Among British acts performing at the event next month (May 1st to 24th) are Dylan Moran, Ed Byrne and Steve Coogan.
The latter is scheduled to appear at Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre on May 9th on what is his first live comic tour to the country.
Meanwhile, backpackers can also discover some local talent at the festival, with popular New Zealand-born stand-up Rhys Darby producing two shows under the umbrella of his company Awesomeness International.
Local acts Jeremy Corbett, Brendhan Lovegrove and Paul Ego are the three comedians who will benefit from his help at Auckland's Cadbury Crunchie Comedy Chamber throughout May.
Meanwhile Ed Byrne confessed to the New Zealand Herald last weekend (April 26th) that he has reservations about his Auckland dates as much of his material explores UK-centric issues of class.
He told the news source: "New Zealanders don't really have that concept of middle-class and working class so much."
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