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Bull Rush

Every Friday - 10PM
Ahir Shah looks to the left surrounded by pastel colours
NZ International Comedy Festival

Ahir Shah: Ends

3 MAY, 7PM
Graphic with a dice held by a zombie-like hand with text
NZ International Comedy Festival

The Dice Show

3 MAY, 9PM
Henry Yan faces the camera with digital cartoon surrounding him
NZ International Comedy Festival

Henry Yan: Dancing is just physical talking so let's make a podcast

6-10 MAY, 8.30PM
Close up warped photo of a woman
NZ International Comedy Festival

Alice May Connolly: Alice May Connolly's BOX

6, 7 & 10 MAY, 7PM
Olga Koch poses with a cigarette as someone tees off behind them
NZ International Comedy Festival

Olga Koch: Comes From Money

6-8 MAY, 6.30PM
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Henry Yan faces the camera with digital cartoon surrounding him
NZ International Comedy Festival

Henry Yan: Dancing is just physical talking so let's make a podcast

6-10 MAY, 8.30PM
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Brynley Stent is dressed in a black latex devil costume and is doing a overexaggerated creeping action.
NZ International Comedy Festival

Brynley Stent: Bonetown

07-10 MAY, 9:30PM
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 1950s style cartoon femme presenting person has a shocked expression and beautifully manicured hands holding the sides of their face. There is a pink star behind them. Above them reads "Femmes & Thems Comedy" and below them reads "Women & Gender Non-Conforming Comedians from Across Aotearoa".
NZ International Comedy Festival

Femmes and Thems Comedy

06 MAY, 9:30PM
Alayne Dick faces the camera with a badminton racket
NZ International Comedy Festival

Alayne Dick: Purple is the Gayest Colour

7-10 MAY, 9.45PM
A man sits with a cigarette and beer against a pink backdrop
NZ International Comedy Festival

Sean Collier: Write Off

8 & 9 MAY, 7PM
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Emma Holland sits on a chair that is in the middle of a hall. She has her chin resting on her right hand and her left arm is draped over her knees. Behind her is a raised stage with a red curtain.
NZ International Comedy Festival

Emma Holland: Don't Touch My Trinkets

09 - 10 MAY, 8PM
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Rurukutia, rurukutia! Rurukutia mai te moana rikoriko o te Waitematā, rurukutia te whenua o Ngāti Whātua ki Ōrakei e takoto mai rā, rurukutia te whare tāpere o Basement e tū atu nei, rurukutia mātou, ko Ngāi Ringatoi, e tū mātou he manuhiri i tō Ngāti Whātua ki Ōrakei ipukarea, i tō Ngāti Whātua ki Ōrakei puna waiora, ko Horotiu. Tēnei te mihi, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa. Basement Theatre is located within lands belonging to the people of Ngāti Whātua ki Ōrākei. We humbly acknowledge the immense privilege of being guest art-makers here in this auspicious region, and upon the sacred waters of Horotiu.
Rurukutia, rurukutia! Rurukutia mai te moana rikoriko o te Waitematā, rurukutia te whenua o Ngāti Whātua ki Ōrakei e takoto mai rā, rurukutia te whare tāpere o Basement e tū atu nei, rurukutia mātou, ko Ngāi Ringatoi, e tū mātou he manuhiri i tō Ngāti Whātua ki Ōrakei ipukarea, i tō Ngāti Whātua ki Ōrakei puna waiora, ko Horotiu. Tēnei te mihi, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa. Basement Theatre is located within lands belonging to the people of Ngāti Whātua ki Ōrākei. We humbly acknowledge the immense privilege of being guest art-makers here in this auspicious region, and upon the sacred waters of Horotiu.