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Live Laughs returns to Johnsonville
Friday, 3 February 2017, 11:11 am | Humorous Arts Trust
The Johnsonville Club hosts its first Live Laughs show for 2017 with another comedy showcase featuring NZ's top performers. This month's show headlined by the wonderful Michele A'Court. More >>
2016 Wellies Winners Announced
Tuesday, 13 December 2016, 10:24 am | Humorous Arts Trust
An awards ceremony on Sunday night officially confirmed who the funniest comics in Wellington City are. The Humorous Arts Trust presented the Wellies Comedy Awards, at a gala awards night, showcasing the best and brightest of comedic talent in the ... More >>
NZ comedy icons bringing the laughter to Johnsonville
Thursday, 18 August 2016, 4:17 pm | Humorous Arts Trust
A two hour stand up comedy showcase, Live Laughs features top local and national acts. This month's show includes More >>
NZ's Country Music Comedy Legend
Wednesday, 10 February 2016, 2:45 pm | Humorous Arts Trust
Live Laughs returns to the Wellington region with another top line up of New Zealand's best in comedy. More >>
Live Art Meets Fresh Stand up in Sketch/Comedy
Wednesday, 3 February 2016, 2:30 pm | Humorous Arts Trust
Sketch/Comedy is back in 2016, bringing its uniquely impromptu mix of stand up and live drawing to this year’s NZ Fringe Festival. A hilarious mash-up of spontaneous art and comedic storytelling, Sketch/Comedy combines the talents of a savvy sketch ... More >>
Humorous Arts Trust 2015 Wellies Winners Announced
Tuesday, 15 December 2015, 9:13 am | Humorous Arts Trust
An awards ceremony on Sunday night officially confirmed who the funniest comics in Wellington City are. The Humorous Arts Trust presented the Wellies Comedy Awards, at a gala awards night, showcasing the best and brightest of comedic talent in the ... More >>
Humorous Arts Trust awards 2015’s best comics in Wellington
Wednesday, 9 December 2015, 11:11 am | Humorous Arts Trust
It’s time again to celebrate the Wellies, the annual comedy awards for the Wellington region. This event has a proud comedy heritage; with past recipients becoming household names such as Ben Hurley, Steve Wrigley and Cori-Gonzales Mecuer . More >>
Quick Draw Comedy
Friday, 4 September 2015, 5:31 pm | Humorous Arts Trust
Sketch/Comedy comes to the Fringe Bar stage in a Wellington premier. The capital's top stand up comedians combine with one of New Zealand's sharpest cartoonists for a spontaneous mix of stand up and visual comedy. More >>
Get your dose of Laughing Gas
Tuesday, 1 September 2015, 2:16 pm | Humorous Arts Trust
Cohen Holloway headlines the first Live Laughs stand up comedy show at the Gasworks, Miramar on Thursday 17 September. A master impersonator, Cohen was a star on TV1's Facelift, with his impressions of John Campbell, Jake the Muss and David Lange well ... More >>
Competitor Withdrawn from Raw Comedy Quest
Tuesday, 14 April 2015, 9:45 am | Humorous Arts Trust
For the first time in the Wellington Raw Comedy Quest, a performer has stepped down from competing due to opportunities on the pro-comedy circuit. Alice Brine will be opening for Anchorman star David Koechner , 8pm Sunday 19th April at VKs Comedy Bar, ... More >>
2014 Welly Winners Announced
Friday, 5 December 2014, 3:14 pm | Humorous Arts Trust
An old Wellington tradition re-emerged last night when The Humorous Arts Trust presented the Welly Comedy Awards, showcasing the best and brightest of comedic talent in the capital, with winners receiving a trophy made of a wellington gumboot. More >>
Local Live Laughs in Petone
Monday, 11 August 2014, 11:24 am | Humorous Arts Trust
The Petone Working Men’s Club brings the funniest comedians from the Hutt Valley and surrounds to be on stage for one night show this August. With a line-up of pro’s and proven up and comers the laughter is sure to be live and plentiful. Recent arrival ... More >>
2014 Raw Comedy Quest Wellington Winners
Wednesday, 30 April 2014, 1:42 pm | Humorous Arts Trust
Two new Wellington comedians have just won the right to call themselves the funniest guys in town by winning the Wellington Raw Comedy Quest 2014. Daniel James Smith and James Malcolm placed first and second respectively in the competition last week ... More >>
Wellington Raw Comedy Quest 2014: The Search Begins
Wednesday, 12 March 2014, 11:37 am | Humorous Arts Trust
The Wellington Raw Comedy Quest returns to the capital to find Wellington's funniest face for 2014. The Winner and runner up are flown to Auckland to compete in the National Raw Comedy Quest final, the biggest comedy competition in New Zealand. More >>
Raw Meat comedy: Fresh comedy returns to the capital
Tuesday, 14 January 2014, 5:11 pm | Humorous Arts Trust
STARTS Fresh comedy returns to the capital Raw Meat comedy is back! From Monday 13th January Humorous Arts brings live comedy back to Wellington City, performed at the Fringe Bar and presented by a changing line up of talented MCs. More >>
Getting Slammed - Raw Poetry Slam IV
Thursday, 9 January 2014, 1:33 pm | Humorous Arts Trust
Haven’t heard of slam poetry before? Its spoken word with a difference, each performer is judged by five randomly chosen audience members and only the top performers make it through to the next round. More >>
Justine Smith and Cohen Holloway - Comedy at the Bristol
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 3:24 pm | Humorous Arts Trust
Billy T winner and AotearoHA regular, Justine Smith, host’s Hotel Bristol’s Monthly comedy special on Sunday, 18 August. Boy and Eagle vs. Shark star, Cohen Holloway headlines the show, which also features several up and coming Wellington comedians. More >>
That Comedy Show at The Royal
Tuesday, 9 July 2013, 4:45 pm | Humorous Arts Trust
Billy T and 2013 Fred Award nominee, James Nokise, hosts this Thursdays That Comedy Show at The Royal, a brand new weekly stand-up comedy night. More >>
That Comedy Show
Tuesday, 4 December 2012, 2:34 pm | Humorous Arts Trust
Start the silly season with some good hearted chuckles at That Comedy Show. Wellington’s newest retro diner Daddy O’s hosts a comic line-up on Sunday 9th December. Featuring locally sourced comedians Rick Threlfo, Nathan Winter, Brad Zimmerman and hosted ... More >>
A Valentine’s Day Comedy Show
Saturday, 28 January 2012, 12:06 pm | Humorous Arts Trust
Whittaker’s Chocolate and The Wellington Humorous Arts Trust present: LAUGHING FOR LOVE A Valentine’s Day Comedy Show More >>