The Pun Battle, an outrageous, one-of-a-kind comedy show, created and hosted by the notorious Hugo Grrrl & Co. returns to Auckland for one night only this December 13th 2024 with a cast of previous Pun Battle Champions.
Get ready to groan! Wits have been sharpened, wea-puns will be wielded, funny bones may well be broken. Will
our competitors pun-ble under the pressure?! The show has garnered a cult following since its inception in 2016
for being what many have called ‘the worst comedy show you’ll ever see’
. After sold-out and truly cringe-worthy
shows across the country, Pun Battle is back in Tāmaki Makaurau. It’s a rap battle for dorks, a competitive
dad-joke show, it’s an unmissable night of ‘comedy’
.
Come along and see the city’s smartest alecks, wordiest nerds and biggest pun-ks, punslingers and pun-dits
battle it out in an intense and hilarious head-to-head pun-off. With a total of over $2,000 (!) cash prize money on
the line, you could say that the stakes are pun-ishing.
STARRING – Bailey Poching, Gareth Blackler, Rebecca Mary Gwendolon, Rhiannon McCall, Jess Karamjeet, Penny Ashton, Renee Church, Steven Lyons, Special Guest Judge Joel Wood! Refereed by distasteful diva extraordinaire Blaise Clotworthy!
Creator Hugo Grrrl says ‘It takes a lot of skill to do comedy this bad. These competitors are unbelievably clever.
They come up with hundreds of improvised hilarious puns in a show, in an extremely high pressure environment.
Watching them work is like magic. Horrible, horrible, cringeworthy, dorky magic. It really is the sort of show that
has to be seen to be believed.“
The Auckland Pun Battle
13th December 2024 – Q Theatre
