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Talk to the HAND – an IMPROV puppet show
Monday, 18 May 2009, 4:20 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
For the first time in New Zealand The Improvisors combine their comedic talents with puppetry to create a magical sketch show hybrid between The Muppets and Whose Line is it Anyway? More >>
Mickey D: Too Mickey Bro!
Monday, 18 May 2009, 4:17 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
Our Favourite Aussie Battler fronts up in his own show at the 2009 NZ International Comedy Festival More >>
Jerome Chandrahasen: Jerome’s Variety Hour
Monday, 18 May 2009, 4:14 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
Recession. Global Warming. Terror. With so many abstract nouns to worry about, Jerome Chandrahasen presents his search for the things that cheer us up. More >>
Class Comedians 2009
Monday, 18 May 2009, 4:12 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
They’ve been involved in a grueling comedy bootcamp, their hard work and training will be put to the ultimate test as the Class Comedians take to the stage in Auckland on the 16th of May and Wellington on the 23rd of May. More >>
Cori Gonzalez-Macuer: Promo Girls Aren’t Models
Monday, 18 May 2009, 4:11 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
In a world obsessed with fame and all things superficial, one man is keeping it real. After spending the last couple of years working in the entertainment industry, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer has been witness to the lengths some people will take in order to ... More >>
The Comediettes: Hilarity in Heels
Monday, 18 May 2009, 4:09 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
Celebrate a new generation of hilarity in heels as these vixens of NZ comedy take the stage to tickle your funny bone in all the wrong places. 2007 RAW Comedy national winner, Emma Olsen; Wellington favourite, Jim Stanton and newcomer, Sarah Harpur, ... More >>
The Burn
Monday, 18 May 2009, 4:08 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
“The Burn” is a new comedy written by Nic Sampson and Joseph Moore, taking you beyond the tired notions of screaming hounds and inferno and into the vastly undiscovered and pettifogging world of retail hell… in Hell. More >>
A Song for the Ugly Kids
Monday, 18 May 2009, 4:06 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
One day stupid Lucy cracked her head on the pavement and her brain fell out. And inside Lucy’s disproportionately large head was a crazy world. The world of the Ugly Kids. The place where her misfit imaginary friends battle to make ends meet. More >>
5: Stick Five People Into A Blender...
Monday, 18 May 2009, 4:05 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
Five comedic actors on the bubble, a boiling blender of script and stage – and a whole lotta trouble. More >>
Comedy Divas - Like a Well-Shaken Cosmo
Monday, 18 May 2009, 4:02 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
A cocktail of divine comediennes serve up a tall glass of laughter in Auckland on the 10th of May and in Wellington on the 18th of May. More >>
Ed Byrne: Different Class
Friday, 15 May 2009, 10:23 am | NZ International Comedy Festival
Ireland’s master of Stand-Up Comedy returns to New Zealand in 2009 with his critically acclaimed new show that is arguable his best ever. More >>
Dai Henwood is Shabba!
Friday, 15 May 2009, 10:21 am | NZ International Comedy Festival
Shabba – SCHA-BUH – adjective/verb/noun/whatever, meaning good or positive (i) A word to be shouted whenever you feel like it for no reason whatsoever EXAMPLES: 1. “Great party… SHABBA!” 2. “I’ll have to hang up, I’ve got to pick ... More >>
Mark Watson Cancels Wellington Season
Friday, 15 May 2009, 10:03 am | NZ International Comedy Festival
British comedian Mark Watson has had to cut short his tour to the 2009 NZ International Comedy Festival due to a family medical emergency. He will return to the UK following the conclusion of his Auckland season this Saturday May 16. More >>
Stir-Fried Sketch Comedy
Wednesday, 13 May 2009, 10:12 am | NZ International Comedy Festival
Stir-Fried Sketch Comedy By Bex Joyce, Dean Hewison, Luke Hawker, Jessica Manins & Simon Smith Five comedic actors on the bubble, a boiling blender of script and stage – and a whole lotta trouble. That's the premise of a unique and innovative ... More >>
The Nickelodeon Kids’ Comedy Season 2009
Friday, 8 May 2009, 1:22 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
All aboard the good ship laughter as the second annual Nickelodeon Kids’ Comedy Season sets sail for comedy fans aged 6-12, come and embark on three wildly different styled shows from the 2nd to the 24th of May! More >>
Toby Hadoke in ‘Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf’
Thursday, 7 May 2009, 5:10 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
Charting the rise, fall and subsequent rise of a television legend Toby Hadoke presents a personal satirical and razor sharp comic odyssey charting The Doctor’s triumphs and disasters, and Hadoke progress from child to man, through obsession, joy and ... More >>
Steve Wrigley in Of Mates And Mischief
Thursday, 7 May 2009, 5:07 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
Steve Wrigley is genuinely one of the nicest guys you will ever meet. It’s easy to see why he is so highly regarded by his peers and so richly deserves the huge success that he has created for himself over the last year. His 2008 Comedy Festival ... More >>
Te Radar’s Eating the Dog
Thursday, 7 May 2009, 5:03 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
Eating the Dog is written and performed by comedian, satirist and raconteur Te Radar. It’s an educational and satirical look through New Zealand's history focusing on the people that gave it a red hot go, but perhaps lost a limb, or their life, in ... More >>
Jim Brown - A Legend In His Own Bathwater
Thursday, 7 May 2009, 5:00 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
Jim Brown’s defeat in the 2008 Billy T Award has proven to be the catalyst for the global stock market crash, the downfall of George W Bush and the decline of the Australian cricket team. More >>
Jarrod Baker and TJ McDonald in Monkey vs Robot
Thursday, 7 May 2009, 4:57 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
Two of New Zealand’s brightest stand-up comedy stars join forces for Monkey vs Robot, an exciting, witty, geeky and surreal show in the 2009 New Zealand International Comedy Festival. More >>
