Comedy Bites: Spring Edition

Comedy Bites is back! It's time to treat yourself to laughter and delicious bites and beverages at our Comedy Bites - Spring Edition!

Get ready for side splitting humour and witty one-liners that’ll keep you in stitches with our headline act Dilruk Jayasinha.

Dilruk is a Logie Award winning TV Star of shows such as Utopia, Have You Been Paying Attention, Celebrity Masterchef and I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! He has performed stand-up the world over including Edinburgh Fringe, Soho London, Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal and over a decade of Melbourne International Comedy Festivals.  

Comedian Bron Lewis will take the stage again as MC to introduce you to some of our best local talent, including Melbourne International Comedy Festival Best Newcomer Nominee 2024, Laurence Driscoll. 

To complement the laughter, we've curated a menu of delicious bites and snacks, all prepared by our in-house chefs. Food and beverages available to purchase and enjoy before and during the show:

Smaller Bites
Salt and Pepper Calamari $18.00
Crispy Korean Wings, Gochujang Dipping Sauce $18.00
Hot Chips, Tomato Sauce, Aioli or Sweet Chilli $7.50

Bigger Bites
Smoky Pulled Pork, Apple Slaw, Barbeque Sauce in a Milk Bun with Chips $22.00
Fresh Fish Goujons, Chips & Tartare $24.00
Vegetarian Lasagne, Pumpkin, Zucchini, Parmesan and Basil Pesto and Salad (GF, V) $22.00
Vegan Poke bowl, Quinoa, Edamame, Mango, Avocado, Seaweed, Sesame, Ponzu Sauce (VG) $20.00

Sweet Bites
Chocolate and Salted Caramel Popcorn $12.00
Chocolate Fruit and Nut Wafer $12.00
Gourmet Honeycomb box $12.00
Macaron Pack $6.00

Invite your crew and make it a night to remember. 

Content warning: Coarse language. Age Recommendation 18+. 

Hailing from Sri Lanka, Dilruk Jayasinha originally made the move to Melbourne to attend university. And after having completed a degree in accounting, he started working for one of the “Big Four.”
Not long after this, Dil discovered stand-up. Safe to say that as an accountant, Dilruk makes a brilliant comedian. A decade after giving up the numbers game and stepping on to the stage, Dilruk is without question one of the Australia’s favourite and in-demand comedians. Cultivating a reputation with audiences for delivering laughed packed shows with his positive and upbeat brand of comedy, Dilruk has toured the country significantly over the last ten years, doing countless shows at every major comedy festival and venue.
Dilruk has also performed extensively overseas, including the Edinburgh Fringe, Soho London, and been invited to perform at the invitation only Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. In 2020, Dilruk released his special Bundle of Joy as a worldwide release on Amazon Prime Video.
He is also an award winning face on Australian TV, having appeared on comedy programs such as Network Ten’s Have You Been Paying Attention?, Would I Lie To You, and Hughesy We Have a Problem, ABC’s Spicks and Specks and Question Everything, and showed off his mercurial acting abilities on Channel Ten's How to Stay Married and ABC’s Utopia. Dilruk has also appeared as a contestant on renowned reality shows including I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, Celebrity MasterChef and the Amazon Prime comedy game show Last One Laughing hosted by Rebel Wilson. In 2018, Dilruk won the prestigious Graham Kennedy Award for Most Popular New Talent at the TV Week Logie Awards.
Dilruk is touring his new show Preloved in 2024 all over Australia.

Bron Lewis is one of Australia's most promising new comedians. She was the co-winner of the National Raw Comedy competition in 2022, a four-time champion of the Moth storytelling competition, and both the best and the worst mum living at her house.
Bron is a writer at The Project, a regular panellist on the hit show ‘Have You Been Paying Attention?’ and has a prominent presence on stages all around the country. Bron's critically acclaimed show 'Probably' sold out in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane, scoring her a nomination for Melbourne International Comedy Festival's 'Best Newcomer' for 2023. In 2024, Bron will tour her new show ‘Obviously’ throughout Australia.

Laurence Driscoll is a new voice on the Australian comedy scene. After debuting his much anticipated first solo show “The Prodigay Son” at the Adelaide Fringe and Melbourne International Comedy Festival this year, he was nominated for Best Newcomer.

Laurence is no stranger to the spotlight, having earned his stripes on the Melbourne comedy scene. He is the inaugural winner of the Comedy on the Rox comedy competition, a one-time RAW Comedy NSW State Finalist, a two-time RAW Comedy Victorian State Finalist, and a So You Think You're Funny Edinburgh semi-finalist. Additionally, he has shared the stage with comedy heavyweights such as Jimeoin, Dave Hughes, Sammy J, Celia Paquola, Dave O’Neill, Bron Lewis, and Claire Hooper.