Guy Montgomery 

An award-winning Kiwi stand up comedian, podcaster and improviser, in 2021, Guy won the Best Male Comedian Award at the NZ Comedy Guild Awards for the third time, having collected it previously in 2017 and 2020.

As well as the invitation-only Just For Laughs festivals in Montreal, Toronto and Sydney, and sold out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Guy has toured his upsettingly successful podcast The Worst Idea of All Time across Australia, America and the UK. HIs pre-pandemic life also saw him relocating to New York, touring India with the MICF Roadshow, and selling out solo shows in New York and LA.

Guy has appeared on Comedy Central US, and in New Zealand on Taskmaster, 7 Days and Have You Been Paying Attention?

In 2022, Guy toured his show in Australia, Guy Montgomery by Name, Guy Montgomery by Nature and Guy Mont-Spelling Bee, selling out to audiences at Melbourne International Comedy Festival and appeared as a contestant on Celebrity Treasure Island in New Zealand.

In 2023, Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee was released as a TV series on Three and has since gone on to Australian TV and beyond. 

Find out why people are going crazy for Guy Montgomery and Guy Montgomery is going crazy.


Courtney Dawson 

After winning the NZ Raw Comedy Quest and the Best Newcomer Award at the NZ Comedy Guild Awards in 2019, she made her professional debut with a a sold out double act show in the 2021 International Comedy Festival. She was awarded Outstanding Comedy Performance in 2022 by the Auckland Fringe Festival, won Best Female Comedian at the 2023 NZ Comedy Guild Awards, and in 2024 was recognised by the NZ International Comedy Festival who awarded her Best Newcomer for her first solo show with the festival.

Courtney maintains a solid presence on NZ television - she co-hosted two seasons of Rags are Riches, was a regular on Have You Been Paying Attention?, and more recently made us laugh as co-host of award winning infotainment show DON’T.

She continues to be an in demand comedian, gigging regularly around the motu - while increasingly expanding into screen acting.  Courtney recently appeared in Bust Up for Sky Television, bringing the same sharp instincts, charisma and natural timing that have made her such a standout in the comedy scene.

Joel Vinsen 

Joel Vinsen has a few talents, none of which are particularly useful. How do you navigate a midlife crisis without the income to pull it off?

Armed with only a jazz degree, a bunch of thoughts on topics he’s completely unqualified to tackle, and a Steinberger headless guitar, Renaissance Man Joel Vinsen attempts to distract himself from the horror of existence, through dark, absurdly unhinged, and preposterously silly comedy. However, it’s unclear if he’s actually in on the joke.

Awards
2025 “Best Joke” Winner- New Zealand Comedy Guild awards.
2026 Billy T Award nominee
2024 Best Comedy Award nominee, Whangarei Fringe.
2024 New Zealand International Comedy Festival - ‘Most unhinged show’ nominee
2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025 “Comic Originality” Nominee, New Zealand Comedy Guild Awards.
2022 National Raw Quest Finalist