Featured Events in Penrith in June, 2025 (August Updated)

FKD is proud to present ‘On The House Vol. 2’, a highly anticipated event taking place in Penrith at the renowned 27 Project venue. The event will be held on June 14, 2025, offering attendees a night filled with exceptional music and entertainment. Located at 16 Hickeys Road #3, Penrith, NSW 2750, the venue provides the perfect backdrop for a memorable experience. Tickets for this exclusive event are priced between A$48.96 and A$59.54, ensuring accessibility for all music enthusiasts. Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to enjoy a night of live performances and great vibes at ‘On The House Vol. 2’.

*Note you are booking for 3 classes. Students have the option of performing at our Winter Solstice Ethereal Beings show at Wentworth Falls Arts in June and a Penrirh Halloween show for continuing students. Dance to Down with the Sickness . Costuming blood splattered lingerie and bandage. Learn from the Blue Mountains Queen of dark arty shit and internationally touring performer Porcelain Doll WHAT TO EXPECT AT MOONFLOWER MOVEMENT CLASS? Moonflower Movement classes are 55 minute somatic burlesque classes focusing on sensual burlesque and fusion styles. They are about stepping into your power celebrating your body and self and connecting with your body. We will cover burlesque with a fusion of other styles including 20s - 60s vintage dance, silk veil fan dance, bellydance and temple dance styles focusing on dance as an embodied ritual in which we honour and celebrate ourself! We will work two routines over two sessions with COMPLETELY optional performances. The Moonflower Movement classes will help us build up a repertoire of dance movements and help you explore all the different ways to move your body and what your body is capable of with optional empowering burlesque fusion performance opportunities available to dancers future shows.The space is bathed in a tea light for each class as we connect with our bodies and each other and take back our power as beautiful, sensual dancers owning our bodies and reveling in its beauty! Dance based in conscious and somatic movement and in connection with or body and celebrating ourselves. This is our kind of burlesque and sensual dance class fused with a whole lot more to add to your practice. ​ Includes tuition and exploration of: Modern Expressive Dance Dance Flow Sensual Dance Contemporary Dance Cabaret Dance Fusion Bellydance Indian Dance Burlesque Self Love Theatrical Dance Pilates Yoga and more. ​ Influenced by a wide variety of modalities Porcelain Doll has experienced and trained in this class is designed to be the ultimate body, mind and soul outlet. Build your connection, mind and body resilience and strength. Classes are connection and experience based not performance based however optional performance opportunities are available for students who are interested. ​ Information Source: Moonflower Movement | eventbrite

Comedy X , the ultimate comedy show in Western Sydney! This event features talented comedians who will each rock the stage with their hilarious 10-minute sets. The ultimate comedy show in Western Sydney! This event features talented comedians who will each rock the stage with their hilarious 10-minute sets. With international and local comedians, this is the high point for comedy in Penrith. At Elton Chong located at 388 High St, Penrith NSW 2750The venue is a unique bar and eatery, with arcade games, great food, and some great sound. #sydney #penrith #sydneywest #sydneycomedy #sydneythursday #sydneynightlife #sydneywesties Information Source: Comedy On Edge | eventbrite

