A Swingin’ Bella Christmas - EXTRA SHOW
For the first time in over a decade, A Swingin’ Bella Christmas has an extra show! Yep, Casey Bennetto and band sold out Thursday, Friday and Saturday, so we’re throwing on a new show on Wednesday 18 December for the first time EVER. So if you’ve ever wanted to go, and missed out on the hottest Christmas ticket in town, this is your chance. It’s a swingin’ good time, packed with guests, fine musicians and original and traditional Christmas songs.
NEW SHOW - Bastard Joy
SOLD OUT - MICF 2024
NOMINEE - Most Outstanding Show (MICF 2022)
NOMINEE - Golden Gibbo Award (MICF 2022)
WINNER - Golden Gibbo Award (MICF 2011)
NOMINEE - Golden Gibbo Award (MICF 2010)
Veteran. Ginger. Legend. A new electro-clash cabaret from the Boudicca of Australian musical comedy. With more than 40 career award-nominations to her name - imagine what this singer-songwriter can do now she's medicated.
As seen on 'Spicks and Specks', 'RocKwiz', 'Upper Middle Bogan', 'The Whovians' and 'How To Stay Married'.
The Passion of Saint Nicholas - Sydney
3 shows only of the word-of-mouth sleeper of MICF 2024 at the beautiful Hayes Theatre, Sydney.
7pm Friday 4 October
9pm Saturday 5 October
7pm Sunday 6 October
★★★★ - The Age
★★★★★ - Lilithia Reviews
”The standing ovation offered at the end of the show I attended was
heartfelt and genuine. It’s a remarkable piece, by a remarkable performer.” - Squirrel Comedy
”It is impossible not to be deeply moved by a combination of tears of sadness and laughter. Quinn skilfully finds ways to allow them both to sit together with tenderness and naturalness.” - Stage Whispers
BROAD - TOWNSVILLE (QLD)
From the creator of the sold-out romp ‘Sunglasses at Night: the 80s Apocalypse sing-along Cabaret’, and the 2011 Golden Gibbo award-winning ‘You’re the Voice: Songs for the Ordinary by an Anthomaniac’, ‘BROAD’ is another notch is this veteran cabaret star’s expanding belt.
It’s a show about endurance, defiance, the glory of refusing to quit, and a joyous celebration of the iconic broads who inform Quinn’s remarkable brand of showbiz blues. Enjoy an ode to the sisterhood as Quinn takes you through a journey from growing up idolising bold, brassy older women. Now, she’s becoming one…
“The sort of electric thunderclap that inspires audience to hoot out loud and bump the air with their fists in empowered solidarity, it lays down the gauntlet for the moment to beat” – Time Out Melbourne, 5 stars
“Her uncanny knack for handling everything from torch songs to musical comedy is both impressive and jaw-dropping” – Theatre People, 5 stars
“GQ cuts an audacious, commanding presence. And with every powerhouse song, supercharged by the fire within, she reminds the audience of all she has to offer” – Chortle (UK), 4 stars
BROAD - Festival of Voices (TAS)
From the creator of the sold-out romp ‘Sunglasses at Night: the 80s Apocalypse sing-along Cabaret’, and the 2011 Golden Gibbo award-winning ‘You’re the Voice: Songs for the Ordinary by an Anthomaniac’, ‘BROAD’ is another notch is this veteran cabaret star’s expanding belt.
It’s a show about endurance, defiance, the glory of refusing to quit, and a joyous celebration of the iconic broads who inform Quinn’s remarkable brand of showbiz blues. Enjoy an ode to the sisterhood as Quinn takes you through a journey from growing up idolising bold, brassy older women. Now, she’s becoming one…
“The sort of electric thunderclap that inspires audience to hoot out loud and bump the air with their fists in empowered solidarity, it lays down the gauntlet for the moment to beat” – Time Out Melbourne, 5 stars
“Her uncanny knack for handling everything from torch songs to musical comedy is both impressive and jaw-dropping” – Theatre People, 5 stars
“GQ cuts an audacious, commanding presence. And with every powerhouse song, supercharged by the fire within, she reminds the audience of all she has to offer” – Chortle (UK), 4 stars
BROAD - BURRINJA (VIC)
From the creator of the sold-out romp ‘Sunglasses at Night: the 80s Apocalypse sing-along Cabaret’, and the 2011 Golden Gibbo award-winning ‘You’re the Voice: Songs for the Ordinary by an Anthomaniac’, ‘BROAD’ is another notch is this veteran cabaret star’s expanding belt.
