chloe Towan, Time Lord ), she ...

Death Pretzel
Death Pretzel
7/24 - 7/29/2023


When disillusioned artist Sam (Lucy Ross, Anyone Can Whistle ) dies and is visited by the Grim Reaper Morgan (Chloe Towan, Time Lord ), she ...

Jens Radda: Skank Sinatra
Jens Radda: Skank Sinatra
5/29 - 6/3/2023


Stunningly raunchy, fabulously elegant and absolutely hilarious Jens Radda (ABC TV) returns to The Butterfly Club with his brand new comedy cabaret show Skank Sinatra. ...

The Saboteur: An Interactive Game of Trust


Five performers are all working hard to put on a good improv show. Well, almost all of them. One of them is trying to sabotage ...

Secrets
Secrets
7/11 - 6/16/2022


One hour, five actors, thirty incredible secrets told through a series of powerful, moving and sometimes hilarious verbatim monologues. Secrets sheds light on our internal ...

The Tower's Edge
The Tower's Edge
7/5 - 7/10/2021


The journey starts with a step. One foot in front of the other. Ascend the stairs to the tower’s edge. What lies beyond? Lachlan Wilde ...

Doggo
Doggo
4/2 - 4/11/2021


Rooted in self-reflection, catharsis and silliness, Doggo is Alice Toveys most ambitious work to date, coming to Melbourne International Comedy Festival on 2 11 April ...

Scary Goats Tour
Scary Goats Tour
3/22 - 4/4/2021


When Mel, a skeptic and ghost debunker, accidentally books in for a Goat Tour instead of a Ghost Tour, it looks like her day couldnt ...

The Will To Be
The Will To Be
9/23 - 9/29/2019


One lonely night in 1962, a young university lecturer weighs up his life. The career of his dreams is no more. His secret is out. ...

The Piano Men
The Piano Men
6/24 - 6/29/2019


Why is it when we think of the piano it is always men at the forefront? From Bach to Ben Folds, Beethoven to Billy Joel ...

People Suck: A Musical Airing of Grievances


People Suck: A Musical Airing of Grievances - The Australian Premiere of the Canadian musical song cycle that took the Toronto Fringe by the balls ...

Videos


Piaf! The Show in Australia - Melbourne Piaf! The Show
The Palms at Crown (5/16 - 5/17)
Jacob Sacher: Promising Young Mensch in Australia - Melbourne Jacob Sacher: Promising Young Mensch
The Motley Bauhaus - Cabarat Stage (3/24 - 4/6)
Chicago: The Musical in Australia - Melbourne Chicago: The Musical
Avenir Centre (4/25 - 4/27)
Piaf! The Show in Australia - Melbourne Piaf! The Show
State Theatre (5/15 - 5/15)
Djuna in Australia - Melbourne Djuna
Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre (3/12 - 3/23)
Josephine Wants To Dance in Australia - Melbourne Josephine Wants To Dance
The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts (4/11 - 4/12)
Cameron James; Broken Records in Australia - Melbourne Cameron James; Broken Records
ACMI - Swinburne Studio (3/27 - 4/20)
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