Brown's Mart

11/08/2026

Last month 5 comedians went head-to-head for the 2026 Deadly Funny Darwin heat with rising star Mema Munro taking out the number one spot.

We look forward to cheering her on as she competes in the finals at Melbourne International Comedy Festival 🥳

Full to the brim with witty observational humour that is both relatable, and sometimes the perfect amount of dramatic, this emerging powerhouse has been honing her craft and is now ready to take over the stage for her Darwin Festival show.

Congratulations to Mema and all of the other participants for concluding NAIDOC week with an evening of laughter.

Catch her show in the Studio from 8 - 9 PM, Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13 August.

Tickets are on sale now online or on the door.

04/08/2026

The Present by By Jeffrey Jay Fowler and Sarah Reuben Co-produced by Brown’s Mart and The Last Great Hunt is one of five finalists for the 2026 Northern Territory Performing Arts Awards Production of the Year, hosted by Darwin Festival.

This playful, yet honest and deeply reflective work was developed over many years and had a range of creatives collaborate to make it happen. We’re excited to be able to celebrate this story that Jeffrey Jay Fowler and Sarah Reuben so intimately crafted, a story that bought joy (and a few tears) to so many.

Congratulations to Jeffrey, Sarah, Will and the team for the recognition and to all of the finalists who make our industry such a vibrant, thought provoking and exciting part of our lifestyle. Thank you to the judges for selecting this work and the opportunity to recognise our second Main Stage work for the 2026 season.

There’s also a People’s Choice voting option where you can have your say - why not drop a vote for The Present? People’s Choice voting closes tomorrow August 5th.

31/07/2026

⚓️ All aboard! ⚓️

Meet Motorboat... part woman, part boat, full clown! 🚤😂

Get ready to batten down the hatches for a wildly ridiculous voyage packed with absurd comedy, nautical nonsense and laugh-out-loud silliness. Mel McGlensey is MOTORBOAT is the multi-award-winning clown show that's been making waves across Australia's biggest comedy festivals.

🏆 Winner – Best Comedy Overall, Adelaide Fringe 2024
🏆 Winner – Hollywood Fringe Tour Ready Award 2024
🏆 Winner – Best Comedy Weekly, Perth Fringe 2025
⭐ Nominee – Golden Gibbo Award, Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2024

Created and performed by Naarm/Melbourne comedian Mel McGlensey, this delightfully unhinged show is a joyful celebration of self-discovery, stupidity and spectacular clowning.

🚤 Come aboard... if you dare!

🎟️ Book now before this ship sails: https://www.darwinfestival.org.au

Darwin Festival

31/07/2026

Experience the magic of Darwin Festival at Brown's Mart! ✨

From laugh-out-loud comedy to thought-provoking theatre and family-friendly performances, Brown's Mart is packed with incredible shows this Festival season.

🎭 On the program:
• Saplings – Powerful theatre from Australian Theatre for Young People (5–8 Aug)
• Brett Blake: Little Turd – Hilarious stand-up comedy (5–8 Aug)
• Mel McGlensey is Motorboat – A wild comedy voyage (6–8 Aug)
• Darwin Kids Comedy Club – Big laughs for little people (8 Aug)
• SWAN? – Lauren Brady's cheeky twist on Swan Lake (12–15 Aug)
• Mema Munro: Wanna Be a Star – A hilarious look at chasing the acting dream (12–13 Aug)
• Goldfish – Award-winning family theatre from Japan (13–16 Aug)
• Deck the Balls: Xmas in August – Festive cabaret with a Territory twist (14–15 Aug)
• MUM Guilt Confessional* – Funny, heartfelt and cathartic theatre (19–22 Aug)
• POV – An inventive, live documentary theatre experience (19–23 Aug)
• Aberdeen – Cassie Workman's gripping new theatre work (19–22 Aug)

🎟️ Many performances are already selling fast or sold out—don't miss your chance!

👉 Book now: https://www.darwinfestival.org.au/whats-on/venues/brown-s-mart

Darwin Festival

25/07/2026

There are only 2 days left to go!
See you at the Brown’s Mart courtyard.

