Proudly not-for-profit since 1991 is WA's unique incorporated association of & for Perth's comedy industry.
We present and nurture comedians by providing performance and development opportunities, incl workshops and pub, festival, theatre & private shows. With alumni including Dave Hughes, Rove McManus, Claire Hooper, and Dave Callan, this is the place you'll see the comedy stars of tomorrow, and where international comedy acts might just drop in when they're in town (Stewart Lee, Tim Minchin). What sta
rted as a bunch of actors and open micers trying their hand at stand-up in the late 1980s became the organisation from which the Perth comedy scene would grow up around. In 1991 The Laugh Resort became a fully fledged Incorporated Association of stand-up comedians - the only one in Australia, that we know of. (If there are others out there in the world, we'd love to connect with you.) As a not-for-profit, we rely on our membership and audiences, with over 90% of ticket sales going directly back to the performers. Your continued support is invaluable. 'Like' The Laugh Resort to receive regular updates about show line-ups and special events. If you're a working comedian in Perth, or just starting out, The Laugh Resort provides advocacy, advice, opportunities and other benefits to its members for an annual membership fee of only $15 each year (contact [email protected] for membership info). Plus, members decide who's in charge by voting or nominating for the board. This truly is a comedy club run by comedians for comedians, which is why it remains the home of Perth Comedy.
25/01/2026
Aaaand... we're Fringe-ing 🎉 Opening weekend shows are going off 🙌 Our first full house saw visiting Malaysian star Jenhan Kuah absolutely crush, and Perth faves The Big HOO-HAA! scored our season's first ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review. Some of these shows END THIS SUN, so make the most of the long weekend & join us for a fringe binge before you miss 'em 💥
🟤 Jenhan: Like This, Like Dad (Still) 24 Jan 4.30pm (selling fast!)
🟣 Mariah O'Dea THIS IS THE WORST... 24 Jan 6pm | 25 Jan 5pm
🟢 Raul Kohli (UK): The Kohli Bible 24 Jan 7.30pm | 25 Jan 6.30pm
🔴 The Big HOO-HAA!'s F***, Marry, Kill 24 Jan 9pm | 25 Jan 8pm
🟡 Wyatt Nixon Lloyd's Saturday Night DIVE! 24 Jan 10.30pm
⚫️ Matt Penny: The Honeymoon 25 Jan 3.30pm
🔎The Laugh Resort at fringeworld dot com dot au for more on all 19 of the Club's strictly limited season shows (or get bit.ly/LaughResortenews to have 🔥 tips & deals inboxed).
See you soon at The Shoe 😀
18/01/2026
💥 WIN Fringe lols here, frenz... (deets⬇️)
Don't wanna risk it? Read on for % off tix from a 🤩 WA fave...
🌃 Wyatt-Nixon Lloyd is home after lighting up our screens (ABC/ 10/Nickelodeon) to premiere his new game/sketch/prank show 'Saturday Night Dive'. With guest festival comics every Sat 10.30pm, this promises a uniquely unpredictable hr of hilarity, worth staying up late for. Use code MATES for 20 dolla tix 🔓 before 21 Jan.
And...
🙏 Back at Fringe World after winning the fest's Best WA Comedy 2020, Gaulier-trained MICF Best Newcomer nominee & The Big HOO HAA alum Nadia Collins (who Theatre Press dubbed laughing gas personified) is reprising her "batsh*t hour of bizarre physical comedy...genius" (Chortle): the unholy present-day tale 'Virgin Bloody Mary', 5 nights only; 29-31 Jan, 1 & 4 Feb.
bit.ly/TheLaughResortFW26 to start making plans & lock these lols in before Earlybirds end / shows start selling out 🔥 or for the chance to WIN tix for Nadia's unhinged ★★★★★ silliness:
👉DM 'WIN VBM' + name/preferred date to attend/emaill to send tix to if you win.
It's that easy 😄 For bonus entries...
👍Like/follow & tag who you'd take along (1 tag=1 bonus entry);
🤞Entries open on FB & IG. Winners drawn 20/1 👏
*Comp in no way assoc. with FB/IG.
