Chinatown Comedy Club - 16 February
Event description
See some of Australia's best comedians at the Chinatown Comedy Club, the first comedy club ever to be located in Sydney's Chinatown. Expect an action-packed and hilarious evening to celebrate the Year of the Dragon 2024 at the former Harbour City Cinema, which was abandoned for more than two decades before being restored as an event space by the six:twelve!
Included in your ticket is one special LNY-themed drink redeemable at either of the bars. Come and chill with us from 8pm at the former cinema - music acts will be announced soon! Comedy kicks off at 8.30pm and stick around after the show to soak in the nostalgic cinema ambience that hasn't been enjoyed for decades. The awesome line-up includes:
Neel Kolhatkar
Stella Wu
Alan Fang
Guneet Kaur
Harry Jun (MC)
Henry Zhu
Chris Nguyen
Date: 8pm-late, Friday 16 February
Address: The six:twelve, 6 Harbour St, Sydney
The Chinatown Comedy Club is proudly supported by the City of Sydney.
Find out more about our awesome line-up of comedians:
Neel Kolhatkar is a comedian and film-maker from Australia. He is well known for his cultural, political, and observational comedy. Over the past ten years he has performed sold out tours across Australia and released multiple self-produced comedy specials. Neel is also a prolific filmmaker having written, directed, and starred in the worldwide viral hit ‘Modern Educayshun’, among many other short films. Neel also produced and created the online web series ‘crossing the line’ in 2019. He helped start ‘Comedy Untamed’ in 2022, managing regular comedy shows across Australia. You can check out his work at youtube.com/@neelk or @neelkolhatkar on both Instagram and Tik Tok.
Stella Wu is a Hong Kong-born comedian now lighting up stages across Australia. With shows in multiple states, her unique blend of humour from two worlds guarantees a night of laughter and cultural insight you won’t forget!
Alan Fang is the greatest Asian comedian ever. He’s a regular of the Sydney comedy scene aswell as the Sydney nightclub scene. If you can't come to one of his shows, you can check him down out at The Ivy, doing timed relay laps in the pool and impressing all the hot chicks. He loves a good time but more than that, he loves going to night clubs and dancing and doing recreational drugs in the toilet (they’re called recreational for a reason). Anyway, without any further ado, this is Alan Fang’s bio
Harry Jun is a Sydney based comedian, host and cartoonist. He is the host of ABC Gamer's The Loot Drop, a weekly gaming news show with hot takes, sketches and silly jokes. He has performed across Australia including The Comedy Store Sydney, The Enmore Comedy Club and Comedy Republic, Melbourne. Harry sold out the Sydney Comedy Festival 2022 at The Enmore (Little Room). In 2023, he was asked to perform for Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Comedy Up Late and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow. Harry is the recipient of the 2024 Moosehead Award Grant.
Henry Zhu has performed in Australia, China and the US, and is known around the world as a comedian who not only writes jokes, but also performs them in front of an audience.
He has recently completed a sold out run of his show, Zhu Fast Zhu Furious, at the Sydney Comedy Fringe Festival. He is also considered to be in the top four funniest members in his family.
Chris Nguyen is an award-winning writer and comedian. With a razor-sharp wit and confident, laid-back style, he's cemented his status as a surefire hit in comedy clubs across Australia. Nominated for Best Comedy at Sydney Fringe, NSW RAW State Finalist and as seen on SBS Viceland. In 2023 he was invited to perform at the Very Big Very Asian Comedy Festival in New York.
ABOUT SOUL OF CHINATOWN
Soul of Chinatown is a community group that preserves the culture, history and tradition of Sydney’s Chinatown and its community, but also looks to the future. Founded by Hayden Wong, Kevin Cheng and Peter Wong in 2021, Soul of Chinatown aims to inspire and foster positive change in Chinatown through advocacy, community and events.
Find us on Instagram @soulofchinatown