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A clown cabaret performance with two people standing on a stage, one of them is spotlit.
3 – 17 Oct

Spawn!

  • Comedy
  • Theatre

Spawn! is a variety cabaret gathering an eclectic ecosystem of clown and alternative comedy. With a different line-up each night, the show offers a vibrant mix of artists for an evening of bold ideas and strange delights.

Featuring Ava O’Brien and Peggie Barnes (NZ), Benny Boot, Caitlin Duff, Clare Rankine, Daniel Nodder (NZ), Ece Mustafoff, Jeromaia Detto, Jett Bond, Jon Walpole, Lukas Meintjes, Mae Da
Mel McGlensey, Pauline Sherlock, Puffling, Sean Dugdale-Martin (NZ), Thomas Hodge and more to be announced.

Presented by The Frog and Company.

Hours

Date Times
Sat 3 Oct
  • 8.10pm - 9.10pm 8:10pm - 9:10pm
Sat 10 Oct
  • 8.10pm - 9.10pm 8:10pm - 9:10pm
Sat 17 Oct
  • 8.10pm - 9.10pm 8:10pm - 9:10pm

Location

The Casa Haus
The Motley Wherehaus
432 Queen St
Melbourne 3000

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Adult / general $20
Student / concession $15

Booking not required

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  • email address: madeleine@thefrogandcompany.com
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30 Sep – 4 Oct

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Until 19 Sep

Theatresports

Melbourne's longest running improvised comedy show returns for 2026 at the Impro Melbourne Theatre.

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7 – 18 Oct

Adore Händel’s Birthday Party

You're invited to the birthday of history's most scandalous time-travelling songbird.

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The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.

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