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James Nokise - The Adventures of Jimi Samoa
Thursday, 7 May 2009, 4:54 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
New Zealand's favourite Welsh / Samoan stand-up comic, returns to the New Zealand International Comedy Festival with with a hilarious new hour of material, The Adventures of Jimi Samoa. More >>
Dave Wiggins: I’m a Believer
Thursday, 7 May 2009, 4:45 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
2009 Billy T nominee Dave Wiggins returns to the festival with his new show “I’m a Believer.” Wiggins has been a Comedy Festival regular ever since his first outing in 2004 where he was voted Best Newcomer. This will be his third solo shows, so he’s ... More >>
Heath Franklin’s Chopper: "Harden The F#ck Up, NZ"
Thursday, 7 May 2009, 4:42 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
Sometimes life seems a bit tough, and you just feel like finding a quiet corner and having a cry. Well its times like these that Chopper thinks you should take off your skirt, grow a moustache and harden the fuck up. More >>
Glenn Wool
Thursday, 7 May 2009, 4:31 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
He might be a hot ticket but he hasn’t lost his laid back Canadian style! Glenn Wool is back after 5 years to the NZ International Comedy Festival More >>
Puppetry of the Penis - “Live”
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 5:03 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
The world’s most famous, and strangest puppeteers are heading to a venue near you in February, March & April with their international smash hit show. The world-wide popularity of the performance has seen them sell well over a million tickets to audiences ... More >>
Sammy J in the Forest of Dreams
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 5:00 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
Australian comedian Sammy J stars in Sammy J in the Forest of Dreams at Downstage Theatre More >>
Late Laughs: Humour That Goes Bump In The Night!
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 4:58 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
For the late night party animals, the insomniacs or those who just want one more laugh for the road, the San Francisco Bathhouse on a Friday and Saturday night will be the place to see local and international comedians cut loose and go wild. More >>
Comedy Proves To Be A Sell Out!
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 4:53 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
New Zealanders got their party pants on and laughed in mass during the opening weekend of the NZ International Comedy Festival. More >>
WellingSIN City: A Totally Improvised Noir
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 4:59 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
Murder, Revenge, Justice, Improv... following in the tradition of Bogart, Rooney, and Bacall, explore the mean streets and dark underbelly of WellingSIN CITY; an improvised noir where YOU call the shots. Six of Wellington’s best improvisors explore and ... More >>
Simon McKinney Tells A Bit Of A Yarn
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 2:44 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
You’ll have seen him on local TV screens on the Comedy Christmas Gala, the Comedy Gala and Pulp Comedy and now Simon delivers his second solo show at the NZ International Comedy Festival. Last years “Land of the Long White Clown” saw Simon nominated ... More >>
Jav Jarquin and Dan Bain: Orphans of Comedy
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 2:43 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
Jav and Dan are really good, it’s just no one knows it. Yet. At this year’s comedy festival look out for the only stand up show busting out of Christchurch: Orphans of Comedy. More >>
Mark Scott and Jesse Mulligan: Romantic Comedy
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 2:41 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
Mark Scott and Jesse Mulligan are two terminally single men. During their two week festival season they have three objectives: to start on time, to break even, and to find two women to spend the rest of their lives with. More >>
Maeve Higgins “Kitten Brides”
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 2:39 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
Maeve Higgins is delighted to be a professional stand up comedian. This is her first trip to New Zealand so she has thought carefully about her show. In the end, just the funnies stayed. She will miss her pets and her friends in Dublin. That ‘s a ... More >>
Jason John Whitehead - Emotional Whitemale
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 2:38 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
Canadian comic Jason John Whitehead is back at the festival with his new show, the title of which is a pun no less!! More >>
Jason Cook: Joy
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 2:34 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
English comedian, Jason Cook stunned audiences and critics alike at The Classic in last years NZ International Comedy Festival with his smash hit show “My Confessions”, subsequently winning the award for ‘Best International Show’. More >>
Janey Godley – Domestic Godley
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 2:33 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
Scotland’s ‘female Billy Connolly’, Janey Godley needs little introduction after four previous appearances at the NZ International Comedy Festival including a sellout season at The Basement Theatre in 2008. More >>
The Comedy Den: Alternative Late Night Comedy
Monday, 4 May 2009, 11:29 am | NZ International Comedy Festival
You like comedy? You like staying up late? Over three weekends in May we combine both into one tasty late night meat pie of weird and wonderful comedic happenings. More >>
Best Of The Fest 2009
Monday, 4 May 2009, 11:26 am | NZ International Comedy Festival
The Wellington Comedy Club presents ‘Best of the Fest’, 09’s premier late night showcase of the Festival’s best local, national and international acts. More >>
Breaking the 5th Wall – or What is Humour?
Monday, 4 May 2009, 11:22 am | NZ International Comedy Festival
If you are looking for an absurd, fast-paced flow of consciousness, slap-stick pastiche of comedy (that you can bring your Gran to) – Breaking the 5th Wall is the show for you! More >>
James Keating presents Billbored
Tuesday, 28 April 2009, 3:45 pm | NZ International Comedy Festival
Nominee for the 2009 Billy T Award for comedy, James Keating has come a long way since his student days at advertising school. Far from wanting to create new ads, James now looks to inspiration from existing advertising and marketing for his new ... More >>
