After Hours

Overview

Laughing in a doubled-over, can't breathe, feels-like-you-have-a-stitch kind of way isn't a planned thing. It happens spontaneously. It happens without warning. It happens at times and from sources you mightn't expect.

That's what Brisbane Comedy Festival's After Hours component is all about when it returns for 2025: making the humorous magic happen in a different fashion, away from the usual routines, well-oiled jokes and hilarious shows that unleash the same comic gems night after night.

Taking over the Fairfax Studio at Brisbane Powerhouse on Saturday evenings throughout the fest — on May 3, May 10, May 17 and May 24, to be exact — this always-changing late-night show is a chance for everyone involved to get loose.

As for who that might be each evening, well, that's part of the surprise. The lineup changes weekly, and tickets to this variety show cost $22.