"After an hour in his company, you’re chilled out and smiling." The Age.

Thursday 28 September | 8pm | GPAC Little Theatre

Daniel Connell, as seen on the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala and the Comedy All Stars on the ABC, brings his hit stand-up show 'I'm Always Sore' to the Gippsland Performing Arts Centre for one night only!

Connell could easily be described as the ideal Aussie comedian; affable, loveable and hilarious. His observational, dry, often unanticipated comedy has seen him take to stages all over Australia.

Get some friends together and come down for a laugh. "Connell is so endlessly watchable that it's genuinely difficult to imagine someone not enjoying his work. A career best and a festival highlight", The Funny Tonne.

Connell is a three-time performer at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala.

He has performed internationally, including Scotland, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and India.

“Daniel Connell will leave you laughing, smiling and really just wanting to have beer with the bloke”, Herald Sun.

Barry the Bunyip is a smelly fellow and all the bush creatures don’t let him forget it!

Saturday 24 June | 7.30pm | GPAC Little Theatre

The Fairy Queen has decreed that Barry the Bunyip has to leave his home, and he’s not happy about it!  

Bush Tale Bunyip is developed over the span of five months by a group of 30 young stars aged between 8 - 16, and will premier in the GPAC Little Theatre this June.

The Gippsland Youth Drama Workshop produces an original show with every group, based on the participant’s ideas for characters, plot and themes that are important to them. 

The audience will meet fairies, pixies, witches, brownies and of course a bunyip in a story that focuses on differences and acceptance and not judging books by their covers (or others by their smell)! 

Artist recommended age: 18+ ABSOLUTELY NO MINORS ALLOWED

Content Warning: Adult Themes. This is an X-rated show.  ABSOLUTELY NO MINORS ALLOWED. NO FILMING/PHOTOGRAPHY. NO WARNING. THE SHOW WILL BE FILMED. BY ENTERING YOU AGREE TO BE FILMED AND CONTENT MAY BE DISTRIBUTED. 

Thursday 27 April | 7pm | GPAC Main Theatre

Friday 28 April | 7pm | GPAC Main Theatre

Friday 28 April | 9.30pm | GPAC Main Theatre

Every idea on Steve-O’s Bucket List was so ill-advised, he never expected to go through with any of  them. Until it was time to prepare for this tour. Not only are the stunts more ridiculous than what you already know Steve-O for, he did them all, and made a highly XXX-rated, multimedia comedy show out of them. Not for kids, or for the faint of heart. 

The Hilarious Celebration of Women and The Change!

Sunday 26 November | 6.30pm | GPAC Main Theatre 

SOLD OUT PERFORMANCE

The original New York and Las Vegas hit Menopause The Musical® is coming to Gippsland Performing Arts Centre this November!

Four women at a lingerie sale have nothing in common but a black lace bra, memory loss, hot flushes, night sweats, not enough sex, too much sex and more.

Inspired by a hot flush and a bottle of wine, Menopause The Musical® is a celebration for women who are on the brink of, in the middle of, or have survived “The Change”.

This side-splitting musical parody set to classic tunes from the 60s, 70s and 80s will have you cheering and dancing in the aisles!

See what millions of women (and brave men) have been laughing about for 22years. It’s the Hilarious Celebration of Women and The Change!

All tickets include a Souvenir Program!

Jibber Jabber Jamboree marks Ross Noble's 21st solo stand-up tour. 

Saturday 10 June | 8pm | GPAC Main Theatre 

To celebrate this milestone, he invites you to join him for an evening of the sort of inspired nonsense that has cemented his place as the supreme master of stream of conscious freewheeling stand up.

This is a chance to see Noble live on stage in his natural habitat.

What's it about? What will we learn? How will it change the world? Are all pointless questions to ask when Noble is off on one of his tangents.

“Beautifully twisted thoughts" The Times

“The supreme master of spontaneous stand-up and true king of surreal flights of fantasy” Time Out

"One of comedy's greatest marvels" The Daily Telegraph

"One of the most brilliant hours I have ever spent in a theatre." Daily Mail

Grab a ticket and come and enjoy the ride.

David Walliams’ award-winning book comes to life on stage for children 6-12… and their adults!

Tuesday 4 April | 12pm | GPAC Main Theatre 

"Mr Stink stank. He also stunk. And if it was correct English to say he stinked, then he stinked as well…”

It all starts when Chloe, just about the loneliest girl in the world, makes friends with Mr Stink, the local tramp. Sure he smells a bit, but he’s the only person who’s ever been nice to her. So, when Mr Stink needs a place to stay, Chloe decides to hide him in the garden shed.

Now Chloe's got to make sure no one finds out her secret, but she’s about to learn that some secrets have a way of leading to disaster. And speaking of secrets, there just might be more to Mr Stink than meets the eye… or the nose……

The team behind The Midnight Gang and The 13- 26-, 52-, 78- and 91-Storey Treehouses Live on Stage

return with this touching, twisted and hilarious, and very smelly tale… hold on to your nose!