WHERE: Bar Me - El Rocco 154 Brougham Street Potts Point NSW 2011 WHEN: 7.00-10.00pm various Tuesdays March-November 2025 2025 SEASON Entry $20 pp Showrunner/MC 25 March (Ursula Dauenhauer) 29 April (Liviu Monsted) 24 June (Stephen Carnell) 29 July (Nits Wolf) 30 Sept (Garreth Cruikshank) 25 Nov Christmas Cabaret (Ursula Dauenhauer & Stephen Carnell) ADMISSION FEE: $20 full/$20 concession and Anonymous membership. Please book here on Eventbrite online. No EFT at the door ($20 exact cash only). SCRIPT IN HAND how it works Each month writers have their scripts assigned to capable directors who cast experienced actors to rehearse scripts, then present on stage with props, costumes, sound and lights in front of an audience, each half followed by a Q&A. Lots of networking opportunities during interval. This months program is in Script In Hand Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/aasih Writers please email your script to SIH programmers Ron Hadley and Ruth Fingret: scriptinhand@live.com and join Facebook pages. Actors & Directors email bio to Stephen Carnell: info@deadhouse.com.au and join Script In Hand Facebook pages. HISTORY OF ACTORS ANONYMOUS INC (AAI) Actors Anonymous Incorporated (AAI) was established in 2011 as a not-for-profit network of actors, directors, writers and producers, who create, perform and produce independent theatre, radio, TV and film in Sydney. AAI has several thousand members. Script in Hand accepts scripts of any genre from writers and programs them into Script in Hand. Scripts up to 20 minutes are selected to form a 90-100 minute program. Script In Hand enables the writer to see their work staged close to a full production. Our monthly guest MC runs Q&A so the writer and all involved in the staging can get feedback from the audience (mostly theatre people). Average audience is 40-50 people. By attending the rehearsals and the show the writer is able to participate in the development of their script for stage. Many have gone onto full production after this development process. There is no charge to the writer for this process. Everyone pays $25 full/$20 concession for everyone, actors, directors, writers, MC, Actors Anonymous membership included. admissions to Script In Hand; these funds cover venue hire, insurance and our sound and lighting operator. The writer submits scripts to: scriptinhand@live.com Programs are created by Ruth Fingret (writer-director) & Ron Hadley (performer-director). Other committee members are: Stephen Carnell (Producer-Director), Nita Wolf (Writer/Producer/Director), Liviu Monsted (Writer-Producer-Director/Actor), Gareth Cruikshank (Writer-Producer-Director/Actor), Sally Williams (Actor), and Ursula Dauenhauer (Actor), who share the responsibility of recruiting producers, directors, assigning the scripts and running the shows. Mehran Mortezaei (Technical Manager) manages sound and lights. SCRIPT IN HAND – directors role. Welcome to directing at Script In Hand. Director guide is posted on Script In Hand Facebook group. Please read carefully. Also read outline above on how SIH works. Your next step is to find a cast for your chosen play. Go to actors you know, post a call on SIH & AAI on Facebook or ask me or other AAI members. Please advise me when actors are cast so I can add to the program. Then you need to arrange a rehearsal. You must include the writer. You can do this at home, in a cast member or writers home, in an accessible venue or online (Zoom etc). Live is preferred. Then prepare your tech script, so you can brief SIH Tech Manager Mehran during your 15 minute stage run prior to the show. All your sound and lighting cues must be clearly shown on tech script (ask for an example if your need one). Please do use a range of sound and lighting cues, including intro and outro music, as these greatly enhance the production and fulfils SIH’s goal of taking page to stage as close as possible to final production (except script is still in hand). Sound and music must be on a USB in track order. Also organize costume and props. In week prior to show I’ll advise your 15 minute pre show stage run time, between 6pm and 7.30pm. Use this time to brief Mehran on your tech script, source your stage furniture, work out how to set up and bump out quickly plus familiarize yourselves with the stage and backstage areas. You won’t have time to run the play. You can do this at the back of the foyer pre show. All participants pay $20 entry fee, Actors Anonymous membership included. This covers hire, insurance and accounting fees. If not booked, exact cash paid at the door prior to the show. Email or call with any questions scriptinhand@live.com Regards Stephen Carnell Treasuer/Producer/Director/Co-Founder stephen@scarnell.com.au 0418 255 440 Information Source: Actors Anonymous Incorporated | eventbrite

Penrith Comedy Club is back! We have a FANTASTIC line up of 5 hilarious professional comedians all providing belly laughs and good vibes at Theo's Rooftop Bar for the GRAND OPENING of our monthly comedy night! This is the perfect evening with mates or a cheeky date! This night WILL SELL OUT so grab your tickets while you can and BOOK NOW! Information Source: Penrith Comedy Club | eventbrite

