Imported Article – 2026-04-12 02:59:31

Eddie Murphy’s son is helping to turn a West Hollywood coffee shop into a comedy club this Saturday night. For two hours, anyway. Down Under Comedy takes over Miss Melbourne Coffee at 7236 Santa Monica Blvd. tonight with a five-act lineup and a stage where the café tables usually go. Dan Green, a manager at the Laugh Factory, hosts the show and co-produces it. “Every six weeks we bring a bunch of comics down here, and we turn this nice, beautiful Australian coffee shop into a pop-up comedy club for the night,” Green said. “We turn the whole layout around, put chairs in there, bring in a stage, lights, and some of the best comics in the world.” Tonight’s bill includes Miles Murphy, Eddie Murphy’s son; national headliner Brett Riley; up-and-coming Middle Eastern comic Shaina Rabbani; Miguel Rojas; and producer-performer Chris Kidder, who helps Green put the shows together. The Miss Melbourne connection isn’t complicated. Green is Australian. So are the owners. “I know Simon and Mandy, the owners of Miss Melbourne. They’re Aussies as well as am I, and they’ve been big supporters of my comedy since I moved out here from Texas to do comedy, basically,” he said. Miss Melbourne opened in West Hollywood in 2019, bringing Australian coffee culture to a neighborhood that took to it quickly. The café now has two locations in the City, including its original spot on Havenhurst Drive. Tonight’s event is on WeHo’s eastside, across from Trader Joes. If you live at the Avalon you can literally walk downstairs and catch the show. The Laugh Factory has been a fixture on the Sunset Strip since 1979, when founder Jamie Masada opened it during a period when club owners refused to pay performers. It was the first comedy club in the country to pay its comedians. USA Today has called it the number one comedy club in the country. Green is one of the managers there and draws on that talent pool to build the Miss Melbourne lineups. The series has run for about two years. Green pitches the show as a neighborhood escape. “If you can detach from the world for two hours, turn your phone off – you don’t have the news coming up on your phone, which seems to happen every five minutes these days – it’s a way to escape,” he said. “Laughter’s what fuels us, man. If we haven’t got laughter, then what are we doing?” The dress code is nonexistent. Green’s words: “Wear your pajamas. I don’t care.” Before shows, he’s been known to stand outside with his kangaroo named Frank to pull in foot traffic. “Just like you give a dog’s name a human name in America, we give our kangaroos the same names, folks,” he said.

Tickets here and more information at downundercomedy.com.