Chelsea Handler announces NZ tour

Chelsea Handler announces NZ tour

US comedian, author and activist Chelsea Handler returns to New Zealand in October for the first time since her 2014 live tour. LIFE WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME: CHELSEA HANDLER’S STAND-UP COMEDY TOUR, taking the same name as her just-released #1 NY TIMES BEST SELLING sixth book, Life Will Be The Death Of Me, will see the disarmingly honest and riotously funny Handler head to Auckland

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Celeste Barber announces NZ comedy shows

Celeste Barber announces NZ comedy shows

The Instagram queen of hilarious photo parody, Celeste Barber, is bringing her new raw, intimate and self-deprecating stand-up comedy show—Celeste Barber: Challenge Accepted—to Australian and New Zealand theatres this September.

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Urzila Carlson announces extra dates for NZ tour

Urzila Carlson announces extra dates for NZ tour

Due to huge demand, five extra dates have been added to multi award-winning South African-Kiwi Urzila Carlson’s comedy tour, Token African. Having sold out multiple shows already an additional five shows have been added to the tour in Tauranga, Rotorua, Blenheim, Invercargill and Dunedin beginning August 16.

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Billy T and Fred award winners for 2019 announced!

Billy T and Fred award winners for 2019 announced!

The NZ International Comedy Festival with Best Foods Mayo recently honoured the exceptional talent on show in the 2019 programme at Electric Kiwi Last Laughs, rewarding excellence with the New Zealand Comedy Trust awards: The FRED, for the best New Zealand Show in the Festival, and the Electric Kiwi Billy T Award.

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US Comedian Bert Kreischer announces one Auckland show for this June

US Comedian Bert Kreischer announces one Auckland show for this June

Fresh off the acclaim of his Netflix special Secret Time, Bert Kreischer, lauded as one of the best storytellers of his generation and with his ability to prove “that there’s a way to take his [party-boy] antics into middle-age” (Forbes), has announced his global Body Shots World Tour will launch in January 2019 in the US.

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Comedians Steve Martin & Martin Short to bring their critically acclaimed comedy tour to New Zealand

Comedians Steve Martin & Martin Short to bring their critically acclaimed comedy tour to New Zealand

Steve Martin and Martin Short are bringing their critically acclaimed comedy tour Now You See Them, Soon You Won’t for the first time to Australian and New Zealand audiences this November.  This celebrated comedy show redefines the form in unexpected and profound ways, from two of the funniest, most influential and acclaimed talents of the past century.  

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New Zealand finally gets the chance to see Dara Ó Briain in his brilliant new show Voice Of Reason in September 2019.

New Zealand finally gets the chance to see Dara Ó Briain in his brilliant new show Voice Of Reason in September 2019.

New Zealand finally gets the chance to see Dara Ó Briain in his brilliant new show Voice Of Reason in September 2019. Dara has taken Voice Of Reason through the UK and Europe with brilliant reviews.
 “His set is a masterclass in intelligent, no-frills stand-up” - The Guardian

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Nick Offerman returns to Australia with ALL RISE, this June 2019

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Award-winning US actor, writer and comedian Nick Offerman is coming to Australia for the first time since 2016, with his brand new show All Rise.

All Rise is described as “—a proper revival suggesting the existence of a higher power in the land than commerce, one that will cause you to pop, lock and rejoice! Come on down and hear the good news that will make you go jingle-jangle in your juice box”

Offerman's role as Ron Swanson in Parks and Recreation, earned him a Television Critics Association Award in the US for Individual Achievement in Comedy. He is also a two-time nominee for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. His first major television role since the end of Parks and Recreation was Karl Weathers in the acclaimed series Fargo, for which he also received a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries.

As a writer, Offerman has published four books (All New York Times Bestsellers): The Greatest Love Story Ever Told (with his legendary bride Megan Mullally) (2018), Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living (2013), Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers (2015), and Good Clean Fun: Misadventures in Sawdust at Offerman Woodshop (2016).

While having earned massive recognition for his work on-screen, Offerman also thrives on stage in front of a live audience. His solo show Full Bush was critically acclaimed when he brought it to Australia three years ago.

Offerman will open the national tour of All Rise in Adelaide, 2 June 2019, before travelling around the country.


Tickets on sale now

Sunday 2 June, 2019 - Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide
Wednesday 5 June, 2019 - Crown Theatre, Perth
Saturday 8 June, 2019 - Palais Theatre, Melbourne
Wednesday 12 June, 2019 - Canberra Theatre, Canberra
Friday 14 June, 2019 - West Point Casino, Hobart
Tuesday 18 June, 2019 - State Theatre, Sydney
Friday 21 June, 2019 - QPac Concert Hall, Brisbane


Colin, Brad & Greg from 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' heading to NZ

Colin, Brad & Greg from 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' heading to NZ

Colin Mochrie, Brad Sherwood and Greg Proops the popular stars of the Emmy nominated Whose Line Is It Anyway? have teamed up to present an evening of extraordinary improvisational comedy for one show only at the Bruce Mason Centre in Auckland.

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The last hurrah of the Comedy Fest! The Season Finale

The last hurrah of the Comedy Fest! The Season Finale

The last hurrah of the Comedy Fest! The Season Finale! The bit at the end where the awards are decided, everybody relaxes and much fun is had. It’s the titled Last Laughs on Sunday 20 May at SkyCity Theatre.

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