Gold Coast Laughs Festival

Gold Coast Laughs Festival GC Laughs, the annual comedy festival at HOTA on the Gold Coast.

20/02/2026

We are tearing it up again - GC Laughs is back at HOTA, Home of the Arts for 2026!

It's the biggest week of comedy on the Coast on the calendar, March 13 - 22. We can't wait to see you there.

Thank you from the whole team at GC Laughs for joining us at this year's festival. A huge thank you to Foxy, Mel, Mik an...
27/03/2024

Thank you from the whole team at GC Laughs for joining us at this year's festival. A huge thank you to Foxy, Mel, Mik and everybody at for putting on more than 40 shows with us, our partners , and , all of the artists and their teams who brought their shows to the Gold Coast this year, and Sausage Dog the Dog and Tiny Dog the Dog for being the best boys ever.

What a huge first weekend we had of this year's GC Laughs Festival! Thank you for joining us at our sold out Gala and th...
19/03/2024

What a huge first weekend we had of this year's GC Laughs Festival! Thank you for joining us at our sold out Gala and the incredible line up of shows we had on Saturday.

We can't wait to be back tomorrow.

See the upcoming shows at gclaughs.com.au.

Tommy Little Tommy Little Has A Regular Size DeckSat 23 March | 8:00pm | Theatre 1Spend an evening with the reigning dec...
15/03/2024

Tommy Little
Tommy Little Has A Regular Size Deck
Sat 23 March | 8:00pm | Theatre 1

Spend an evening with the reigning deckhead of Australian comedy, Tommy Little.

His razor-sharp wit, wild stories and infectious energy is guaranteed to deliver an hour that will leave you in stitches.

Don’t miss out on this unforgettable night and book early to avoid disappointment!

Tommy is heard nationally on the Hit Network.

“Comedy gold from the get-go.” Herald Sun

“Little can’t be faulted and the show ends with an hour somehow feeling like seconds." ★★★★★ The Advertiser

Tickets from gclaughs.com.au.

Alexandra Hudson Comedy MAKING LEMONADESat 16 March | 7:00pm | Studio 1If Alexandra is considered one of life's lemons, ...
14/03/2024

Alexandra Hudson Comedy
MAKING LEMONADE
Sat 16 March | 7:00pm | Studio 1

If Alexandra is considered one of life's lemons, she's going use it to make herself some sweet lemonade.

Alexandra's debut show explores her experiences as a disabled woman and how she uses the misconceptions society has about her to flip it back on them.

Alexandra Hudson, living in East Ballina, on Bundjalung country, made her comedy debut in July 2020. Alexandra took out joint first place in the National Final of the Raw Comedy Competition at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2022 and in 2023 was invited to take part in their illustrious Comedy Zone programme.

Alexandra delightfully staggers and stumbles through life's experiences, and in doing so stumbled onto a comedy stage.

Tickets from gclaughs.com.au

Tom Cashman EverythingSat 23 March | 7:00pm | Studio 1You may have seen him on TikTok or Taskmaster, but now's your chan...
14/03/2024

Tom Cashman
Everything
Sat 23 March | 7:00pm | Studio 1

You may have seen him on TikTok or Taskmaster, but now's your chance to catch him live. Tom is bringing his unique brand of hilariously analytical stand-up with his new show Everything.

The show features graphs, gags, embarrassing stories… you know, everything.

Tom’s best known for his role as the assistant to the Taskmaster Tom Gleeson on Taskmaster Australia, and has guested on other TV shows like The Project, Question Everything and The Hundred with Andy Lee.

In 2021’s lockdown, Tom was forced onto TikTok where he’s racked up more than 120 million views. He’s toured live shows around the country, to London and Edinburgh Fringe, and been part of the Melbourne and Sydney Comedy Festival Roadshows touring Australia and overseas.

“Tom Cashman is one of the most delightfully watchable comics I have seen” - Kate Copstick, The Scotsman

Tickets from gclaughs.com.au.

Ray O'Leary has sold out, so we have added a SECOND SHOW for Ray O'Leary.Ray O'LearyYour Laughter is Just Making Me Stro...
13/03/2024

Ray O'Leary has sold out, so we have added a SECOND SHOW for Ray O'Leary.

