Crisp Comedy Competition is an all out battle of the best up and comers in Otautahi and beyond. This is where you witness the future of comedy in our country. These are the acts who are close to breaking it, and all looking for any opportunity to get ahead in this crazy ol’ comedy business.

Tuesday and Wednesday will see acts compete for a place in the final on Saturday, where we will close the festival by selecting our winner, who will receive not only a big cash prize, but also a pile of industry support and benefits from prolific comedy producer, Grandpa Figs.

This year we are effectively 'crowdsourcing' all of our shows, allowing 𝗬𝗢𝗨 to decide our final program.

All shows need to sell ten tickets before July 1st. If a show doesn't hit the mark, then all tickets are refunded, no harm, no foul.

So be sure to check out the shows and grab some tickets to help make 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗’𝗦 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗬 as big as possible!