What's on

On now

12 - 14 Mar
opening night

Instant Theatre

Made up on the spot - just like life

Coming up

7 - 11 Apr

Selene

A radical explosion of an ancient myth.

16 - 18 Apr

Finding Cynthia

Adopted at two weeks old, Finding Cynthia is based on the true story of Sue Watson's search for the truth that no one wanted her to find.

30 Apr - 2 May

Staunch

Mum, Mother, Ma, Whaea – doing what needs to be done!

6 - 9 May

Potential Energy

Neil Thornton has a problem: despite being a successful educator and award-winning comedian (Best Comedian, Wellington Comedy Awards), the voices in his head still say, “You’re wasting your potential!”

6 - 9 May

F^cking ACE

Austin Harrison doesn't give f***...literally! Can comedy be funny without a sex drive?

6 - 9 May

T.E.M.U Joke Factory

Welcome aboard the production line at the T.E.M.U Joke Factory!

6 - 9 May

So You Think You Can Interpretive Dance

Comedian and ex-professional dancer Joana Joy hosts the dance competition show nobody asked for but everyone needs.

6 - 9 May

Eternal Optimist

It’s 2026 and tragically, comedy has become important.

6 - 9 May

Little Sister

Lily Catastrophe is scared she might be kind of basic.

6 - 9 May

How Could Hell Be Any Worse?

What happens when you’ve almost reached the top of a mountain you’ve been climbing for years and you realise that maybe you should have been concentrating your efforts on another mountain entirely?

7 - 9 May

Artificial Infidelity: How Things are Going with my A.I. Boyfriends

Annie spent many nights during 2025 in a sci-fi universe slaying monsters with her artificial video-game boyfriends: a merman, a space gangster and a pilot.

8 - 9 May

I Wish I Could Come Out Of My Shell

Felicity Ward is coming out of her shell, and she’s been doing just fine. Divorce. Bisexuality. The Paso Doble. It’s been QUITE the year.

12 - 16 May

Renaissance Man

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

12 - 16 May

Six Figure Clown

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

12 - 14 May

APHRODITE

It’s time to enter Aphrodite’s discotheque, where the Goddess of Love takes you through a Studio 54/Mount Olympus fever dream and she can hopefully teach all of us a thing or two about the ultimate trophy "love" (if it even exists).

12 - 16 May

Amalgamation

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

12 - 16 May

Peekaboo!

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

12 - 16 May

Skuxx Cowboys get lonely sometimes too

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

14 - 16 May

Fuq Boiz: The Greatest Showboiz

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

14 - 16 May

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

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

REDEMPTION

Chaos. Carnage. Courage. REDEMPTION.

20 - 23 May

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

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

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

Featherbrained

Oliver Pol is a silly goose.

20 - 23 May

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

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

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

SWIPSWOP

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

21 - 23 May

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

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

23 May

Goblin Girls

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

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