The Will To Be at The Butterfly Club

Joana Joy: STANDING STILL is Now Playing at MICF

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 when the audience presses play on a song - to which she must dance.

TRICK OR TREATMENT to Play Melbourne Comedy Festival Next Month

February 25, 2024

Explore the world of alternative medicine in 'TRICK OR TREATMENT' at Melbourne Comedy Festival. Join Alanta on a science comedy journey through the wild and weird of big chakra and more!

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

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 best way to fill his performance space was with the magic of sound. The result is a scintillating, provocative soundscape that will capture MJ and the audience as one when Cabaret Night Fever opens at The Butterfly Club on June 19.

Photos: First Look at Kirby Lunn In MESSHEAD

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 this is not a show you will want to miss. Check out the promotional photos below!

JENS RADDA: SKANK SINATRA Comes to the Butterfly Club

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 drag cabaret artist Jens Radda who delivers knock-out jokes and dazzling vocals.

Comedy Darling Steph Teitelbaum Presents HELLO, WHO IS IT? For Melbourne Comedy Festival

March 02, 2023

Briiiiing briiiiing… don't pick up the phone, it could be your real estate agent asking for the rent, or a scam or worse, your grandmother! If you hate picking up the phone as much as Steph Teitelbaum does, you're going to love this show. 

NAKED AT MY AGE Comes to the Butterfly Club in March

February 09, 2023

Charla Hathaway will surprise you.  Becoming a sex worker at 55 was not in the cards!  Fraught with difficult choices, her willingness to explore the Oldest Profession leads to risk, lust and ultimately, healing. She will seduce you with vulnerable stores from her 20-year pioneering career as an Erotic Muse.

Writers' Block Theatre to Present TRANSCENDENCE at Midsumma Festival in 2023

December 11, 2022

Writers' Block Theatre will return to the Midsumma Festival in 2023 with the world premiere of Transcendence. It is an original queer play that discusses gender identity at a time when trans, non-binary, and gender diverse individuals are not being afforded opportunities to enjoy safe spaces to be themselves.

July Season of STIR-FRIED SCIENCE Announced at The Butterfly Club

June 23, 2022

Stir-fried Science, created with the support of National Science Week and Inspiring Australia, is a cornucopia of science, comedy, music and even a smidgen of philosophy that will be performed by Michele Conyngham, Phil Dooley and Patrick Trumper from 18 July to 23 July at The Butterfly Club, Melbourne.

WHO WRITES THIS STUFF? Comes to The Butterfly Club in May

March 21, 2022

On Monday 23rd of May Britni Leslie Returns to The Butterfly club debuting her brand new show Who writes this stuff?

The Butterfly Club Will Showcase New Musical Comedy TELL ME I SUCK

March 16, 2022

In his Melbourne International Comedy Festival debut, Isaac Haigh bursts onto the stage with a whacky hour of musical comedy in 'Tell Me I Suck', a show where he attempts to brutally murder his own ego with his weapons of choice – song, sketch and stand-up.