Good luck 😄 & stay tuned for more Fringemas treats as our 2026 summer lol mix at The Shoe kicks off Wed, upstairs at Yagan Sq 🎉
16/01/2026
🙌 Another day, another giveaway 🎉 spot-lighting not 1 but 2 ★★★★★ international acts, premiering their latest comedy gold down under, as part of our season at The Shoe for the 1st time...🙌
🇲🇾 10 yrs on from his breakout Fringe 🏆 winning show, Malaysia's Jenhan Kuah (Comedy Central Asia, MICF's Comedy Zone Asia) brings the reimagining/continuation of his comic story about the expectations of family: 'Like This, Like Dad (Still)', 2 shows only 🔥 22+24 Jan, now 50% soldout 🔥 Code FAMILY 🔓 5 bux off Thu tix.
🇬🇧 After a drop-in appearance last yr & winning NZ Comedy Fest's Best Intl. Debut 2025 🏆, Raul Kholi (Edinburgh Fringe '24 ISH Best Show nominee, Pick of Adelaide Fringe '25) is back after performing in >30 countries with a new hr of the proud British Indian's acerbic wit, sharp crowd work & biting satire on the state of the world: The Kohli Bible. 6 shows only from 23/1, with all tix just 20-25 bucks 🙏
✨️ With v. limited runs, worth hitting bit.ly/TheLaughResortFW26 soon to lock the lols in (for all shows in our season, many with Early bird cheapseats 'til 21/1) or to be in to WIN 🎟️🎟️ to Jenhan 22/1:
👉DM 'WIN Like This' +name&email to send tix to if you win.
It's that easy 😄 For bonus entries...
👍Like/follow & tag who you'd take along (1 tag=1 bonus entry);
🤞Entries open on FB & IG. Winners drawn 20/1 👏
*Comp in no way assoc. with FB/IG.
Good luck, comedy fans & stay tuned for more Fringemas treats putting the happy in your new year 🔜 🎉
12/01/2026
Time to level up (& maybe even ✨️WIN✨️) your summer fun...
Fringe World is near, meaning our gift-giving countdown is here🎉
🎁 Leading up to our 15th Fringe, the 10 Days of Fringemas has sneak peeks, bts treats, 🔥 deals & free 🎟🎟 giveaways to our 19 curated premiere, award winning & encore shows, giving you more bang for buck seeing top comics from Australia and the world over.
👀 Watch this space to WIN & save on your Fringe binge (& hit linktr.ee/thelaughresort to get more exclusive goodies inboxed).
🚦 Some faves from The Big HOO HAA (& special guests) signal ready, set, go 21 Jan with a 5-night encore season of their Fringe hit F***, Marry, Kill - 3 couples; 3 improvised scenarios; whatever happens, it ends with a 💥 Code FMKfriends gets 6 bucks off 💥
Also from Opening Night ('til 1 Feb)...
✨️ Festival multi awarded (incl. Best Show) writer/performer/musician/illusionist Matt Penny debuts his first autobiographical hr - a laugh-out-loud tale of 1 year, 1 baby, 1 wedding, and having 14 people along on 'The Honeymoon' (4 shows only)! All tix
11/01/2026
Hello, 2026 😄 It's good to be back with another summer of lols to tickle every taste at Perth's OG comedy club; five nights a week all Fringe long, then the 3rd Wed each month year-round 🎉
🙌 The city's award winning heart of laughs since '91 (the longest established comedy club in the hemisphere) brings ever changing line-ups of top local & visiting pro & emerging comic talent.
🤩 Laugh along as today's & tomorrow's home-grown stars grace the stage that's launched some of Oz comedy's biggest names, upstairs at the acclaimed family owned Shoe Bar in Yagan Sq.🍻
We can't wait to share what's in the mix for '26 ✨
🎥 Nicola Macri Photography
19/03/2025
TONIGHT 🙌 The luck of the Irish is with comedy fans of Perth as not 1 but 2 of Dublin's funniest make 1st time visits to our stage at The Shoe, joining an already megawatt line-up with Laura Davis, Werzel & the unmissable Nick Sun.
