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Coming up

7 - 11 Apr 2026

Selene

A radical explosion of an ancient myth.

9 Apr 2026

Theatresports

Theatresports™ is back in the capital! This Thursday 9 April we are thrilled to bring you a one-off exhibition match, to whet your appetite for the improv to come.

10 Apr 2026

Find Your Tribe

Finding a BFF in this busy world is a special kind of story.

11 Apr 2026

Late Night Knife Fight

We bring the knives. You bring the judgement.

14 - 18 Apr 2026

Farce Onion

Murder, mystery, and hot improvisers in three-piece suits, what more could you want?

16 - 18 Apr 2026

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 2026

As We Do - A Staged Reading

Join Sam and Trevor as they move through the secret, 1987 analogue world of gay cruising in parks and public toilets.

30 Apr - 2 May 2026

Staunch

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

6 - 9 May 2026

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 2026

F^cking ACE

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

6 - 9 May 2026

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 2026

Eternal Optimist

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

6 - 9 May 2026

Little Sister

Lily Catastrophe is scared she might be kind of basic.

6 - 9 May 2026

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 2026

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.

7 - 9 May 2026

T.E.M.U Joke Factory

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

8 - 9 May 2026

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 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 - 14 May 2026

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 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

Fuq Boiz: The Greatest Showboiz

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

14 - 16 May 2026

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

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

REDEMPTION

Chaos. Carnage. Courage. REDEMPTION.

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.

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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