How It Started


We’re putting the biggest names in the smallest spaces, sending them way back to where it all began. With names so huge we’re keeping them a secret, don’t miss our 40th birthday treat.  

Four pop-up shows only, in some of the Festival’s most intimate and long-serving performance spaces. 

Everyone started somewhere!

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    • Stand-Up
    • $30.00
    • 28 March 2026
    • 60 minutes
    • 16:45
    • Melbourne Town Hall
    • Suggested for 15+
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    Melbourne Town Hall

    100 Swanston St, Melbourne

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    Lunch Room

    100 Swanston St, Melbourne