We've now entered the final 48 hours with 41 experiences and performances to enjoy - how many can you fit in? ✨

➡️ TODAY'S SCHEDULE
8:00 AM | SUB_BAR 🐊
10:00 AM | Northern Territory Craft Award 2026 🐊
11:00 AM | Man O manosphere 🐊
12:00 PM | Humid Hallucinations 🐊
12:00 PM | Growth: Artist Talk 🐊📗
1:00 PM | It’s a Hard Gnoch Life
1:00 PM | The Songs We Carry ❌
2:00 PM | The Open Curtain Presents... ⭐️
2:00 PM | Incubator 🐊
3:00 PM | Vinyl Stories
3:30 PM | Darwin Fringe Festival Pool Party
4:00 PM | Holographic Charizard
4:00 PM | S*x, Lyrebirds and Cassette Tapes
4:20 PM | Mickey D - The Culturally Appropriate Appropriation Society
5:00 PM | I Want Your Kidney
5:30 PM | Scrag ❌
5:30 PM | Dysfunctional Family Jukebox
6.00 PM | Anthony Locascio - The Divine Comedy
6:00 PM | Charlie Chaplin: Men Are Not Machines
6:00 PM | THIS IS THE WORST
6:40 PM | Uncle Jack
7:00 PM | Goatest of All Time
7:30 PM | Birdlesque: A sequined love letter to Darwin, the City of Birds ⭐️
7:50 PM | Jez Watts: Animal Magnetism
8:00 PM | deLightfully Scarlet: A Vintage Affair
8:00 PM | Flesh and Fire: Prometheus’ Pilgrimage ⭐️
8:10 PM | Who Wants To Be A Citizen ⭐️
9:00 PM | Cracked in the NT: Humpty Dumpty's Top End Tale
9:20 PM | Learning Indonesian with Om Tom
9:30 PM | Dungeons & Bad Dragons
10:00 PM | CLOSING NIGHT PARTY
10:10 PM | Craic Hole Comedy - Late Night Craic

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KEY
🐊 = Free to attend
⭐️ = Sold out
❌ = Cancelled
📗 = Updated since the program was printed

23/07/2026

DARWIN FRINGE
TONIGHT @ BROWN'S MART

Vinyl Stories: an exploration of sound waves through storytelling and song

Vinyl Stories explores the stories, interpretations and musical forces that shaped the lives of 3 people of the Territory.

Each performer will select songs on vinyl record that impacted them earlier in life and will share what this meant to them and their story. We will share a listening space with music from vinyl records.

Melanie Mununggurr is a Djapu mother, poet, storyteller and performer, and the Australian Poetry Slam Champion for her 2018 poem ‘I Run’.

Shalom Kaa is a performer, director, singer, and comedian with roots in a large Māori musical family.

John Rawnsley grew up and has lived between the Centre and Top End of the Territory for his life and will draw on these experiences with a vinyl set as DJ Spinaf-X.

The show is for people who appreciate music but also appreciate the deeper forces and interactions that voice, listening, hearing, living and being serves. It will be an appreciation of the connection between the sound waves that a particular song projects and the broader context and worlds we interact.

Immerse yourself in sensory experiences through story-telling and personal reflection; the sharing of an intimate space and to be present as we share in a collective appreciation and personal insight of a select curation of records.

Within each of us is a story and narrative that threads songs, time and space.

Get you tickets now at https://darwinfringe.org.au/

23/07/2026

DARWIN FRINGE
TONIGHT @ BROWN'S MART

deLightfully Scarlet: A Vintage Affair

Scarlet Tinkabelle and Sophie deLightful are best friends who share stages, dreams and lots of good times. So it is with great excitement that they debut their brand new duo show at Darwin Fringe, “deLightfully Scarlet: A Vintage Affair.”

Tipping their sparkly hats to the fun and frivolous speakeasy period, they explore the racy underbelly of the prohibition era, which soundtracked the art of the tease with some of our most memorable cabaret moments today. Effortlessly intertwining a modern day edge with themes of empowerment and self-belief, this show is perfectly palatable for any generation.

With Sophie’s powerhouse vocals and Tink’s award-winning sideshow burlesque stylings, deLightfully Scarlet is more than your typical jazz burlesque set. Nightly prizes will be awarded to Best Dressed, so buckle up those corsets and dust off those rhinestones.
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Darwin, this is the affair you’ve been waiting for!

Get your tickets now at https://darwinfringe.org.au/

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