The legendary Happy Endings Comedy Club presents - THE GRAND MASTERS OF COMEDY. 7 headliners, one night, infinity laughs. Don’t miss one of the best comedy clubs in the world coming live to your local. Great food, drinks and laughs. Gary Eck has performed all around the world from Singapore to Paris, to New York and London and has done comedy shows at the Edinburgh, Melbourne and Sydney Comedy Festivals. Gary is a sought after corporate MC and has worked alongside some of the biggest companies in Australia. Gary has made numerous television appearances including Spicks and Specks, The Footy Show, The Nation and The Comedy Channel. Gary co-wrote and co-directed Happy Feet Two with Academy Award winner George Miller. He also voiced several characters for the film. Gary won the world’s largest short film competition, Tropfest, with his short, The Money and took second place two years prior with his comedy short Tragic Love. Eck co-wrote and starred in the cult hit You Can’t Stop the Murders and featured in the film Boytown alongside Mick Molloy and Glen Robbins. Gary currently has two feature films in development and created a kids animation series, VEGESAURS which screens on ABC TV and iView from May 23rd, 2022. And just when you thought the bragging was over, Gary has written two children’s picture books, Wake Up Sleepyhead and The Day the Moon Came to Stay (Scholastic, due 2023) . Gary Eck can be heard regularly on Richard Glover’s, Thank God It’s Friday on ABC 2. JACKIE LOEBWinner of the prestigious and iconic Australian ‘MO Award’ for ‘Best Live Comedy Act’, Nominated for ‘Best Comedy’ at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. In 2020 was thrilled and honoured to host the inaugural ‘Australian LGBTI Awards’. Jackie was a Series Regular on the award winning Television Series ‘Full Frontal’ and has made guest appearances on Good News Week, Spicks and Specks, Studio 10, The Today Show, and this Christmas portrayed the feminist ‘Mrs Claus’ in an online campaign for ‘ActionAid Australia’ raising awareness of gender inequality and the plight of women living in developing nations. Jackie can also been seen on NBC's 'Superstore'. LA WEEKLY SAYS “GO” “ONE OF THE TOP 5 COMICS” Sydney Morning Herald Brett Nichols - Tropfest finalist, Brett has knocked them dead on the Nine Network's ''Footy Show'' and on The Comedy Channel's ''Stand Up Australia''. Since winning Australia's premier comedy competition Green Faces in 2003, Brett has become a regular headline act on both the Sydney and National comedy circuits - club and corporate. A finalist in the U.S Network NBC he is a well seasoned highly versatile comic and his ad-libbing excellence sees him transform every show into an event to remember. His mix of the 'clever' and the 'rude' will appeal to the yuppie and yobbo in everyone. Brett has also worked as an Audience Warm-Up Comedian forReady Steady Cook!', The NRL Footy Show, Top Gear Australia, The League Lounge on Fox Sport and Gladiators. He is also involved in the film industry and is the writer of the upcoming Comedy Feature Film Kooks as well as having directed several award-winning comedy short films. Brett's Television commercials include- Carlton Draught, Telstra Big Pond, Foxtel, Ryobi, Instant Scratchies, Aussie Home Loans, Nicorette, McDonalds and HBA Health Insurance David Smiedt – Described by Adam Hills, host of “Spicks and Specks” as “a living breathing joke machine” And described by Comedy Legend Joan Rivers whom David Supported on Her Australian Tour as ”So very, very funny” - Joan Rivers A regular on television shows David is the author of seven humorous books and writes for a wide range of over 30 magazines including, Virgin Airline Mag, Elle, Home Beautiful, Cleo, Men's Health, Women's Health, Body & Soul, Sunday Style and Vogue where he specialises in a humorous take on style health trends and celebrity profiles. Aside from being the current grooming editor for GQ magazine he is the only journalist in Australian publishing history to be in concurrent issues of lads-mag Ralph and Your Garden. Topical and charming, David’s comedy will entertain and uplift. His affability and easy charm coupled with sharp wit and fearless crowd work have made Smiedt the comedian of choice for rooms of all sizes from the Comedy Store to myriad pubs, and corporate functions.” – Chris Hook - The Daily Telegraph 2015 “A comic whom your mother would love.” – Helen Razer, the Melbourne Age “Stylish and funny” – The Sunday “Refreshing, sincere and engaging.” – Rip It Up “Think Dorothy Parker meets Graham Kennedy.” – TalkFringe “Disarmingly charming” – The Adelaide Advertiser. “He captured the entire audience in the first five minutes of the show and had them eating out of his hands.” – Funny Tonne, The Melbourne International Comedy Festival “Make an appointment to meet David Smiedt. If the post-show buzz is anything to go by, a lot more people are going to want to meet him.” –The Pun. “Sharp dressed, sharp minded and very affable.” – DB Magazine “A name to remember.” – Comedy Beast magazine “The energetic Smiedt as MC does a fine line in disarming self-deprecation, charming the audience with amusing trivia then slipping in neat puns and barbed twists.” – Gaggingforit.com.au “So very, very funny” - Joan Rivers (US Comedy Legend, David supported on her Australian theatre tour) Bruce Griffiths– Bruce is so good your other favourite comedians tell his jokes – he writes for them! Australia’s most awarded and in-demand comedy and animation writer, Bruce has had his output consumed by a Who’s Who of local and international laughter, from Emmy-award winners Jason Alexander (Seinfeld) and Rich Hall (The Late Show with David Letterman) to Noel Fielding, Adam Hills, Andrew Denton, Bette Midler and Anh Do! Bruce is also the Script Editor of Kitty Flanagan’s award-winning Fisk. But live, Bruce is a one liner genius that has to be seen to be believed. DO NOT MISS HIM! Trust us you will talk about him for day. The sheer quantity of gags means that you’re never far from a piece a brilliant comedy .- Chortle UK Andrew Barnett has established himself as a crowd favourite in Comedy clubs across Australia and New Zealand. He is an award winning comedian who has written and performed for television and radio. Known as Barney to the audiences of Fox Sports, he is the co-host of The Night Watchmen on Fox Cricket and The Professor’s Late Hit on Fox League he also makes regular appearances on Sunday Nights with Matty Johns. As a stand up, Andrew has a relaxed style which belies a razor sharp wit. He has performed sold out shows at Festivals across Australia. “Quick witted, sharp-tongued...” The Daily Telegraph “Warm, personable and hilarious” - Akmal Saleh ADITYA GAUTAM is a Delhi-born immigrant living in Australia since 2010. He has worked in a call centre, driven an uber, written a book, volunteered in politics, and worked at a prison, you know, the usual. He currently works as a copywriter, and screenwriter and tries being funny every other day in front of strangers. 'Will have you laughing out of shock!' ★★★★★ - Adelaide Advertiser Information Source: Comedy Collective | eventbrite

