Rhys Mathewson hooks his audience in with his nifty, sarcastic delivery.

Eli Matthewson tells candid jokes with an engaging, animated delivery.

The English comedian had an instant rapport with a Kiwi audience.

The Australian comedian gives us a brief glimpse on Poser, his new show to be presented as part of the NZ International Comedy Festival.

Rhys Mathewson describes how the late John Clarke contributed to NZ's comedy landscape.

The 2017 Billy T nominees perform for their toughest crowd yet: Their parents.

Guy Montgomery is intoxicating, enveloping and absurdly entertaining in his latest show.

From sex to delving into his porn addiction, this show is not for the faint hearted.

Paco Erhard might be German but he's genuinely funny.

Ed Byrne did his research before performing for the Kiwi crowd.

Rhys Nicholson's new show is a sparkling, rapid-fire hour of comedy.

If you're a comedy fan with commitment issues, The Best Comedy Show On Earth is for you.

Australian comedian Rhys Nicholson joins Tristram Clayton and tells us a bit about his show.

The Big Show offers some of the best value laughs at the Comedy Festival.

Romesh Ranganathan could barely contain himself when hecklers took over his show.

We check out some of the best homegrown acts to hit the Comedy Festival.

"I'm not entirely sure how much I like the performing side of myself," he says.

The funniest comedian in the world explains the meaning of life to Karl Puschmann

Penny Ashton is swapping Jane Austen for Charles Dickens in her latest comic caper.

The home of Auckland's Classic Comedy Club has had a hard life. Matt Nippert reports.

The NZ Comedy Fest has dropped one of its most iconic venues and Kiwi comedians are not happy about it.

Natasha Hoyland used to be a homebody. Now she is forging a career as a stand-up comedian, a path she credits to YWCA's Future Leaders programme.

Mel Parsons is going on tour with the women behind hit comedy show The Bitches' Box.

When Sieni Leo'o Olo saw Massive Company perform for the first-time, she returned to drama classes at Aorere College and told her classmates "we're doing it all wrong, guys!"

Away from bright lights and big crowds, Joanna Mathers asks why lesser-known mortals would want to stand up and tell jokes to a bunch of hostile strangers.

'I'm ancient, I'm not a -lesbian, I don't use -Tinder and I don't swear," says Janet McLarin. "I'm -pretty unique in comedy circles."

The best shows at this year's Comedy Festival were honoured at Last Laughs, with one Kiwi comedian stripping off to celebrate his success.

Get off the beaten track and keep an emergency credit card safely hidden.

Comedian Paul Ego has passed on the gift of the gab to his boy Gabe. Father and son talk to Dionne Christian

Here are five new comedy festival acts you should be intrigued by.