Category: Stand-Up

Review by Leo Hollbrook What must it be like to live in a household where your parents have to limit each child to only four glasses of milk per meal? Gabby Anderson is back in New Zealand after returning from Australia and she has learnt some things! Chief among; keeping mince in your pockets might… Read more

Review by Eli Cairns Got your nose! Got your funny bone, too. One for the parents and the still-a-kid-at-hearts, Samantha Hannah’s Peekaboo! is a cheeky and sarcastic show about the most dire delights and disasters of motherhood. While preparing to welcome her second child, Hannah reflects on a plethora of hilarious moments with her first,… Read more

Review by Eli Cairns Turns out this town is big enough for the two of us! Skuxx Cowboys Get Lonely Sometimes Too is a funny and vibrant quest across the land. Following crack-up stand-up Kipling DC on his quest for skuxx-actualisation, this wacky and wild show takes you on a brave pony ride through the… Read more

Review by Leo Hollbrook Do you need to buy a car? It’s (very) used! The truly married, sort-of-power-couple Mo Munn and Quentin Potts have teamed up for a show about learning to drive, and its parallels to their marriage. The show moves between double stand up comedy and sketch about their life, history, and their… Read more

review by Eli Cairns Cover your cabbages, open your ears! Having flown all across the world from the US of A for his New Zealand audience, Benny Feldman happily offers up Butterfly Pavilion: a fluttery and colourful collection of jokes, one-liners, sporadic improv, and thoughtful but blunt criticism for the state of the world around us.… Read more

by Eli Cairns Opeti Vaka’s I LOVE MY MUM is a heartfelt love letter to mums everywhere. Setting out to take a steady, cheery, and almost-all-encompassing trip down memory lane, a relaxed demeanor and a couple misdemeanors lead Vaka’s reflection on his life growing up with a sometimes struggling but always supportive mum. I LOVE MY… Read more

by Leo Hollbrook What if the unstoppable force and immovable object, are both just you and all your potential energy? Local comedian, Neil Thornton has raised a generation of Wellington comedians through the NZ Comedy School, and he comes to you now with a show about his years being told he had potential, and the… Read more

Omg she’s so baby. Returning to NZICF with a fully formed stand-up show is Lily Catastrophe with Little Sister, a collection of her best material served in a poignant package that delivers on all cylinders. The stage is set up cleanly, with floral decorations laid out in a triangle formation around her. There are instances… Read more

Tonight’s all about the sects and violets. Austin Harrison brings his debut NZICF show, F♤cking Ace, an hour of stand-up all about the less sexy side of experimenting with your sexual identity. With a hot performance that teaches us ‘horndogs’ about the nature of asexuality, Harrison nails a performance that’s as hilarious as it is… Read more