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1 - 24 May

NZ COMEDY FEST 2026

Every BATS show from the 2026 NZ International Comedy Festival, all in one place.

12 - 16 May 2026

Renaissance Man

Renaissance man (noun): a person with many “talents” or areas of “knowledge.”

12 - 16 May 2026

Six Figure Clown

This is for anyone who’s ever come out, burned out, or had a hard day in policy.

12 - 16 May 2026

Amalgamation

Dangerously funny and deliriously sexy: sketch comedy that’s as smart as it is filthy.

12 - 16 May 2026

Peekaboo!

Do you remember the last time you pissed yourself laughing at someone shouting “Peekaboo!”?

12 - 16 May 2026

Skuxx Cowboys get lonely sometimes too

Kipling DC is not just a Skuxx, he’s a Skuxx Cowboy.

14 - 16 May 2026
opening night

Fuq Boiz: The Greatest Showboiz

The hot daddies of chuckles, Hamish Parkinson and Ryan Richards, are back!

14 - 16 May 2026
opening night

Orin Performs Performative Stand-Up Comedy

In Orin Performs Performative Stand-Up Comedy, Orin – the performer – launches hairlessly into the world of alternative stand-up.

14 - 16 May 2026
opening night

Pear Tree

Sashi's family name - Perera - means pear tree in Portuguese. It's a common name in Sri Lanka where Sashi was born but never lived.

15 - 16 May 2026
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REDEMPTION

Chaos. Carnage. Courage. REDEMPTION.

Coming up

20 - 23 May 2026

I'm (Still) Happy For You

Fresh off the back of her Melbourne run, Angella brings back her 2025 Fred award winning show.

20 - 23 May 2026

Driving me crazy

Driving Me Crazy is a no-brakes comedy collision starring real-life married comedy couple Mo Munn and Q Potts.

20 - 23 May 2026

You Wouldn't Think

We all have secrets… Things best kept quiet… Tama Alexander is no stranger to hiding from his embarrassing life.

20 - 23 May 2026

Featherbrained

Oliver Pol is a silly goose.

20 - 23 May 2026

Bird of the Year

In 2021, the pekapeka-tou-roa (long-tailed bat) won New Zealand’s Bird of the Year – despite being a mammal, and not at all a bird.

20 - 23 May 2026

As If You Never Left

Gabby thought that moving overseas in her thirties would be the start of her main-character era.

20 - 21 May 2026

Swan

The show involves ballet, violence, wrestling, nudity, an evil owl, magic, 45 bras and a very loose grasp of the French language.

21 - 22 May 2026

SWIPSWOP

"Like Freaky Friday, but fucked! Like Stars in their Eyes sans celebrities!"

21 - 23 May 2026

Comic Mans - How To Become Self-Aware Before AI Does

Are you a robot? Yeah, but I'm working on it…

23 May 2026

Goblin Girls

Auckland’s cult hit favourite sell-out sensation is BACK for every week of the NZ Comedy Festival.

26 - 30 May 2026

Crocodilian Oblivion

This play has everything! A revenge plot, family betrayal and … talking crocodiles?

5 - 13 Jun 2026

How To Play Fantastic Games

Four young adults are the test subjects of a new housing experiment in which they must compete against each other in a series of games to secure an entry into the housing market.

16 - 20 Jun 2026

Don't Look Now

Short plays for a changing climate

19 - 20 Jun 2026

The Keeper's Dance: An Evening of Butoh

What happens when bodies remember what words cannot say? Five lighthouses. Two bodies becoming water, stone, light. Come and experience it.

29 - 30 Jul 2026

Mano Po

The Filipino son of NZ comedy is back with a funny and heartfelt new hour about ageing, unpacking your life and the panic of realising you’ve become the adult, whether you’re ready or not.

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