It’s a show about endurance, defiance, the glory of refusing to quit, and a joyous celebration of the iconic broads who inform Quinn’s remarkable brand of showbiz blues. Enjoy an ode to the sisterhood as Quinn takes you through a journey from growing up idolising bold, brassy older women. Now, she’s becoming one…
“The sort of electric thunderclap that inspires audience to hoot out loud and bump the air with their fists in empowered solidarity, it lays down the gauntlet for the moment to beat” – Time Out Melbourne, 5 stars
“Her uncanny knack for handling everything from torch songs to musical comedy is both impressive and jaw-dropping” – Theatre People, 5 stars
“GQ cuts an audacious, commanding presence. And with every powerhouse song, supercharged by the fire within, she reminds the audience of all she has to offer” – Chortle (UK), 4 stars
BROAD - BRISBANE COMEDY FESTIVAL
Oh Brisbane, it’s been most than a decade since I was last in Brisbane Comedy Festival - why not get into ‘BROAD’ at Brisbane Comedy Festival 2024! 4 shows only, 6:45pm (5:45pm Sunday)
BROAD - SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL
Sydney! It’s my first Sydney Comedy Festival EVER - ‘BROAD’ at Sydney Comedy Festival 2024! Don’t miss it, 2 shows only 15 & 17 May
NEW SHOW - Geraldine Quinn - The Passion of Saint Nicholas - MICF 2024
Supported by the City of Melbourne Arts Grants.
BROAD - Adelaide Fringe Festival
First time with a solo show in Rads for almost a decade - get into ‘BROAD’ at Adelaide Fringe Festival! 9 shows only.
A Swingin Bella Christmas - SOLD OUT
Your MCs Casey Bennetto and Geraldine Quinn will be joined by special guests as they navigate the musical joys and sorrows of the season in a special three-night engagement (on December 20th, 21st and 22nd) in the salubrious surrounds of the delightful Brunswick Ballroom. It's-a nice-a place.
12th Annual Mama Alto Holiday Special - SOLD OUT
Celebrated jazz singer and cabaret artiste Mama Alto and her special guests, are delighted to present the Twelfth Annual Holiday Special.
A beloved tradition, this Yuletide soiree of vintage holiday songs fosters togetherness at a time when many feel isolated – a silly season balm for the soul.
Carousel
Carousel is back with an all star cast! Get your tickets and ride the Carousel with Geraldine Quinn, Milo, Adam Malone, Maven & Gemma!
BROAD - ADELAIDE CABARET FESTIVAL
Geraldine Quinn - BROAD
Nominee 2022 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award for Most Outstanding Show
Nominee Golden Gibbo 2022 Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Aunty Gerry's back. Again. And she'll keep coming back again and again and again...
Multi-award-winning rock cabaret artist Geraldine Quinn (winner of the 2011 Golden Gibbo Award, as seen on Spicks and Specks, Upper Middle Bogan, The Weekly) returned to Melbourne International Comedy Festival with her first show in four long years – BROAD. She must have learned something in the break, because she finished up the 2022 Festival with two major award-nominations, sold out shows, extra shows and multiple 5-star reviews. It's just unfortunate the noms were announced after she'd finished the run – so she's back. To milk that proverbial cow.
Whether you want to unlock the Auntie Mame inside you, polish your brassiness or if (like Geraldine) your knees just aren't working anymore and you need to be near someone who understands, all are welcome in the BROAD church.
