Comedy at the Shirley: May

Next date: Friday, 22 May 2026 | 07:30 PM to 09:00 PM

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Join us for an unforgettable evening of gut-busting humour, featuring a treasure trove of comedic talent that'll have you laughing 'til your cheeks ache.

Expect big-name comics and rising stars from Australia and around the world – here to light up the Shirley Burke Theatre. You'll recognise these talents from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala, and from shows such as:

Have You Been Paying Attention?
Thank God You're Here
Spicks and Specks.

Lovingly curated by veteran comedy programmer Janet A McLeod (aka the fairy godmother of Melbourne comedy), Comedy at the Shirley is guaranteed to leave you in hysterics.

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Comedians

Rusty Berther

Rusty is an accomplished, all-round entertainer who found fame as one-half legendary musical comedy duo The Scared Weird Little Guys. Rusty has performed an astonishing number of shows both as a Scared Weird Little Guy as well as a solo comedian in countries all over the world - at festivals, comedy clubs, theatres, universities, countless television and radio spots, corporate events, children's shows, cruise ships and everything in between. He is also an author, is pretty good at woodwork, and once ran a marathon in Antarctica.

Diana Nguyen

Diana Nguyen is a comedian, writer and podcaster. You might have seen her onPlease Like Me, Fat Pizza: Back In Business orJust for Laughs Australia.She is also the cocreator of phiandme.tv, the first ever Vietnamese Australian web series with over 50 million views on social media. You can find her on the podcast channels withThe Dirty Dishwhere she interviews funny people about their dishes. (PS. She still disappoints her Vietnamese refugee mother).

More to be announced.

This event is a part of our Comedy at the Shirley series.