In late 2005, Catherine registered a company and set about finding artists and staff to join what she hoped would be quite a party. Comedy @ Trades had its premiere season during the 2006 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. In it's first year, she programmed 27 shows, created six theatres and hosted around 20,000 patrons with a talented team of pioneers for crew. More importantly, everyone had a hoot! Bella Union went on to present three more Comedy @ Trades seasons in 2007, 2008 and 2009, playing host