BROAD - Wollongong
Multi-award-winning rock cabaret artist Geraldine Quinn (winner of the 2011 Golden Gibbo Award, as seen on Spicks and Specks, Upper Middle Bogan, The Weekly) returned to 2022 Melbourne International Comedy Festival with her first show in four long years – BROAD. She must have learned something in the break, because she finished up the 2022 Festival with two major award-nominations, sold out shows, extra shows and multiple 5-star reviews. Then the show was nominated for FIVE Victorian Green Room Awards - one in every eligible cabaret category.
Now BROAD is making its NSW debut - at the ‘Gong no less! Whether you want to unlock the Auntie Mame inside you, polish your brassiness or if (like Geraldine) your knees just aren't working anymore and you need to be near someone who understands, all are welcome in the BROAD church.
BROAD - RETURN MICF SEASON
Geraldine Quinn - BROAD
Nominee 2022 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award for Most Outstanding Show
Nominee Golden Gibbo 2022 Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Aunty Gerry's back. Again. And she'll keep coming back again and again and again...
Multi-award-winning rock cabaret artist Geraldine Quinn (winner of the 2011 Golden Gibbo Award, as seen on Spicks and Specks, Upper Middle Bogan, The Weekly) returned to Melbourne International Comedy Festival with her first show in four long years – BROAD. She must have learned something in the break, because she finished up the 2022 Festival with two major award-nominations, sold out shows, extra shows and multiple 5-star reviews. It's just unfortunate the noms were announced after she'd finished the run – so she's back. To milk that proverbial cow.
Whether you want to unlock the Auntie Mame inside you, polish your brassiness or if (like Geraldine) your knees just aren't working anymore and you need to be near someone who understands, all are welcome in the BROAD church.
Fish Creek Carnival
Fish Creek Carnival returns with an all new show as part of the Prom Coast Festival, and Quinn makes her Fishy debut! I can’t wait to get in front of an audience again with circus peeps, and work with some of the great folks I met thru Circus Oz as well. Been too long.
Bowie Ball - Midsumma Festival
Grab your lycra jumpsuit and get ready for an anything-goes extravaganza bringing together the best in music, art, fashion and entertainment. All your favourite Bowie hits performed live by some of Melbourne's most exciting singers and provocateurs. Let your inner lightning bolt fly!
A Swingin Bella Christmas 2022
A SWINGIN’ BELLA CHRISTMAS - 2022 - BRUNSWICK BALLROOM
20/21 DEC SOLD OUT- EXTRA SHOW 22 DEC ON SALE NOW
A Swingin’ Bella Christmas is back for 2022! Brunswick Ballroom, 6:30PM door, 8PM show.
Josh Earl’s 100% Hits Vol Pod LIVE
The first ever live show of 100% Hits Vol. Pod. The podcast that looks at the greatest music compilation series Australia ever produced. This show will look at the songs from the first half of Volume 17 released in 1995. There will be comedic guests, live musical performances and all for a good cause with all proceeds going to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.
Guests include Jordan Barr, Gillian Cosgriff, Geraldine Quinn, Oliver Clark, Hot Department and PROBABLY MORE. Also Jearl will be there.
Unsung - An Antipodes Concert Fundraiser and 2023 Season Launch
Antipodes Theatre Company presents "Unsung", a concert fundraiser featuring a dozen of Melbourne's best singers and comedians performing songs from musical theatre roles they wouldn't traditionally be cast in. The evening will feature a silent auction and raffle, along with the reveal of Antipodes' 2023 Season.
Rhys & Joel's Family Christmas
Rhys & Joel's Family Christmas
THURSDAY 1 Dec - THORNBURY THEATRE
Special guests: Kirsty Webeck, Jude Perl and Geraldine Quinn
It’s beginning to look a LOT like Christmas. A time to cherish loved ones? Ew, no thanks.
Join your favourite drunk aunties Joel Creasey (Australia’s #1 drive radio show “Kate, Tim and Joel”, Eurovision, Netflix) and Rhys Nicholson (RuPaul’s Drag Race Downunder, Conan, Netflix) as they host a yuletide gay extravaganza featuring some of their favourite comedians, musicians and who knows, maybe some members of the clergy?
