News : Comedy Festival

Comedy Guild Awards 2012: AotearoHA wins Best Show, others win awards too!

On the 27th January 2012

Last night marked the 12 Annual Comedy Guild Awards, held at the Classic. Hosted by Vaughan King and Comedy Guild President Aaron Beard.

Lewis Dean awarded Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship

On the 26th January 2012

Lewis Dean has been awarded a Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship at the University of Waikato. The Scholarship is for students who excel in academia, leadership and sport or the creative and performing arts. He will be the first comedian on the Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship Programme.

Enter the 2012 Raw Comedy Quest!

On the 25th January 2012

Think you're funny? Want to be the next big thing in New Zealand Comedy? Well then, make sure to enter the 2012 Raw Comedy Quest, for your chance at fame and fabulous prizes!

Wellington Comedian Sarah Harpur Receives Prestigious AMP Scholarship Award

On the 28th November 2011

Wellington comedian Sarah Harpur’s dedication to her craft was recognized last Thursday night in Auckland at the AMP Scholarship Awards Ceremony, where she was announced as one of the recipients of the prestigious “Do Your Thing” Scholarship Award for 2011.

AotearoHA - Next Big Things!

On the 16th September 2011

The 7th show in the popular AotearoHA series, AotearoHA - Next Big Things! promises exactly that; a live comedy showcase of fresh faces, handpicked by the producers of the NZ International Comedy Festival and destined to be the Next Big Things of NZ Comedy.

Ben Hurley (TV3’s 7 Days) hosts a line up of up-and-coming comedians who’ve been earning their comedy chops by wowing audiences with their killer material and fresh approach to funny.

New Zealand Improv Festival 2011 hits Wellington this October

On the 14th September 2011

The New Zealand Improv Festival is back for its fourth year — bigger, edgier, funnier and ready to tackle Wellington with awesomeness. Bringing together companies from around the country (and across the seas), the New Zealand Improv Festival showcases the best that New Zealand has to offer over 5 days of spontaneous theatre, from 11 – 15 October 2011.

The rise of laughter!

On the 5th July 2011

The NZ International Comedy Festival is stoked to announce that over 105,000 people came out to see live comedy during the Festival this May.

Laughs In The Park in Christchurch

On the 15th June 2011

The producers of the New Zealand International Comedy Festival, along with Christchurch City Council, are excited to bring the laughs with a hilarious night of comedy to launch the new inflatable dome theatre in the Christchurch Events Village in Hagley Park.

Starring Nick Rado, Jamie Bowen, Gish and direct from Cripple Creek USA, Wilson Dixon!

Dylan Moran To Tour NZ this August

On the 7th June 2011

Dylan Moran star of ‘Black Books’, ‘Shaun of the Dead’ and ‘Run Fat Boy Run’ is about to spread a little happiness when he returns to New Zealand with a brand new tour for 2011 YEAH, YEAH. Ageing, religion, kids and relationships intertwine with the general absurdities of life. Searing observations and sumptuous imagery, painted across a large fraying canvas with cruel, curmudgeonly 'Moranesque' brush strokes and all delivered with Dylan's renowned, shambolic charm… It's simply Unmissable.