NZ INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL WITH BEST FOODS MAYO

Publish Date: Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 10:00AM

NZ INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL WITH BEST FOODS MAYO 

2 – 25 May, 2025 
Auckland and Wellington

Brace yourself for a month filled with non-stop laughter as the NZ International Comedy Festival with Best Foods Mayo takes over this May for the 32nd year!

This May Auckland and Wellington will be bursting with comedy as 150+ homegrown and international stars deliver more than 600 side-splitting live performances.

The full programme and tickets are live NOW comedyfestival.co.nz  

With a plethora of comic delights to choose from, the New Zealand Comedy Trust has crowd pleaser line-up shows, which are guaranteed to give the best bite sized taste of what’s on offer this year.  

An impressive lineup of international comedy stars will take to the stage, including some of the UK’s finest – Nish Kumar, Olga Koch, Becky Lucas, Tom Houghton, Mark Simmons and Adam Kay. Making their festival debut also from the UK are Jen Brister, Laura Lexx, All Killa No Filla, Ahir Shah, Sarah Keyworth, Red Richardson and Paul Taylor. 

Plus from across the ditch audiences can look forward to more comedy excellence with Pub Choir, Heath Franklin’s Chopper, Nazeem Hussain, Tom Cashman, Anisa Nandaula, He Huang, Jenny Tian, Felicity Ward, Becky Lucas, Neel Kolhatkar, Emma Holland, Kirsty Webeck, Elouise Eftos, The Dark Room and more. 

This year’s programme features an incredible lineup of comedians, showcasing the exceptional talent Aotearoa has to offer, including: Tape Face, Melanie Bracewell, Guy Montgomery, Josh Thomson, Brynley Stent, Pax Assadi, Guy Williams, James Mustapic, Abby Howells, Ray O’Leary, Donna Brookbanks, David Correos, Paul Douglas, Rhys Mathewson, Barnie Duncan, Angella Dravid, Paul Douglas, Sameena Zehra, Sera Devcich, Theo Shakes, Liv Parker, Bailey Poching & Anthony Crum, Shoshana McCallum, Alayne Dick, Dr Jo Prendergast, Kajun Brooking, Alice May Connolly—plus many more unmissable acts. 

Before you stream it, see it live! Catch much loved favourites or find someone new and Come Play This May as you dive into a month of comedy brilliance at this year’s NZ Comedy Fest.