Get Ready to Be Amazed and Laugh: Hilarious Comedy Hypnosis Show in Nelson!

Looking for a night full of laughter, jaw-dropping moments, and a touch of eerie fun? Don’t miss Haiming Jiang’s Comedy Hypnosis Show in Nelson! As seen on TV1’s Seven Sharp and viral on TikTok, Haiming delivers a high-energy, one-of-a-kind show that blends comedy, hypnosis, and just the right amount of creepy excitement.

Get ready for endless laughs, surprises, and a little chill as Haiming combines traditional Chinese Qigong with hypnosis to create truly wild moments. Volunteers will take the stage for unforgettable and hilarious challenges that will leave you amazed! As a life coach, Haiming also shares powerful insights to help shift your mindset, making this show not only fun but also life-changing!

This family-friendly show is fun for all ages! Kids will love the silly, slightly creepy moments, and adults will be captivated by the hypnotic feats and wild comedy. Whether you're new to hypnosis or a seasoned fan, Haiming’s show will keep you laughing and amazed!

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The much-loved and outrageously funny comedian KEVIN BLOODY WILSON is coming back to NZ in August & September with his new “Aussie Icon Tour”, performing again his funniest songs, hilarious stories and shooting down political correctness for his Kiwi fans supported by Jenny Talia from Australia. He’s fair-dinkum funny helping to prevent global boring!

With 350 million TikTok views, 4 million album sales and 6 million tickets sold around the world, Kevin Bloody Wilson shows no signs of slowing down because he says “there is just too much political correctness to incorrect!”

“I love being on stage when every bugger in the audience knows every word to my songs. I now call them my DILLIGAF CHOIR and I don’t think there is a bigger choir in the world than the Kevin Bloody Wilson DILLIGAF CHOIR!” says Kevin.

Since releasing his first hugely popular album Your Average Australian Yobbo in 1984 and hit songs like ‘Hey Santa Claus’, Kevin Bloody Wilson has become a global comedy institution with an extensive multi-generational fan base stretching from the Australian Outback to Buckingham Palace, and that most definitely includes New Zealand. Even Billy Connelly calls him “the world’s funniest Australian”. Kev’s irreverent R18 humour may not be to everyone’s taste, but it certainly has been enjoyed by a heck of a lot of Kiwis who have laughed and sung along with him on his many tours here since the 1990’s; sharing the ditties that first sparked imaginations with their children and now their grandchildren. His loyal fans should not miss this further opportunity to enjoy another big dose of Kev and for those not yet acquainted, you’re invited to enjoy a knee-slapping, hilarious night out.

R15. Some adult content and language. No infants.

The INTERNATIONAL COMEDY ALL-STARS are coming to Nelson!
Direct from the NZ International Comedyfest, three world-class comedians in one huge show for one night only at the Theatre Royal.

MARK SIMMONS (England)
Back in NZ after a sold out run in the 2024 NZ fest. Winner of the ‘Gag of the Fringe’ at the Edinburgh Fest in 2024.
As seen on the NZ Comedyfest TV Gala
“a master of the crisp, clean, one-liner zinger” (Evening Standard)
“A talented comic with an artisans grasp of joke-writing” Chortle UK

ROSCO McCLELLAND (Scotland)
Scottish Comedy Award Winner / Winner of the Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award 2025.
Winner Best International Guest - 2025 NZ International Comedy Festival
"One of the 12 Best Shows at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe" Rolling Stone
"A bemused cultural commentator with a renegade outlaw streak" ★★★★ Scotsman

Hosted by The Honourable TOM HOUGHTON (England)
The international star of Netflix’s The Circle, former resident of The Tower of London, viral social media sensation and epitome of self-aware British privilege.
“Get your tickets today. Tomorrow may well be too late. A Star is Born" ★★★★★ One 4 Review
“This unexpected tour de force warrants a 21-gun salute" ★★★★ The Daily Telegraph
“A crafty idiot" ★★★★ The Daily Mail

TAPE FACE returns to NZ to celebrate 20 years of mischief.

Tape Face is back in New Zealand for the 2025 International Comedy Festival, direct from his current residency in Las Vegas, with a stage full of fresh inventions and fave sketches.

Prepare to be swept away by the genius of Tape Face, where physical comedy, mime, and silent stand-up collide in an unforgettable performance that will leave you laughing, gasping, and lost for words.

“Utterly spectacular… hysterically funny” TimeOut

Launched at The Classic Comedy Club in the 2005 NZ Comedy Festival, he has toured the world, stormed Britain and America's Got Talent, and now returns to celebrate 20 years of mischief.

“Simply joyous” - ★★★★★ The Times UK

“The last word in silent comedy” The Guardian UK

Nelson Repertory Theatre presents the beloved Broadway classic musical.

Step into the enchanting world of My Fair Lady and the story of Eliza Doolittle, a spirited Cockney flower girl with big dreams, and Henry Higgins, a brilliant but arrogant phonetics professor. Higgins bets he can transform Eliza into a proper lady of society through speech and manners alone; their unlikely journey of self-discovery, romance and transformation begins.

With charming and witty songs like 'I Could Have Danced All Night' and 'Wouldn't It Be Loverly', you are in for a real musical treat; featuring the creme de la creme of Nelson’s acting and singing talent.

