Comedy & Performance

I’m a Wellington-based comedian, improviser and creator working across stand-up, live comedy, theatre and podcasting. My work ranges from award-winning solo shows and fast-paced improv to experimental comedy projects, directing and writing.

Stand-up

I perform stand-up comedy throughout Aotearoa, with appearances spanning clubs, festivals and independent shows across New Zealand. In 2025, I debuted my first solo comedy hour, Is it off?, as part of the NZ International Comedy Festival — taking home both Best Newcomer Wellington and Spirit of the Festival.

SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS:

Is it off? — NZ International Comedy Festival 2025 & 2026, TAHI Festival 2026, and Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2026
NZ International Comedy Festival Gala at the Wellington Opera House - performing to over 1300 people.
Winner - Best Joke, Wellington Comedy Awards 2025
MC'd Wellington New Years Carnival 2025 on Courteney Place
MC'd 2026 NZ Fringe Festival Gala at The Hannah Playhouse
Winner — Best Newcomer, Wellington Comedy Awards 2023

Improv

I’ve been performing improv for more than eight years, training with iO Theatre in Chicago, Monkey Toast in London and BaseJump in Wellington.

My work focuses on fast-paced, theatrical and comedy-driven improvisation, with performances across festivals and regular shows throughout New Zealand and internationally.

SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS:

iO Festival Chicago 2024 (Mo & Ralph)
NZ International Comedy Festival 2025 (Kōrero Paki)
Poprox at Circa Theatre
Chaos Theory — NZ Fringe & NZ Improv Festival
Winner — Late Night Knife Fight 2022

Other pROJECTS

Alongside stand-up and improv, I write, direct and produce original comedy and theatre projects spanning sketch, experimental performance and live storytelling.

SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS

Oversharer — debut solo play, NZ Fringe Festival 2025
Director - Skuxx Cowboys get lonely sometimes too (Billy T Nominated Show, NZ International Comedy Festival 2026)
Director — House of Ick (multi-award winning show, NZ International Comedy Festival & NZ Fringe Festival 2025)
Director — Fame or Die (NZ International Comedy Festival 2024)
Producer & performer — Wet Soup, an experimental comedy show running from 2022–2023

Podcasting

Alongside live comedy, I co-host Circle Irk with my husband and fellow comedian Q Potts — a chaotic comedy podcast recorded straight from our garage.

Each episode sees us chatting with comedians from across Aotearoa, unpacking pet peeves, spiralling into absurd conversations and occasionally testing the structural integrity of our marriage in real time.

It’s part comedy interview show, part domestic argument, part absurdist overshare.

We release new episodes every fortnight on YouTube and all other podcast streaming platforms.

Reviews and the like

"Warm personality, dedicated preparation and performance, talented singing and acting and wicked sense of humour..."

-Theatreview, Is it off?

"She jabs and slices at her audience and draws laughs instead of blood.... Thematically it's perfect"

-Wellyott, Is it off?

"Her show goes off in very good way. It deserves to travel far and wide."

-Theatreview, Is it off?

"This is a seriously strong first play. It makes the personal political, and examines our relationship with the form. It has something to say, and it not only says it, but examines it with nuance, perspective, and heart. Mo Munn, improviser, comedian, producer, and playwright - well-earned.

-Artmurmurs, Oversharer

“The subject matter and performance is achingly relatable, her voice is gorgeous... the audience gave a standing ovation; the show deserves both of these, every night of the run.”

– Wellington Reviews, Oversharer

"Mo is unashamedly autobiographical"

- Theatreview, Muunboot Show