New Zealand Comedy Trust in Assoc. with Q Theatre Presents:

New Zealand Comedy Trust in Assoc. with Q Theatre Presents:

Billy T Jams - Comedy Showcase

We’re getting stuck into comedy early in 2015 withBilly T Jams, a line-up of laughs from this year’s talented Billy T Award nominees on Thursday 5 Februaryat Q Theatre.

Rose Matafeo, 2013 Billy T Award Winner and Jono & Ben at Ten,will host this line-up show, with last year’s winner Guy Montgomery showcasing his talents to close the night.

The 2015 Billy T nominees are:

• Eli Matthewson
• Hamish Parkinson
• Matt Stellingwerf
• Nic Sampson
• Tim Batt
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Billy T Jams
Thursday 5 February, 8pm
Rangatira at Q Theatre
305 Queen St
Tickets: $25 – $29.50, from qtheatre.co.nz, service fees will apply

All five nominees also have their own solo show as part of the2015 New Zealand International Comedy Festival in cahoots with Old Mout Cider, which this year runs from 24 April ¬– 17 May.Nominees will be judged on all aspects of their show, with the winner announced at Last Laughs on Sunday 17 May.

NOMINEE SOLO SHOW’S – 2015 NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL

ELI MATTHEWSON was a card-carrying, Parachute-attending, Christian teenager who gave it all up for the life of guilt-free sinning. But did he make the right choice?

The little gay rock-star of New Zealand comedy is back with a second nomination for the billy T, and his new show is tells of life after leaving youth group.

"Borderline genius" – TVNZ

HAMISH PARKINSON will attempt to become the greatest comedian of all time, or fail in a blaze of glory. Spinning the wheel of his fortune to determine what kind of comedian he'll become, he’ll beg for your mercy and succeed to heights he's never imagined, or fall like he never wished he would.

"Hamish Parkinson, in a word, is brilliant" – Theatreview.org.nz

MATT STELLINGWERF’s 12 days of unrequited love, one night stand’s, drugs, orgies, depression, Tinder, true love and theoretical physics?!

Hear the NZ Comedy Guild’s Best Newcomer (2012) incredibly witty, utterly filthy, undeniably lovable stories about the strangest, scariest and (in retrospect) funniest fortnight of his life.

NIC SAMPSON returns to the stage like a goddamn hero with a new show! This time it's to accept the 'National Treasure' Award for services to the nation or something. He won Best Newcomer at last year’s Comedy Fest.

"If you have any interest in the future of New Zealand comedy, this is a show you will not want to miss" – Theatrescenes

TIM BATT wants to discuss a few of the important topics for 2015. Babies are useless. Jobs are weird. Families are terrifying. Human life is a strange beast. His unique brand of off-kilter observation, highbrow philosophical musings and lowbrow dick jokes won him the Comedy Fest’s Best Newcomer in 2012.

"a f*cking shitstorm of laughs" – Craccum Magazine

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