Director - Lynley Bradshaw
Musical Director - Chris Lukies
Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe

R15. Adult content and language. No infants.

As Seen on 7 Days 

The year is 2030. Humanity is all but wiped out, and there is only one man who can save us from the Softcockalypse.

For too long, we thought that things like 'gentle parenting', 'love languages' and 'paper straws’ were a good idea... until self-diagnosing whingers and 37 types of milk destroyed civilisation...

Then, like a glorious moustachioed phoenix, a hard bastard arose from the beta cuck ashes to restart humankind.

Strap in NZ! Chopper is back, just in time….to live again!

“If Heath is Clark Kent and his Chopper persona is Superman, then it is good to look up in the sky once again and see not a bird, not a plane, but a super comedian.” - Scenestr

In a world full of AI and Robot tech, can a simple dad with slightly tight jeans stay relevant? Ancient Astronaut Theorists say yes! Rhys hopes to prove that right now a touch of very human silliness is more important than ever!? Perhaps his unique skills, once thought of as absurd, might just be useful after all!

Darby’s shows are always a mix of astute observations and physical stand-up cocooned in a fantastical storyline that takes his audience on a hilarious journey.

“I’m so excited to return to the stage, a bit older, a bit wiser but mostly a bit sillier than ever before!” says Darby.

While Darby may have been treading the standup boards since the mid ‘90s, he is best known internationally for his on-screen work. He first gained attention as the well-meaning, but inept band manager, Murray Hewitt in Flight of the Conchords. More recently he has starred in the Jumanji franchise and Our Flag Means Death, alongside long-time collaborator Taika Waititi. Rhys is also a prolific voice over artist having appeared in over 50 animation roles from Monsters at Work to Voltron Legendary Defender. When not on screen this busy guy has written four books, has NZ’s longest running podcast The Cryptid Factor, and shares his funny musings on his Substack.

DUE TO FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS, THE SHOW IS POSTPONED FROM THURSDAY 10 JULY TO FRIDAY 19 SEPTEMBER
All ticket holders have been emailed. If you cannot make the September date you will be fully refunded. Contact Box Office for refunds by 18 July, 4pm.

R15. Some adult content and language. No infants.

I’ve heard the expression “Stop being so dramatic” my whole life, but only now, at the culturally relevant age of 34, am I ready to address it and face these drama queen allegations head-on. Please join me, Chris Parker, for an hour of high-intensity, feverishly paced and dizzyingly expressive comedy. Sure, I’ve cried in every speech I’ve ever had to deliver publicly, and yes, there may have been a situation this year where I slept on my neck weirdly and bought myself an unnecessary neck brace. Still, I’m desperate to prove that I’m really chill and down to earth. So, what better way to get you to understand that than with a one-man variety hour spectacle chill stand-up comedy hour?

Building on this momentum, 2024 saw Chris host the New Zealand Comedy Festival Galas, tour his latest show, Give Me One Good Reason Why I Shouldn't Throw My Phone Off This Bridge, to full houses throughout Australia and New Zealand, make his prime-time Australian TV debut on Thank God You’re Here (where he won the episode), and release the highly anticipated second season of Double Parked.

“By the time the show ends, you will have sore sides from laughing” NZ Herald

"Chris Parker is the real deal, a brilliant comedian who will leave you scream-laughing” ★★★★★ Time Out

Music, Mayhem and Madness

Starring Helen Moulder
Directed by Jeff Kingsford-Brown

The magnificent Cynthia Fortitude is definitely in the twilight of her long career as operatic diva. Tonight, she has arrived to give a musical lecture for the inaugural meeting of the Nelson Tasman Opera Guild (NELTOG). Her longsuffering accompanist, Miss Gertrude Rallentando, is nowhere to be found, so Cynthia must battle on without her.

“I wanted to honour the character of Gertie,” Helen says. “My good friend, Rose Beauchamp, who played Gertie for thirty years with me in Hens’ Teeth, The Legend Returns and Cynthia & Gertie Go Baroque, sadly died in 2022, and I wanted the delicious character of Gertie to live on somehow.” Gertie does not appear in this show of course, but is very present in all sorts of ways!

“Helen Moulder’s determined, dotty and totally delightful Cynthia…. an unbeatable gem of a comic character.” – Laurie Atkinson, Dominion-Post

“A most enduring clown, an irreverent and fanciful diva.” – Thomas La Hood, Theatreview

Please note, seating is General Admission (not allocated)

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Why? Tangi Be Happy is a not so funny stand-up comedic act about the state of our political climate in Aotearoa today. It is a reflection of the recent attacks on Te Tiriti o Waitangi by the Coalition Government which seek to take our country back to the Dark Ages. Why? Tangi Be Happy looks to shine some light on the topic and questions the insanity that we are seeing.

Hosted by so called Māori elitist Hori along with some of his comedic minions including Courtney Dawson, Kura Turuwhenua and Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Why? Tangi Be Happy aims to open up dialogue around Te Tiriti o Waitangi and where we see ourselves in the future of our country. It opens up the space to make us laugh about something that makes some of us want to cry.

Why? Tangi Be Happy