Laughternoon Comedy @ Paraoa Brewing Company

Get ready for an afternoon of laughs with award-winning comedians, award-winning beers and award-winning food.

Spend a Sunday afternoon/evening at the Paraoa Brewing Company and delay the onset of Monday a little longer with Laughternoon Comedy. Why spend thousands of dollars driving into town for a comedy show when we can bring, as seen on tv comedians, direct to you?

Line Up:

MC Nick Rado - The Rock's Sporting Rumble, TVNZ Comedy Gala
Courtney Dawson - Maori TV - Rags To Riches
Ray O'Leary - Have You Been Paying Attention TVNZ
Pax Asaadi - The Project, The Great NZ Bake Off.

Get your tickets fast; this show will sell out quick!

PAX ASSADI

Pax was nominated for the Billy T Award in 2013 with only 2 two years of comedy under his belt. He has gone on to appear on a number of local television shows Including TV 3s 7 Days, Maori TVs Crack Up and a regular on the critically acclaimed Brown Eye, Have you been paying Attention, 60 Seconds, and co host of the the upcoming Season of the Great Kiwi Bake Off.
Pax is also the Star and creator of Raised By Refugees on Prime TV.
Pax's hectic blend of personal stories and insightful observations will have you pondering the big questions of life whilst simultaneously doubled over with laughter.
2011 Raw Comedy Quest finalist
2013 Billy T Comedy Award

NICK RADO

Nick Rado is a multi-award winning writer, MC and stand-up comedian. Nick is a guest panellist and head writer of over 250 episodes for TV3's award-winning topical news comedy show 7 Days. Nick is the only comedian to win the NZ Comedy Guild Award for 'Best Comedy MC' five times; he is also the winner of Best Male Comedian NZ Comedy Guild Awards 2019. Rado was hand-selected to perform at the Sydney Opera House for the prestigious Just for Laughs Sydney showcase. He has opened for Rob Brydon, Aziz Ansari and Russell Howard on their nationwide tours. He was also featured in Rhys Darby's Sitcom Short Poppies on Netflix. As seen on, The Comedy Channel Australia, the Nightwatchmen and Narrow World of Sports for Fox Sports Australia and as heard on The Rock's Sporting Rumble.

RAY O’LEARY

This big brain in an ill-fitting suit is a regular performer and writer on 7 Days, Have You Been Paying Attention?, Jono and Ben as well as acting on Golden Boy and much more. His sold out shows in the New Zealand International Comedy Festival received rave reviews and he has twice been nominated for the prestigious Billy T James award (current 2020 nominee, 2017 Billy T loser). He can also be heard on the hit Dungeons and Dragons podcast Waterdeep Mountain High.

COURTNEY DAWSON

Courtney made her comedic debut on the Classic stage in 2018 - after 30 years of testing material on her friends, whanau, random party goers, unsuspecting train conductors, long-suffering bar staff and the occasional police officer.
True to her self-deprecating brand of humour, it would make Courtney slightly uncomfortable to acknowledge that she was joint winner of the 2019 Raw Quest, and voted Best Newcomer in the 2019 Comedy Guild Awards, but true to her nature as a yarn/drama queen, after a drink or two and she’ll tell you all about it. As seen on TVNZ’s Laughs Unleashed and Māori TV’s Rags are Riches.