Steve Wrigley (7 Days) is back from the US, to tour the 2degrees Comedy Convoy to Nelson with a stunning line-up of top comedians from across the world and right here in the pearl of the Pacific.
Showing our international guests the sights will be Rose Matafeo (Jono & Ben at Ten), and last years Billy T Award winner Guy Montgomery (Best Bits, AotearoHA). Joining the locals to entertain you at the Theatre Royal is Irish-American Des Bishop, who The Scotsman describes as "funny & erudite"; and Nish Kumar from the UK, who Chortle.co.uk sums up as a "combination of book smarts, righteous passion and sardonic wit, Nish Kumar is the Asian answer to John Oliver" .

This will be a brilliant two-hours of stand-up chock-full of laughs and great stories, suitable for you, your mates, your family, your work buddies and even a good idea for a Tinder date.

"...a totally awesome night, we were in tears by the end of it" - Jo Donoghue [from the audience]

- The Comedy Convoy may include adult content & colourful language.
- Recommended for audiences 16+.

Don't miss out on the 2degrees Comedy Convoy Early-bird Special, with tickets just $39.50*. Numbers are limited, so get in quick.

Part of the 2015 NZ International Comedy Festival in cahoots with Old Mout Cider, running from 24 April - 17 May. To get The Latest on all the comedy shows on offer, practical information about the Festival, access to competitions and special deals, head to comedyfestival.co.nz.

*Special ends on 20/3/15 or when tickets allocation is exhausted, whichever comes first, service fees still apply.

GLORIOUS is a brilliantly funny script, a delicious verbal cat-and-mouse with the rat-tat-tat of a Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy comedy ...

Gloria Lord (Anna Burns) is a hurricane in high heels who wreaks her particular brand of mayhem on the life of Jimmy (Troy Warring) an aspiring writer working at one of her daddy's cocktail parties as a waiter. After a chance meeting Gloria decides that she's going to marry Jimmy - no matter what he says.

Audiences will enjoy the unique mix of slapstick, fast-paced smouldering dialogue and whip crack wit of GLORIOUS by Richard Huber (finalist in the Playmarket NZ play awards).

By Gregory Cooper

Starring Mark Hadlow

One of New Zealand’s most loved actors, Mark Hadlow, stars in a one man theatre show as that most polarising of species!

What is a MAMIL? Well, you need look no further than the Oxford Dictionary to find out. It stands for a Middle Aged Man In Lycra.

Bryan Cook is a property developer who has accumulated a small fortune building leaky homes. He’s stressed out, self-medicating and self-loathing, killing himself to increase his bank balance while decreasing his golf score.

When things fall apart, he joins a men’s cycling group to relieve stress – and makes a few startling discoveries in various cracks and crevices.

Achingly funny and poignant, MAMIL presents the male mid-life crisis in all its lurid glory.

“This production will be one of the highlights of the year. It is a must see show for men and women.” Dominion Post

D'Arranged Marriage is a one man show with something for everyone: characters that will make you laugh until you cry, a few Bollywood-style song and dance routines and a wickedly funny look at Indian culture and life in New Zealand.

D'Arranged Marriage is the story of Sanjay Gupta, the New Zealand born son of Indian immigrants Manhur and Pushpa. 29 year-old Sanjay lives at home, works in his father's corner shop, dreams of a career in stand-up comedy, and strenuously avoids the issue of an arranged marriage. His nagging parents finally get the better of him, but to his surprise, he discovers that Neenu, the prospective bride, is the one!

Unfortunately, complications (and hilarity) ensue... Adding to Sanjay's trials and tribulations are Dilip, a gimpy uncle who yearns for the perfect Indian woman; the smooth-talking, sleazy playboy Rundeep; and Mr. Dave Patel, Johnny Walker (and the British Empire's) best friend, who is Sanjay's potential father-in-law.

With all 8 characters performed by one versatile actor, you have the funniest parody of Indian family life since Bend it Like Beckham, and what critics have dubbed a "roller coaster ride to laughsville." Performed in 7 countries over 200 times, D'Arranged Marriage is a proven international and critical success.

The Deep End is an improvised comedy show where the actors take your suggestions and use them to create scenes. It's theatre on the spot- dangerous, thrilling and often hilarious!

Each monthly show will have a new theme and a cast comprised of different actors from our skilled Nelson crew, plus the occasional surprise visiting actor, so come back each month to see your favourites and be wowed by the endless ways in which the intrepid crew can invent one-off sketches, songs and stories!

"...top rate improvisational comedy... as clever as any I've watched... fresh, witty and unexpected." -Nelson Mail

Don't miss the latest offering from one of New Zealand's most successful live comedy acts.

The Laughing Samoans comedy duo of Eteuati Ete and Tofiga Fepuleai has been touring New Zealand, Australia, the Pacific islands the USA and the UK performing their unique brand of humour for more than a decade now.

Fink About It will see the return of all your favourite Laughing Samoans characters such as Aunty Tala, Uncle Sam, Paul and Victor as well as another episode of the hilarious children's tv show Island Time.

"...continuous laughter for an hour and a half." Dom Post

The Buskers are going bad, oh so bad. Come and join the buskers for this no holds barred adults only side splitting cabaret. Remember what they say - 'Content may offend', if you're lucky.

Introducing:
Becky Hoops - (Becky Priebe)
Pancho Libre - (Francisco Sandoval)
Vinyl Burns - (Kim Potter)
Eddy Eighty - (Gonzalo Fernandez)
The Bendy Em Show - (Bendy Em)

The Deep End is an improvised comedy show where the actors take your suggestions and use them to create scenes. It's theatre on the spot- dangerous, thrilling and often hilarious! Each monthly show will have a new theme and a cast comprised of different actors from our skilled Nelson crew, plus the occasional surprise visiting actor, so come back each month to see your favourites and be wowed by the endless ways in which the intrepid crew can invent one-off sketches, songs and stories!

"...top rate improvisational comedy... as clever as any I've watched... fresh, witty and unexpected." -Nelson Mail

Nelson District Parent Centre is bringing entertainer Pio Terei to Nelson for one show on Saturday the 21st of June.
Pio will share his stories and practical knowledge in a parenting show via stories, humour, song, and video, on how to build an awesome family unit.
Doors open at 6.45pm, bar available.

About The Map...

At the start of the night a map is created. You, the audience member, will get to offer up ideas as to what the map will look like. A map of a village will emerge along with details of the structures and people that exist there. This is the stuff from which our completely original story will arise.

The show is entirely improvised based on the map that is drawn and the ideas that are gifted to the performance by audience members. Our professional improvisors will bring the map to life, becoming characters and revealing the secrets that are tucked away in the nooks and crannies of this imagined world.

Get along to the Theatre Royal and create history with... The Map!