Comedy Q&A with Courtney Dawson

Laughs on Tour's next Comedy Q&A is with Courtney Dawson, a casual chat about her career in comedy, writing, film and tv.

Courtney (Ngāti Kurī, Waikato-Tainui) stumbled into her first comedy gig in 2018, and since then has been traveling round the motu, spinning yarns and breaking hearts.

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 this year was recognised by the NZ International Comedy Festival who awarded her Best Newcomer for her first solo show with the festival. She continues to be an in demand comedian, gigging regularly round the country.

Courtney also maintains a solid presence on NZ television, having co-hosted two seasons of Rags are Riches, appearing on Have You Been Paying Attention? (NZ), Celebrity Treasure Island, and more recently occupying the ‘news desk’ on Paddy Gower Has Issues.