Melbourne Comedy Showcase

Next date: Friday, 10 October 2025 | 08:00 PM

Get ready to laugh out loud with the Melbourne Comedy Showcase!

With Dave Thornton, Kirsty Webeck and Billy Stiles

The Melbourne Comedy Showcase is a diverse mix of headliners and rising stars, showcasing a range of comedic styles and a broad range of themes ensuring there is something for everyone!

A perfect show for families with teenagers, retirees, boomers, gen xers or a night out with the girls.

Themes include parenting, family life, single life, health, neurodiversity and the world around us.

Dave Thornton

Honest, engaging, whip smart and a damn funny dude, Dave Thornton has built a reputation as one of our country’s best stand-up comedians.

With over 20 years in the game, he’s spent more than half his life doing what he loves, performing to crowds across Australia, and globally including Edinburgh, Montreal Singapore and New York.

A regular co-host of The Project, Dave’s TV credentials also include hosting Channel 9’s 20 to 1 and Network 10’s This Week Live appearances on ABC TV’s Spicks and Specks and Agony Uncles, Channel 9’s The Hundred’s with Andy Lee and Network Ten’s Would I Lie To You Australia and Hughesy We Have a Problem.

A full blown over achiever, Dave is also an accomplished actor, one of Australia’s most beloved radio broadcasters and in-demand voice over artist.

Kirsty Webeck

Award-winning comedian Kirsty Webeck is best known for regular guest appearances on 'Question Everything ABC,’ The Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala, and her debut comedy special 'Kirsty Webeck - Silver Linings' can be seen on ABC iView.

Her live show, Everything I Need to Say about Sea Creatures, opened to rave reviews and took home a Weekly Best Comedy Award at Perth FRINGE WORLD.

A gifted storyteller known for her relatable brand of comedy and an uncanny ability for turning the mundane into the hilarious, Kirsty Webek continues to cement her place as one of Australia’s most beloved comedians.

Billy Stiles

As a late starter to comedy, Billy Stiles has fast become a rising star in the Australian stand-up scene.

Known for his dry observations and deadpan humour, Billy has a talent for hilarious one-liners and is taking the comedy scene by storm with his iconic, laid back style that is relatable to all.

Billy Stiles has travelled the country performing in comedy clubs and pubs all over Australia.

As a late starter to comedy, Billy quickly moved through the ranks and found himself regularly supporting Australia’s best, including Jimeoin, Dave Hughes, Dave O’Neil, Peter Helliar, Dave Thornton and more.

Dave Hughes says, “Billy is a great joke writer” and Dave O’Neil reckons “Billy Stiles is one of the most underrated comedians in Australia.”