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Saturday Laughs with Kura Forrester and Neil Thornton

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Saturday Laughs with Kura Forrester and Neil Thornton

Sat, Nov. 4, 2023🕐8:00 PM — 9:45 PM

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Saturday Laughs in Naenae is a two-hour comedy showcase of some top Kiwi talent.

With headline act Kura Forrester
Kura Forrester is an actor, writer and comedian, a face you have definitely seen on the telly including Kiwi shows such as: Golden Boy, Shortland Street, Super City and The Adventures of Suzy Boon.
Winner of the 2019 Billy T Award, Kura is fast becoming one of the standout comedian actors of New Zealand.

And MC Neil Thornton
Neil Thornton is a fierce and funny comedian who has performed all over the world: New York City comedy clubs, the Edinburgh Fringe, and once at a gay nudist resort. In New Zealand, he's headlined at The Classic Comedy Club and performed in hamlets in the middle of nowhere South Island for confused sheep farmers. He appears occasionally on the "The Project" and was featured on the TV3 comedy special "After Hours.” His shows "Ursus Americanus,” "Bearly Kiwi,” “Hangry Americans” and “Cynics Guide to Enlightenment" were hits at the New Zealand Fringe and NZ International Comedy Festival. He’s also the founder of NZ Comedy School, giving new comics the skills and confidence to pursue the craft he loves so much.

“Thornton is just a master of the craft of comedy.” - Theatreview

Along with Ryan McGhee, Trent H Baumann, and all the way from Ōtepoti Dunedin - Harriet Moir.

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The event is helping raise funds for Wā Ora Montessori School.

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