✨ Guest host is the constantly globe trotting Ian Coppinger (regular compere at The Comedy Store in London & oft touring with the UK's Whose Line Is It Anyway? OG cast). Supporting stars include the 🏆 charming & quick-witted rising star (in Oz for the 1st time) Emily Ashmore. Also for the 1st time we welcome 2025 Raw Comedy WA finalist Lachy Skinner & the return of 2x finalist, Perth's Chilean sensation, Jetro Gainza; plus Doug Stanhope's and our WA fave Sian Choyce 💥
This night of Auslan-interpreted laughs will be our last monthly showcase for a little while - & with limited cabaret seating available - so get in while you can . It's cheaper to lock in 🎟🎟 by 5pm at bit.ly/LaughResortMar2025 . Limited door sales from 7pm. Show starts 7.30pm. See you then, upstairs Yagan Square 😄
09/03/2025
🎤 March 16, aspiring WA comedians aged 14-18 will perform in Class Clowns 2025 for the chance to be Perth's funniest teen & flown to compete in the National Grand Final at April's Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Has someone you know got what it takes to make our judges' lol?
✨ Registration is FREE and includes a 2-hr pre-performance workshop with competition/show host Xavier Michelides. 🙌
🎟🎟 To support our next gen comedy talent, seats (all
05/03/2025
📢 Now that we've ((almost) recovered from our biggest Fringe season yet, we're back bringing your regular lols the 3rd Wed of the month, and couldn't be more pumped for our March line-up.💥
For the 1st time at The Shoe - after years up a mountain being a shamanic healer(!) - we welcome So You Think You're Funny? (UK) winner & comics' comic Nick Sun. And, before moving east, WA rising star & Triple J announcer Frankie drops by one more time.
27/02/2025
📣 Australia's oldest comedy club teams up with the country's biggest comedy fest to present the WA Heat/Final of Melbourne International Comedy Festival's annual national search for the best new young comedians in Oz: Class Clowns 2025.
High school aged teens (13-18) are invited to unleash their comic talent & voice via stand-up, sketch, musical or physical comedy.
✈️ Perth's winner, determined by industry judges, will be invited to compete at the National Grand Final in Melbourne this April.
🏆 Last year WA's Shayla Keane was crowned national champ. Can Perth win back-to-back?
✨️ FREE registration for competitors - open now at Class Clowns (dot)com(dot)au - includes a 2hr pre-performance workshop with WA's competition/show host Xavier Michelides.
👀 Comedy fans can witness the next generation of comedy talent - joining the ranks of Class Clowns alumni Rhys Nicholson, Annie Louey, Aaron Chen & WA's own Joel Creasey - Sun 16 Mar 5pm.
All 🎟🎟
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With alumni including Dave Hughes, Rove McManus, Claire Hooper, Dave Callan, Sami Shah and many more, this is the place you'll see the comedy stars of tomorrow, and where international acts might just drop in when they're in town (Stewart Lee, Tim Minchin).
What started as a bunch of actors and open micers trying their hand at stand-up in the late 1980s became the organisation from which the comedy scene in Perth, Western Australia, would grow up around.
In 1991 The Laugh Resort became a fully fledged Incorporated Association of stand-up comedians - the only one in Australia, that we know of. (If there are others out there in the world, we'd love to connect with you.)
Comedy nights in and around Perth continue to come and go, while The Laugh Resort has kept the heart of Perth Comedy beating, presenting regular shows, workshops and the annual peer-nominated Perth Comedy Awards ‘The Dousties’ (est 2000), over three decades.
As a not-for-profit, we rely on our membership and audiences, with over 90% of ticket sales going directly back to our performers.
Your continued support is invaluable. 'Like' The Laugh Resort to receive regular updates about show line-ups and special events.
If you're a working comedian in Perth, or just starting out, The Laugh Resort provides advocacy, advice, opportunities and other benefits to its members for an annual membership fee of only $15 (contact [email protected] for membership info).
Plus, members decide who's in charge by voting or nominating for positions on our board - elected annually (functioning on a volunteer basis meeting approx. every 6 weeks) - and the Manager, who programs all workshops and events and rosters acts and staff for our live shows..
The Laugh Resort truly is a comedy club run by and for the Perth comedy industry and we welcome new members to be a part of it.
Pictured L-R: Founding members the late Vic De Mised (Alan Brown), Don Smith and Jon ‘Doustie’ Doust.
