NZ INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL

WELCOME TO MY DREAM

PRESENTED BY TOKEN EVENTS

Abby Howells takes you on a journey into her own mind. In many ways, she has everything she ever wanted. She’s a comedian full time! She lives in the big city! And in a ‘game changing’ move, she just bought some new outdoor furniture… But alas, there is still much that plagues her. 

SWEETIE

DIRECTED BY JESS JOY WOOD

After one tumultuous month in Melbourne in 2024, Johanna Cosgrove returned to NZ no longer straight and, after a family secret was unearthed, no longer as white as she once thought she was.

ITAY PHONE HOME

BY ITAY DOM

In this show, Itay Dom traces his journey from immigrating to New Zealand as a teenager to his rise as a contestant on The Bachelorette - where he got humbled again, this time on national TV.

DON'T TOUCH MY TRINKETS

PRESENTED BY LIVE NATION & JUBILEE STREET

Let me take you on a tour through my personal gallery, there’s all kinds of treasures and wares.

No touching, no oversized bags, no fountain pens and no flash photography (unless I look really good).

WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF

BY MARIA WILLIAMS

She loves Chad Michael Murray, Hilary Duff and Jesus Christ.

She HATES sinners.

It’s 2003 & Mazza started at the ‘gay’ high school & met non-Christians for the first time.).

POOFTA

BY VIKI MOANANU

Join Viki Moananu as he attempts to brainwash you into laughing with a Poofta in this comedy musical spectacular.

A solo hour about being brown, spreading lies and reclaiming your power.

RAUL KOHLI: A BRITISH HINDU'S GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSE

BY RAUL KOHLI

Having been the star of his own BBC Sounds podcast (Comic Sanskrit), Raul is fluent in Hindu scripture, yoga & meditation. But having been raised British he knows God can also be found in a few beers or a wild one night stand.

REBELLINA

DIRECTED BY ZACH MANDEVILLE

Determined to impress and positively influence her strong-willed daughter, Lesa MacLeod-Whiting is a Rebellina with a cause.

IT’S GETTING HOT-ENE, SO TELL ME ALL YOUR JOKES

PRESENTED BY NOTORIOUS*

Asking the big questions like 'how do you become a better person?' and 'why does everyone pick on gingers?'.

Hoani Hotene brings his personal style of comedy in a show about finding your place and getting by in a crazy world.

WHITE MAN'S BURDEN

PRESENTED BY LAUGHING STOCK PRODUCTIONS

Unmarried Chinese daughter, He Huang came out as a white man on stage.

She thought respect was just a tie and a finger gun away. Wrong! This is her burden.

THE KAPAHAKA DROPOUT

BY TIMPROVISE

TimProvise, a fair-skinned Māori with a big mouth and bigger dreams, takes you on a wild ride through his life growing up in the hood with identity struggles to hilarious culture clashes, this is a comedy show with Aroha, Wairua, and a whole lot of Kaka.

EXPOSÉ

BY SERA DEVCICH

With a teenage child probing those memories, Sera grapples with the fear of her past coming back to haunt her—how do you explain the wild stories of your youth when the stakes are so high?

BOTTOM SURGERY

BY LILY CATASTROPHE

"So... Can you have kids now?"

Enter Lily Catastrophe’s world of boys’ schools and girl failures as she explains all the parts you didn’t want to know about The Surgery.

KIRSTY WEBECK

BY KIRSTY WEBECK

"I love sea creatures; I learn a lot about them and I want to let you know about them. Octopuses are using tools and punching fish for fun. They're coming for our jobs." – Kirsty Webeck

WE NEED TO TALK

BY ALAYNE DICK & VIKI MOANANU

We Need To Talk is your messy group chat come to life, where everyone gets unhinged nicknames and we talk trash while also being deeply serious.

LAURA LEXX IN ‘SLINKY’

PRESENTED BY THE CLASSIC

Firmly established as one of the most sought-after headliners on the UK and international comedy circuits, this show is effortlessly heartwarming, hilarious about motherhood, and fearless with the front row.

MERELY BELOVED

PRESENTED BY PLAYFIGHT PRODUCTIONS

Elaine has just lost her beloved husband, Joe, to a heart attack which she may have accidentally caused. She’d be devastated, maybe even a little guilty, if she could just get over the fact he’s now in heaven with his late, first wife, Jenny.

ME, MY MOTHER AND SUZY CATO

PRESENTED BY PLAYFIGHT PRODUCTIONS

This darkly goofy one-woman show is written and performed by elder millennial and apocalypse worrier Florence Hartigan, who can also be seen acting in TV comedy Madam alongside Rachel Griffiths.

KAJUN BROOKING ESCAPES THE HOOD

BY KAJUN BROOKING

Born into a neighbourhood where gangsters drink Moccona because it has more MMM, comes an epic tale of one man’s mission to escape the Hood.

EPIC WAY! I'M GAY? OUI OUI FAGUETTE™ I LOVE KIM HILL (1999 VERSION)

BY LIV WARD

Faguette1 [fag-ghet] - french word for faggot Faguettedom1 [fag-ghet-dom] - french word for safe space for queer people.