Melbourne Comedy Showcase
SATURDAY 6 SEPTEMBER, 7:30PM
Wordsworth Productions & HPAC present: Melbourne Comedy Showcase
"Get ready to laugh out loud with the Melbourne Comedy Showcase!
A lineup featuring some of the best Melbourne has to offer including:
Lehmo
(The Project, Utopia, Triple M)
Dave O’Neil (Spicks & Specks, Have You Been Paying Attention)
PLUS seasoned veteran Brad Oakes and up-and-coming stars, Sonia Di Iorio 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.
COMICS BIO'S:
LehmoLehmo is one of Australia’s most experienced and well travelled comedians. He has headlined comedy clubs across the country for well over fifteen years and worked all corners of the globe including USA, UK, Ireland, South Africa, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Thailand.
Lehmo has also become Australia’s number one ‘combat comic’, having completed seven ‘tours of duty’ performing for our troops abroad. Lehmo can be heard on ABC Radio’s Grandstand on weekends and on the Triple M network across the week. Up until December 2017, Lehmo hosted the Number 1 FM breakfast show in Melbourne on Gold 104.3 with Jo Stanley.
Lehmo is a panelist on Network 10 news comedy program The Project, and the host of AFL comedy quiz show, The Beep Test on Fox Sports. He also stars in the Logie winning and critically acclaimed Working Dog TV production Utopia which airs on the ABC and Netflix.
As a regular on the festival circuit Lehmo has written and performed solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for over two decades.
Dave O’Neil
Dave O'Neil may call himself a
lightweight, but with over 30 years of experience, his cheeky brand of
humour has made him one of Australia’s most loved comedians. With years
of breakfast radio on Nova, more appearances on Spicks and Specks, than
any other guest, a bunch of podcasts (including
Somehow Related with
Glenn Robbins and The Junkees with Kitty Flanagan) and a reputation for
taking any corporate gig he is offered, it takes a lot to throw this
comedian off his game!
“An atmosphere some comedians would kill to be able to generate,
sitting in Dave O’Neil’s audience is genuinely to feel like you’ve
stumbled into a relaxed conversation among friends… there’s an engaging
affability… unprepossessingly good-spirited fun.”
–Chortle
“One of our most accomplished stand-ups.”
– The Age
Sonia Di Ioro
Sonia Di Iorio has over 10 years of
experience as a standup comedian. She has opened for Ronny Chieng,
performed at The Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Splendour in the Grass, and
comedy clubs right around the country.
Di Iorio is a writer on The Project and has been heard on popular comedy podcasts 'The Little Dum Dum Club' and 'Don’t You Know Who I Am?'
“Quick-witted, tight and oozing with confidence.” -
Pop Culture-y
“Clearly an accomplished performer.”
- Squirrel Comed
Brad Oakes
Brad Oakes is a stand-up comic with a
career spanning over 25 years. Bradford Oakes is a professional stand-up
comic with a career spanning over 30+ years. He is also a reliable and
most trusted host. Brad is well known for his TV work on Hey Hey It's
Saturday, Totally Full Frontal and The Comedy Company, The Jimeoin Show,
and a host of others. He has headlined/hosted at every major comedy
venue in Australia and toured internationally as a stand-up to
Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Singapore, New Zealand and Dubai.
Brad Oakes, the Comic's comic, works as a mentor and director to some of the country's most well-known comedians including Tommy Little, Claire Hooper and Corrine Grant. He has directed over 30 different comedy festival shows.
"He is dry, cynical and funny... An extremely proficient stand up
comedian." - Melbourne Age
“Clearly a funny man
who doesn't talk down... Makes you want to
listen...Refreshing intelligence." - The Herald Sun
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.”
Billy Stiles’ observational humour is highly relatable and gives insight
into how an ADHD brain operates with hilarious anecdotes about his
everyday life. Billy's comedy is loved by a wide demographic of
audiences from teenagers to middle-aged women making him one of the most
sought after talents in
Melbourne.
Warning: Some adult concepts, occasional strong language, suitable 16+
Access & Inclusion: This is an accessible and inclusive event taking place on Gunditjmara Country. If you need assistance at the venue, please let us know when booking your ticket or contact us directly.
Tickets:Adult $60
Senior $55
Concession $50
Student
$25
Groups 6+ $30
- Comedy - Stand Up
- $60.00
- 6 September 2025
- 130 minutes
- 19:30
- Hamilton Performing Arts Centre
- The Handbury Auditorium
- Suitable Age 16+
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Some adult concepts, occasional strong language, suitable 16+