Dates: 15-17 & 22-24 March
Venue: Ironic Café & Bar
Time: 7:30pm

Price: $25/$20
Tickets: www.dashtickets.co.nz or phone: 0800 327 484. Booking fees apply

The 2012 Polson Higgs Comedy Club presents two seasons of outstanding comedy with a mix of emerging talent and internationally experienced performers. This year’s Comedy Club has been curated in collaboration with local group the Comedy Intelligence Agency and features a line-up show that ensures variety, new and provocative work and a lot of laughs. One door price gets you four comedians and one hell of a good night out!

Season One, 15-17 March

MC: James Nokise (Wgtn)
James Nokise is the first Pacific Islander to work full time on the United Kingdom stand-up comedy circuit. After taking Pacific culture to the other side of the world, he returns to New Zealand with his trademark charm.

Finn Roy (Dun)
New talent Finn Roy brings his one-of-a-kind combination of science and comedy to his hometown audiences. Come to laugh, stay to learn!

Sam Smith (Wgtn)
Sam cut his comedy teeth on the Otago University Capping Show and is now a writer for TV3’s 7 Days as well as upcoming shows Would I Lie To You? and The Wilde Bunch.

Simon McKinney (Akld)
Simon’s fun and generous style of comedy charms one and all (and he has numerous NZ and international awards to prove it). His impressions always make him a crowd favourite and his international accents give him global appeal.

Season Two, 22-24 March

MC: Nick Rado (Akld)
Recently returned from an extensive tour of the UK and Europe, Nick Rado brings his unique style of stand up comedy back to New Zealand. With interactive storytelling and hilarious self-examination, nothing in Nick’s life is off-limits.

Abby Howells (Dun)
Local girl Abby Howells takes her offbeat comedy to the Festival stage with her quirky stories about life in Dunedin, the Bible, sandwiches and racism.

Rhys Mathewson (Akld)
As one of New Zealand’s youngest professional comedians, Rhys is a favourite of student audiences. Appearances on 7 Days, C4’s Jono Project, and several upcoming TV shows in the pipeline make Rhys one to watch.

Jeremy Elwood (Akld)
If you want to leave the venue with sore ribs from laughing and a sore head from thinking, then Jeremy Elwood is your man. One of New Zealand’s best-known comedians, Jeremy finds humour in the best, worst and weirdest parts of the world around us.