What better way to get in the Christmas spirit than spending some time with a couple of HO HO HOs?
MELT Comedy Gala - BRISBANE
Join us on closing weekend for a MELT laugh-fest, the ultimate variety night full of top-shelf comedy and fun!
Sunglasses at Night - PORTLAND (VIC)
The 1980s wasn’t all parties, rah-rah skirts, and side-ponytails. It was the Cold War. Chernobyl. The Berlin Wall. And the best ‘poncing’ about in pop music history.
Enter a world of artsy, decadent 80’s pop music excess as your host Geraldine Quinn gives you a crash course in apocalyptic 80s – inviting you to sing along to gloriously pretentious hits of the era.
BROAD - Cockburn Live (WA)
‘BROAD’ - COCKBURN LIVE (WA)
Geraldine Quinn returns to Perth for the first time in almost a decade with the multi-award-nominated ‘BROAD’, for two nights only!
★★★★★ “The sort of electric thunderclap that inspires audience members to hoot out loud" Time Out Melbourne
★★★★★ “Both impressive and jaw-dropping.” Theatre People
★★★★ “Supercharged by the fire within, she reminds the audience of all she has to offer.” Chortle (UK)
★★★★ Mervyn Stutter’s Pick Of The Fringe (UK - Edinburgh Fringe 2022).
Local Laughs - Hallowe'en Edition
HALLOWE’EN LOCAL LAUGHS - THE LOCAL TAPHOUSE, ST KILDA EAST
Come to one of Melbourne's longest running comedy rooms in the front room of The Local Taphouse.
Bowie Ball (Guest Appearance)
The Bowie Ball (Oz) Is back! One night only, and I will once again be a guest performer! Come and sing along, The Night Cat, Fitzroy - 13 May 2022
BROAD - Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2022
Agnes Moorehead. Rhonda Burchmore. Vivienne Westwood with a tit out. There is something heady about these kinds of brassy broads. So many (b)older women, so many (A)FAB icons to look up to. So what if these camp inspo glamour heroines feel a bit close to your own sagging jawline? Well, you write your own ridiculous story and paint your own ridiculous face in a cabaret about how anyone can find their inner Endora – bejewelled kaftan and all.
The Rubber Chicken Cabaret Club
Look at this line-up! We’re vaxxed and ready. Come visit!
MC Dave O’Neil
Geraldine Quinn
Elliot Goblet
Randy Feltface
BROAD - new show! new show! new show!
Agnes Moorehead. Rhonda Burchmore. Vivienne Westwood with a tit out. 5-star rock cabaret veteran Geraldine Quinn (Spicks & Specks) grew up idolising bold, brassy (mostly ginger) older women. Now she's becoming one. With pianist Cameron Thomas, Quinn's back to help us all find our DGAF Dame. Whether you want to unlock your inner Auntie Mame or if (like GQ) your knees aren't working anymore, ALL are welcome in The Broad Church.
“Magnificent on-stage charisma [...] With ballsy attitude like she displays so convincingly here, she could always be a rock goddess instead.” Chortle (UK) ****
A Swingin' Bella Christmas - 2021
FINAL SHOW ON SALE! SUNDAY 19 DECEMBER - 2pm MATINEE!
The other two shows sold out SO FAST, that for the first time ever, A Swingin’ Bella Christmas is doing a matinee!
COMEDY REPUBLIC - A Christmas Pageant
Our first pageant was the most talked about festive affair in town. Now - Comedy Republic's Second Annual Christmas Pageant returns for six holy nights from 16 December. Prepare to be titillated by a delectable and ever-changing cast of comedians, carollers, cabaret performers and more, all served up by the inimitable sultry songstress Tina Del Twist. Enjoy special treats from different lineups each night.
Join in the merry cheer for this unmissable Christmas extravaganza, we know Yule love it.
And I will be shaking my jingle bells on the following dates:
Thursday 16 December
Friday 17 December
Saturday 18 December
Wednesday 22 December
Thursday 23 December