There’s something really special about one person standing on a stage uniting a crowd with laughter. And at this event, the audience was right in there, thanks in no small part to the high-octane MC job done by Raoul Kohli, who commenced proceedings with a session of his own.

Next up, Chris ‘The Bloke’ Franklin dialled the energy level down with his deadpan dry delivery, at the same time ramping up the laugh levels with his incisive wit, cleverly concealed by his bogan exterior.

Al Marsh then regaled with her self-deprecating look at strange dating behaviours and an interesting collection of digits. Tales of a similar ilk continued with Joshua Warrior, building to a crescendo of machine gun lyrics, as he sang a hilarious song illustrating where he came from.

Set one finished on a high with the wonderful Gordon Southern, whose humour was so quick and subtle that only a repeat performance would ensure that everybody caught it all – brilliant stuff.

Matt Penny opened the second half with a quietly amusing range of quirky Aussie anecdote and then things really took off.

Frankie Marcos from San Francisco had the room eating out of the palm of his hand with his charming delivery and clever material as he poked fun at our local customs and the roars of approval at the end of his set were deafening.

Brendon Burns then burst out, his hysterically rambunctious shouting threatening to lift the roof off, with his performance being 7 minutes of intense comic genius that took no prisoners.

And to close, Aliya Kanani kept the laughs going, but with a much milder temperament, allowing the audience to go out onto the street in a manner more suited to the outside world.

Fantastic fun!