“boisterous fun…the young audience…thoroughly enjoy[ed] this quality production.” The Daily Telegraph

“Children’s theatre at its most engaging” Stage Whispers

“enchanting” About Last Week

“a heart-warming story that stands up for the underdog” Broadway World

A CDP Kids production

a play by Maryam Master

Based on the book by David Walliams

The internationally renowned comedian is back after 15 years to present his hilarious new show ... and he asks you to leave your political correctness at the door.

Friday 5 May | 8pm | GPAC Main Theatre

In Joe Avati's hilarious new show WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE he tackles the 'then versus now' generational differences of today's children. He explores  the complexities of modern day parenting compared to the strict upbringing of yesteryear. Threaded throughout all of this, he tackles the minefield of cancel culture, the woke brigade and why people are over political correctness.

His observations are not only deadly accurate but extremely relatable to all ages.  

He asks you to leave your political correctness at the door.  

Internationally renowned for his inimitable style, Australian born with an Italian heritage, Avati is a master of treading a very fine line. He's saying what everyone is thinking but no one dares to say, whilst not resorting to the use of profanities or vulgar shock tactic routines.  

This is a show for all the family.

Bring your kids (12+ advisable) so they know what it was like when you were their age.

Bring your parents to highlight how much things have changed since they were your age.

Bring your friends to laugh and reminisce about growing up as teenagers when you were that age. 

Set in a high-class restaurant, the comedy centres on an ordinary couple experiencing fine dining for the first time. It's a fish-out-of-water, clash of cultures comedy, sending up pretentious foodies, and shining a light on just how ridiculous gourmet dining actually is. 

Friday 9 December | 7.30PM | Little Theatre

When average couple Paul and Maurine finally get a booking at the ritzy, popular, five-star El Diablo restaurant, they look forward to hobnobbing with celebrities and wealthy social elites, but their preconceptions are soon shattered, as their evening turns pear-shaped upon the arrival of so-called upper-crust couple Ian and Siobhan.  

This is a square peg in a round hole situation comedy, where normal people meet pretentious entitlement, and the ensuing craziness is so much fun. 

Observational social commentary, farce, satire, and dark comedy! “Fawlty Towers” meets “Sex in the City” with a twist of “The Castle”.

Written and directed by Phillip A Mayer and featuring a talented ensemble.

The multi-award-winning comedy hits GPAC for one last show after touring Melbourne’s Butterfly Club, and across the state performing at Victorian Drama League One Act Play Festivals. The hilarious show won multiple Best Production, Ensemble, and Acting Awards. 

Winner of Best Comedy, Best Ensemble, Best Production, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Design at VDL One Act Festivals across the state 

Probably the best terminally ill comedian under 25 from a regional town you’ll see this week!

Friday 7 April | 9PM | GPAC Main Theatre

After amassing over 1 million followers and making audiences all around the world laugh till they cry online, Blake Pavey is bringing his hilarious and heartfelt hour of stand-up onto the stage as he regales some cheeky tales about life as someone with a terminal illness in his debut national stand up tour “Literally Dying”.

Make sure you see him while you still can, because this show gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “limited time only”.

Don’t miss out! Seriously don’t. Like we really mean it. He genuinely might cark it.

What do you get when you take your very best jokes from over the last 30 years, lovingly restore, refine, and remaster each one, jam them all into a single hour, and finally, sprinkle in some brand-new material and hint of improv? You get the best of Arj Barker.

Also known as... Power Hour.

Saturday 11 February | 8pm | GPAC Main Theatre 

Arj Barker is arguably Australia's favourite American comedian. In recent years, he has spent more time in our country than his own and has come to understand our culture perhaps better than we understand it ourselves. His stand-up is both insightful and pointed, like a mind-reading thumb tack, if there were one of those.

Arj has gained major International exposure from his role as 'Dave' on HBO's "Flight of the Concords". This, as well as dozens of appearances on popular Aussie TV shows like the original Hey Hey It's Saturday (yep, he's been coming here for a while) Thank God You're Here, The Glasshouse, Good News Week, Rove Live, The Project, Talkin' Bout My Generation, Spicks and Specks, the Great Debate and of course the MICF Gala, he has become a household name in Australia. He was also the very first guest ever to appear on Gordon St. Tonight with Adam Hills, and nobody can ever take that away from him, no matter what happens.

In his home country (well, country of birth at least), he has appeared regularly as a guest on many popular shows includ­ing those hosted by David Letterman, Jay Leno, Conan O'Brian, Jimmy Kimmel and Bill Maher. He has also had three of his very own comedy specials on Comedy Central.

Arj has been a popular act at the most celebrated comedy festivals world-wide, including the Edinburgh Fringe, Just For Laughs in Montreal, and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival now for almost two decades. A prolific and hard­working comic, who tours constantly, Arj has released five DVD'S, two of which have been nominated for ARIA's in Austra­lia although he ain't won yet. But winning ain't everything. There can be only one winner, but there are many losers. So all we're saying is, maybe there's something to be said for strength in numbers??