Led by Britt and Damian Zunino (locals and Troutbeck members!), Studio DB is transforming the design landscape with a masterful balance of polished and playful elements, merging modern and traditional aesthetics to create spaces that resonate with depth and character. This book offers an intimate glimpse into the design philosophy and creative process of the studio, showcasing personal interiors that reflect Britt and Damian's distinctive vision and their eclectic, contextual approach. Drawn Together: Studio DB: Architecture and Interiors will be available for purchase at the talk from local bookstore Oblong Books. This event is FREE with R.S.V.P. Consider staying for dinner after the book talk - simply make a reservation so we're sure to accommodate you. Information Source: Troutbeck | eventbrite

IRONJAW BOOKINGS is excited to announce that Brisbane’s WildAsh & Newcastle’s Repriever are joining up for a New South Wales Weekender this June. Joined by Deadweight 80, Some Heard Trouble & Widower Information Source: Elton Chong | eventbrite

The Mid North Coast’s hottest young Indie Rock outfit ‘Korderoy’ are primed and ready to hit the road with a purpose: To fill NSW with all the emotion & energy of their debut EP: 'Written In Black And White'. The trio will be joined at Penrith’s favourite venue ,'Elton Chong', by Newcastle upstarts 'Cheap Delusions', + Sydney Singer Songwriter: 'Pastel', for a night of power and passion that you just can’t miss. Pastel (4.00pm - 4.50pm) Cheap Delusions (5.00pm - 5.50pm) Korderoy (6pm - 7pm) Information Source: Elton Chong | eventbrite