Ray O'Leary
Your Laughter is Just Making Me Stronger
Fri 22 March | 10:00pm | Studio 1

Known for his deadpan delivery and iconic grey suit, in 2023, Ray made his Australian debut to sold-out audiences with his new show, Everything Funny All The Time Always and was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Ray is a staple on Australasian television screens and can be seen on Have You Been Paying Attention? The Cheap Seats, Thank God You're Here and Taskmaster NZ season 4.

“Every time I do stand-up comedy and people laugh, I get a little bit more strong. Soon, I will be the most powerful man in the universe. At the end of this show, I will be able to lift a Mazda Demio (that’s a type of car) above my head.” – Ray O’Leary

“A funny man. He’s got comic timing… Great, perfect timing.” – Matt Heath & Jeremy Wells, Radio Hauraki

“Very funny” – New Zealand Herald

“Showed a supreme mastery of using repetition to its absolute perfection.” – The Ruminator

“Showed a supreme mastery of using repetition to its absolute perfection.” – The Ruminator

“Showed a supreme mastery of using repetition to its absolute perfection.” – The Ruminator

Tom Walker Good Comedian My Treasures My Beautiful TreasuresSat 23 March | 8:00pm | Theatre 2Tom Walker is here to show ...
12/03/2024

Tom Walker Good Comedian
My Treasures My Beautiful Treasures
Sat 23 March | 8:00pm | Theatre 2

Tom Walker is here to show you his beautiful treasures! His many beautiful treasures! All his shining things! This is a show about obsession, the internet and pathetic men. A collection of beautiful moments from across time and space, all condensed down into an hour of comedy by one of Australia's tallest strongest comedians (not pound-for-pound, assertion made without data, if incorrect treat as joke).

Tom Walker was selected for the New Faces International line-up at the 2023 Just For Laughs Montreal. He has also appeared on Drunk History Australia and his comedy special Very Very features on Amazon Prime.

“A gloriously, relentlessly, irrepressibly unhinged blast of off-the-wall insanity.” ★★★★½ Chortle, UK

Tickets from gclaughs.com.au.

Sam Taunton How to Tie a TieSat 23 March | 7:00pm | BasementSam took over as a host on The Project in 2023. He couldn’t ...
12/03/2024

Sam Taunton
How to Tie a Tie
Sat 23 March | 7:00pm | Basement

Sam took over as a host on The Project in 2023. He couldn’t tie a tie. Whenever he’d wear one, he’d look like an outer suburban real-estate agent or a teenager on his way to court.

He has overcome this huge personal and professional hurdle and is back with a huge new hour of comedy.

P.S he swears more than he does on telly.

In 2023, Sam released his stand up special Rooster on Paramount Plus. Seen on the Melbourne Comedy Festival Opening Night Gala and Host of The Project.

Winner – Pinder Prize, Melbourne Comedy Festival 2019
“Serendipitous comedy gold.” ★★★★ The Age

Tickets from gclaughs.com.au.

The Umbilical Brothers The DistractionSat 23 March | 5:00pm | Theatre 1WINNER - BEST COMEDY AT THE ADELAIDE FRINGE FESTI...
11/03/2024

The Umbilical Brothers
The Distraction
Sat 23 March | 5:00pm | Theatre 1

WINNER - BEST COMEDY AT THE ADELAIDE FRINGE FESTIVAL

Do you love staring at screens? Are you staring at a screen right now? You should get out more. Specifically to a show that has an enormous screen smack-bang in the middle of it.

The Umbilicals take the energy of live performance and the spectacle of cinema and smashes them together into a new show performed simultaneously on stage and on the big screen. It’s like nothing you’ve ever seen, and nothing they’ve ever done, and it will blow your mind way more literally than you are expecting. The Distraction: enabling your screen addiction.

The Umbilical Brothers are an international comedy phenomenon. Their unique mix of mind-bending comedy and back-breaking physicality has taken the world’s favourite Australian comedy duo to 40 countries – from stadiums supporting Robin Williams to stadiums supporting N*Sync.

They haven’t just broken down the rules of theatre; they’ve invented a new theatrical multiverse. Unbelievable human performances meets special-effects wizadry. It feels so much like magic, you’ll want to burn them at the stake.

“An unmissable and unforgettable comedy experience…mind-blowing special effects…it’s truly a roller-coaster of inventiveness…I’ve seen 37 shows in three days and when people ask for a recommendation - this is it” - Broadway Baby ★★★★★

Tickets from gclaughs.com.au.

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