First Monday Of Every Month, 7:30pm

Monthly drag bingo with your favourite nans.

Edith Vale, Maureen McGillicuddy and Caroline Springs have been hosting their sold out Granny Bingo night for 5 years. The pandemic almost took them out, but never fear; Caroline doesn't think it's real, so we're back live in the Comedy Republic bar!

And yes, you will actually play bingo! Nanna kisses xx

More events: Granny Bingo is on the first Monday of every month.

Every Tuesday, 7:30pm

New comedians doing their best, and the best comedians doing their new.

Get the crew together for cheap tickets, cheap drinks, cheap laughs. What’s not to love!

TUESDAY 7 MAY Stu Daulman, Carmelo Costa, Bridget Hassed, Sonia Di Iorio, Lauren Edwards, Tyson Popplestone & more

Wednesday 1-29 May, 7:30pm

Remember school? Learning new things with mates every day?

Imagine that again - minus the exams, detentions and raging hormones in the way.

Introducing Sashi Perera’s Night School! A weekly learning utopia featuring an hour of lessons from Melbourne’s best comics and (some) actual experts.

If you’re tired of new knowledge limited to internet videos on a 3am scroll spiral in the dark - come along for lots of laughs, a little learning and absolutely no qualifications.

Thursday 9 May, 6:30pm

Come and see comedian and podcaster Nelly Thomas live in conversation with a cast of fabulous queerdos to celebrate IDAHOBIT: International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia for 2024.

Nelly will be joined by:

Scott Brennan: comedian, actor and homosexual-about-town
Geraldine Hickey: comedian and Chief Lesbo-in-Residence
Quah Ee Ling: Fire Dragon Queer Feminist
(And possibly a surprise guest or two!)

With live music from Cabaret-Comedy Superstar, Tina Del Twist.

IDAHOBIT aims to raise awareness of LGBTIQA+ rights worldwide. So come celebrate our right to love, joy, romance, sex - and all the things - from the better side of 40.

Every Thursday - Saturday, 8:30pm

Comedy Republic's signature lineup show!

Main Stage has quickly become our biggest show, selling out on the regular with huge all-star lineups and lively fun-loving crowds. Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, you can be sure to catch a heap of the best comedians Melbourne and the wider world have to offer.

- - - MAIN STAGE FORMAT - - -

Main Stage (120min show, 5+ comedians, inc interval)
Thursday 8:30pm - $26
Friday 8:30pm - $29
Saturday 8:30pm - $36

- - - UPCOMING LINEUPS - - -

THURSDAY 2 MAY Jordan Barr, Michelle Brasier, Aidan Jones, Suren Jayamanne, Nat Harris & Omar Gad

FRIDAY 3 MAY Jordan Barr, Michelle Brasier, Josh Earl, Aidan Jones, Suren Jayamanne & Nat Harris

SATURDAY 4 MAY Jordan Barr, Michelle Brasier, Josh Earl, Aidan Jones, Suren Jayamanne & Nat Harris

THURSDAY 9 MAY Ben Russell, Mish Wittrup, Rowan Thambar, Prue Blake, Nick Quon & more

FRIDAY 10 MAY Ben Russell, Stu Daulman, Rowan Thambar, Prue Blake & more

SATURDAY 11 MAY Ben Russell, Alex Ward, Mish Wittrup, Rowan Thambar, Prue Blake, Nick Quon & more

Coming up in May: Sean Diao, Ray O'Leary, Con Coutis, Nick Schuller, Urvi Majumdar, Takashi Wakasugi, Kirsty Webeck, Luka Muller, Maddy Weeks & more

(Lineups are subject to last minute changes)

17 & 18 May, 7:00pm

When starting out in standup at the age of 19, Sammy Petersen was asked to write a book from a well known publisher titled ‘Why The Long Face: the story of a boy who tried to make people laugh when he can't even smile himself.’

This was not his idea and he never did it but, after over a decade, he can’t stop thinking about it.

This is a debut solo show from the host of ‘Confessions’ about self-worth, heartbreak and if he does in fact look a little bit like a horse.

“A great storyteller and the most comedy adjacent person I’ve ever met.” Wil Anderson  

24 May - 28 June, 10:00pm

Hello I'm Greg and I'm going to go crazy for you!

Come and see this limited season of fresh jokes, cool guests, stupid skits and WILD SCENARIOS.

I am the Carl Baron of Australian comedy and these shows will be ZANY.

Every show will be totally different. Come see them all!! Give me money and help me fund my tour of the UK by buying a ticket to witness me in the throes of a serious mental health episode.

YUM YUM YUM.

Wednesday 5-26 June, 6:30pm

Something Good is Melbourne's best improv show, starring cast and crew from Ch 10’s television improv juggernaut 'Thank God You’re Here' Ben Russell, Amy Ruffle, Lena Moon and Alistair Baldwin.

It’s long form improv at its finest, with famous faces dropping by each week for a completely improvised and always chaotic performance.

Based off audience suggestion, Something Good makes up a show that is something great and something that will never be seen again. Past guests include Tony Martin, Adam Hills, Virginia Gay and Broden Kelly.