Book (Fight) Club


Various Dates

Time: Various

  • Sat 27 June 2026

    7.00PM – 8.30PM

  • Sun 19 July 2026

    7.00PM – 8.30PM

  • Sat 22 August 2026

    7.00PM – 8.30PM

Pricing

  • General Admission $25.00
    + booking fee per ticket
  • Venue: Cloisters Studio

    It's back by public demand

    It's a book club.

    It's a fight club.

    It's a book fight club.

    "...this show is too clever and too funny to stick to the rules." - Theatreview

    8 books are welcomed into the literati ThunderDome to fight to the death for our entertainment, but first we need to discuss them like the civilised consumers of culture that we are.

    "...a rip roaring show of immense proportions!" - Theatreview

    As seen at the NZ International Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe, Auckland Writers Festival, and World Buskers Festival, El Jaguar is back hosting the most hilarious and unusual book club you've ever joined.

    "I laughed so much. I laughed so hard at one point I nearly threw up." - Libel Music

     

     

    Location map

    Cloisters Studio,
    Worcester Boulevard

    Market Square Hereford St Carpark Boys' High Entrance Engineering Laneway The Observatory Hotel Courtyard South Quad North Quad Registry Student Union The Gym Engineering Cloisters Studio Common Room Library Biology, Observatory and Physics Chemistry School of Art West Lecture Classics Rutherford's Den Clock Tower Boy's High Workshop Great Hall
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