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Shakespeare - The Musical
Friday, 23 April 2010, 12:34 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
In their 20 year history at Circa Theatre, The Improvisors have had 2 favourite shows – Show us your Willy, an improvised Shakesperean play and Improv – The Musical, a totally improvised musical. So to celebrate their 20th anniversary we’re combining ... More >>
El Jaguar's Festival Fiesta de Variety
Friday, 23 April 2010, 12:31 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
Wellington's luchador* supreme is coming to town! Former WWF** tag team champion, and single father, El Jaguar is here on the cusp of another come back***. Having always spent his career on the brink of success this time El Jaguar is sure he'll ... More >>
TJ McDonald: A Māori Ate My Great Granddad
Friday, 23 April 2010, 12:29 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
TJ McDonald is Wellington’s only chance for bringing the Billy T Award back to the capital. In becoming the sole Billy T Award nominee from Wellington, TJ McDonald joins a list of previous nominees that includes Ben Hurley, Dai Henwood, and the ... More >>
Search for Wellington’s quickest WIT inches closer
Friday, 23 April 2010, 12:27 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
Tensions are rising as we reach the home stretch in our quest to find Wellington's Quickest WIT! The prize is in sight for our most ambitious improvisers, as the ever popular Micetro has reached the finals season of its biggest competition yet. Micetro ... More >>
Wellington welcomes back The Improv Divas
Friday, 23 April 2010, 12:25 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
The Improv Divas are back! NZ's leading ladies of improv are ready to rock the capital with an all new, all improvised show in 2010's International Comedy Festival. More >>
Festival Programme Survives the Ash Cloud
Thursday, 22 April 2010, 2:24 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
Festival organisers have announced today that only one show in the 2010 NZ International Comedy Festival is being cancelled due to international travel disruptions. More >>
Viva La Comedy
Thursday, 22 April 2010, 12:54 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
Click here to see the full line up of shows in Wellington during the festival. First Laughs More >>
‘Levin, for Beginners’
Thursday, 22 April 2010, 9:14 am | NZ International Comedy Festival
Comedy show ‘Levin, for Beginners’ has become the first show in the 2010 International Comedy Festival to sell out all available nights in Wellington, with only Auckland shows ‘5 Star Comedy Preview’ and Australian act Rove having also done so a week ... More >>
Festival to Make Call on Programme Change
Tuesday, 20 April 2010, 3:31 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
The NZ International Comedy Festival confirms that up to only seven international comedians in this year’s programme may be affected by airport closures in the UK. More >>
Whole Lotta Laughs Set To barrel Through Welly
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 4:07 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
The City of Wellington loves a good laugh. We’ve got the stats to prove it, and the Comedy Commute to kick it off. The 2010 New Zealand International Comedy Festival hits town on Sunday 25 April, with the fast-selling First Laughs gala showcase. More >>
Change of Venue: The Comedy Cellar
Thursday, 8 April 2010, 11:04 am | NZ International Comedy Festival
Change of Venue – You Can Expect Full Bodied Laughter at the Comedy Cellar! More >>
Benjamin Crellin Presents The Games We Play
Wednesday, 7 April 2010, 5:32 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
Kiwi comic Benjamin Crellin has a reputation for creating cutting edge stand-up with an amusing satirical tone that resonates from his incredibly twisted social conscience. More >>
A Secret History Of The Space Race
Wednesday, 7 April 2010, 10:52 am | NZ International Comedy Festival
Lead Hat are Paul Glubb and Nic Gorman. What do you know about the space race? Very much? Well keep it to yourself. In this 50 minute 'amazing spectacle' the truth will finally be rewritten and the story of the first humans in space given a fitting tribute ... More >>
Life Without Michael: One Year On
Wednesday, 7 April 2010, 10:16 am | NZ International Comedy Festival
Michael Jackson Party Hits The Nz International Comedy Festival Heidi is a twenty-something still living at home who has dedicated the better part of her life to being a devoted Michael Jackson fan. Still devastated by the death of her hero, almost one year on ... More >>
Jav Jarquin: The Legend of the Card Ninja
Tuesday, 6 April 2010, 2:21 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
After years of forging his mettle in some of the biggest clubs in Australasia, stage veteran JAV JARQUIN returns with a show that combines his acclaimed stand up and his dazzling Card Ninja act. Come and follow his journey from grasshopper to silent ... More >>
NZ International Comedy Festival iPhone App
Tuesday, 16 March 2010, 9:37 am | NZ International Comedy Festival
Where would we be, compadres, without the advances in modern technology? Some say better off… that’s a matter of contention though. More >>
Classic Comedy Takes Over the Powerstation
Wednesday, 3 March 2010, 9:16 am | NZ International Comedy Festival
The team behind Auckland’s home of live comedy, The Classic, expands its reach during this year’s New Zealand International Comedy Festival with a line-up of international and local headline comedians at the Powerstation in Mt Eden Rd as well ... More >>
The Comedy Revolution Rolls into the Capital
Tuesday, 23 February 2010, 4:50 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
Wellington’s star-studded comedy event is just around the corner, over 12 international and local comedians will unite to launch a liberation of laughter! More >>
Dai Decks the Halls with Howls And Jollies
Thursday, 3 December 2009, 4:14 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
Somehow, Dai Henwood (7 Days and a C4 regular) has got his hands on the Xmas party budget and in the spirit of giving has decided to host his own party – which you’re invited to! More >>
Chris Brain is in ‘the Best Place’!
Monday, 25 May 2009, 12:47 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
Chris Brain scooped the NZ International Comedy Festival’s big prize, The Billy T Award, at the “Last Laughs” event on Sunday night in front of a sold out audience at SKYCITY Theatre. More >>
