Warm, sharp and gloriously unfiltered — comedy that makes you laugh hard and feel things you weren't expecting.
Festival appearance
· 2025
Defective was toured throughout 2025 including but not limited to: Melbourne Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival, Sydney Fringe Comedy, Wollongong Comedy and Melt Festival.
Diana McLaren is an Illawarra-based stand-up comedian and storyteller known for her fearless honesty, feminist perspective and the kind of warmth that makes a room feel like a group chat that got out of hand in the best possible way. Her material dives into modern dating, singlehood, therapy culture, neurodivergence, LGBTQIA+ chaos and the general ridiculousness of being a person — funny about the heavy stuff, tender about the funny stuff. She has toured nationally with solo shows Defective and Detached, appearing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Fringe and MELT Festival Brisbane.