Saturday Laughs with Courtney Dawson and El Jaguar

Saturday Laughs is a two-hour comedy showcase of some top Kiwi talent, right in the heart of Porirua

With headline act El Jaguar
Canadian comedy act El Jaguar is coming to Porirua, to wrestle his way into hilarity. From Canada, to New Zealand, and throughout Australia, El Jaguar is making a name for himself on the comedy scene using only his fast wits and tight lycra.
From the dusty streets of central America, rising triumphant as the luchador everyone wanted to be in the World Wrestling Federation circa 1990, then into obscurity: El Jaguar is making a comeback… and it’s going to be hilarious.

And MC 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.

Along with
Starting a comedy career at the age of 60 ain't exactly conventional... Auntie Lianne is anything but that! In fact, going rogue most of her life has reaped many rewards along the way.
Having stepped onto the stage for the first time in 2019, she hasn't looked back, winning the 2020 Central Raw Comedy Quest, a star of the hit all wāhine Māori comedy show Shoes Off (At The Door) and she was a finalist in TVNZ's 60 Seconds.

Also featuring
2023 National Raw Comedy Quest winner Luke Tawi
and Kāpiti's own Michael Macaulay

Book early and often!

This event made possible with support from the Porirua City Council Creative Communities scheme