This event is part of the 2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
It’s 1974.
Gough Whitlam is King.
Frank Sinatra is finally gracing Australian shores.
… and women exist just enough not to upset anyone too much.
Tonight you have the opportunity to attend the hottest event in town – the exclusive live-taping gala cooking show extravaganza of the Clara Cupcakes.
That’s right, multiple Logie award-winning female celebrity television chef Clara Cupcakes!
Her book, Aspic – The Joys of Gelatinous Cooking & Home Maintenance: The Ultimate Guide to Womanhood, has been on the Women’s Weekly best-seller list for 28 weeks and shows no signs of slowing down.
After months on the circuit with her sold-out book tour, our glamorous gourmand is hosting the ultimate soiree.
Cook along with famous guests and learn thrilling jiggly recipes! Get swept up in a frenzy over her meat-based moulded masterpieces and solidified salads! Deconstruct generational trauma through the lens of absurd comedy! Songs! Prepare to suspend your belief alongside the pineapple chunks and moussed salmon and wade into Clara Cupcakes’ latest comedic emulsion.
Don’t miss out on your chance to see the woman who has been hailed as the Julia Child of her time – and find out about the (many) savoury uses for bananas.
Clara Cupcakes is an award-winning comedian, burlesque performer and drag queen who has been delighting audiences right and left of centre. Inspired by 1920s vaudeville and silent-era comedians, she blends jazz dance, circus, clowning and surrealist comedy into her unique, offbeat style. With multiple accolades, including two Golden Gibbo nominations (Best Independent Show) at Melbourne International Comedy Festival and recognition from the Adelaide Artist Fund and MX Burlesque Masters finalist, Clara’s work continues to captivate audiences which her genre-blending comedy.
