STAMPTOWN Presents Jack Tucker (Wellington) | NZICF 26

Schedule

Fri, 22 May, 2026 at 12:00 pm

UTC+12:00

Location

Hannah Playhouse | Wellington, WG

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The New Zealand International Comedy Festival & STAMPTOWN presents – Jack Tucker: Comedy Standup Hour
After sold-out shows in London, Edinburgh, Australia, LA, Mumbai, and a 10 week Off-Broadway run in New York, the bad boy of clown, Zach Zucker, is bringing his award-winning high-energy, absurdist, standup alter-ego: Jack Tucker to Aotearoa for the first time ever.
Is it stand-up? Kind of. Is it going well? Absolutely not. Is that the point? Only one way to find out.
This show has sold out at The Kennedy Center, Soho Theatre, Just For Laughs, Netflix Is A Joke, Moontower Festival, SF Sketchfest, Melbourne International Comedy Festival and many more.
Come see what happens when unstoppable confidence meets questionable material, technical chaos, and a performer who learned how to be funny by dropping rocks on his nuts for a laugh.
Created and Performed by Zach Zucker
Directed by Jonny Woolley
Written by Zach Zucker, Jonny Woolley, Dylan Woodley
NY Times Critic’s Pick (2024)
Vulture’s Top Comics You Should.& Will Know (2023)
★★★★★ "A rip-roaring hour of top-notch clowning" - Edinburgh Festivals
★★★★1⁄2 “A raucously funny 60 minute” - Steve Bennett, Chortle
★★★★ “The character is not remotely believable” - Beyond the Joke
★★★ “Washed up” - Guardian
★★ “Terrible comic” - The Times
★ “A fraud completely out of his depth” - Skinny
“Raucously funny… A triumph” - Jason Zinoman, New York Times
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Hannah Playhouse, 12 Cambridge Ter, Te Aro, Wellington 6011, New Zealand, Wellington

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