Just For Laughs Sydney The Alternative Show Hosted by Demi Lardner

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  • Studio
  • Run time: 90 minutes, no interval Subject to change
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One night only at the Sydney Opera House, The Alternative Show hosted by Demi Lardner delivers brilliantly offbeat comedy from Australia’s most unpredictable comics.

The Alternative Show returns for one night only at the Sydney Opera House. Hosted by the brilliantly chaotic Demi Lardner, this cult comedy favourite assembles a knockout lineup of Australia’s most unconventional and inventive performers: Dan Rath, Sez, Tom Walker, and Neel Kolhatkar.

This isn’t your average stand-up show. The Alternative Show champions the strange, the surreal, and the side-splittingly unexpected. It’s a place where punchlines twist into absurdity, routines turn into rollercoasters, and nothing is quite what it seems.

Long loved by comedy die-hards, The Alternative Show is your chance to see a different side of the comedy festival—one that celebrates risk-taking, originality, and glorious nonsense. It’s only here for one night, and it will be strange in all the best ways.

Catch it at the Sydney Opera House. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll probably wonder what just happened.
 

Presented by Just for Laughs Sydney

Event details

Hosted by the brilliantly chaotic Demi Lardner, this cult comedy favourite assembles a knockout lineup of Australia’s most unconventional and inventive performers: Dan Rath, Sez, Tom Walker, and Neel Kolhatkar.

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Attending this event

Plan your visit

Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

Location and access

Studio

The Studio is located in the north-western corner of Sydney Opera House, best accessed through the Western Foyers.

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