Petrina Macpherson

When Petrina first stood up at an open mic comedy night in 2006 she thought stand-up would be something she did once, cross off life’s ‘To Do List’ and move on, after all, she was a grown up with a real job. However, two things happened that night…Petrina actually made people laugh and she fell deeply and passionately in love with stand up comedy.

She often describes comedy as the ‘one night stand that never went home’! Since that night, Petrina has continued performing in the various comedy rooms around South East Queensland. She was a finalist in the Queensland Raw Comedy Competition in 2008, performed at the inaugural ‘In Stiches Comedy Festival’ at QPAC and she was the only female comic to make the final of the ‘Tank F*ck I’m Funny’ Competition in 2011.

Petrina’s comedy has been described as everything from ‘intelligent and insightful’ to ‘deeply personal and dangerous’, but the description Petrina likes best of all is ‘piss funny!’ Smart, sassy and seriously funny Petrina is definitely one comic worth watching.