
Comedy News - Ben Elton adds new cities to 2025 New Zealand Tour
New cities have today been announced across New Zealand for Ben Elton, the undisputed godfather of modern stand-up’s brand-new live show – Authentic Stupidity.

Theatre News - Kiwi comedy Roger Hall’s End of Summer Time announces 2025 season
The hilarious work of New Zealand’s most successful and popular playwright, Sir Roger Hall, is back – and so is one of his most beloved characters.

Comedy News - Darcy & Jer are bringing their 'Average At Best Tour' down under in June 2025
Hilarious comedy duo Darcy & Jer today announce their debut tour of Australia and New Zealand, bringing the Average At Best Tour down under this June.

Comedy News - More stars and more laughs for the 2025 comedy festival season as Live Nation & Jubilee Street Management announce more shows
Live Nation and Jubilee Street Management have added to their already impressive line-up for the 2025 comedy festival season even more outstanding comics from Australia and New Zealand.

Tour News - Paul Smith Announces Debut Australia & New Zealand January 2025 Dates for his 24/25 Pablo Tour
After selling out multiple arenas across the UK, Paul Smith brings his smash-hit tour, Pablo, to Australia and New Zealand this January! A master of audience interaction, get ready to experience jaw-aching, laugh out loud comedy that only Smith can deliver.

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

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.

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.

Aziz Ansari brings Road To Nowhere tour to Auckland next month
Star of Parks and Recreation and Netflix's Master of None, Aziz Ansari, brings tour to New Zealand 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.

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.

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

Three more NZ shows added for Colin, Brad & Greg from 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' NZ tour
Due to demand, an extra late show added in Auckland and new shows added in Wellington and Napier.

Sarah Millican bringing 'Control Enthusiast' to NZ
Award-winning comedian and writer Sarah Millican, announces her biggest ever stand-up tour of New Zealand, Control Enthusiast.

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.

Extra dates added for The Catherine Tate Show NZ tour
Due to strong demand, Catherine Tate has added new shows in Auckland and Christchurch.

The Catherine Tate Show heading to NZ
The critically acclaimed, award-winning comedian and actor, Catherine Tate, is bringing The Catherine Tate Show - Live to New Zealand for the first time, with shows in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch commencing November 28, 2018.

Bill Bailey bringing his 'Earl Of Whimsy' tour to NZ
After the 2016 sell-out tour, Larks in Transit, the UK’s very own straggle-haired polymath, Bill Bailey, returns to New Zealand with his new comedy and music extravaganza, Earl of Whimsy.

Jeff Dunham bringing his show to NZ
Record-breaking global comedy superstar, Jeff Dunham, is bringing his cast of characters to New Zealand in September 2018 with his brand-new show Passively Aggressive.