24 April 2026

Scared Scriptless

Be part of a true Canterbury original, Scared Scriptless. Utterly unpredictable, and funny as!

Welcome to the longest-running comedy show in Australasia.

Take one masterful MC, add an accomplished pianist, throw in a handful of the funniest actors in the country, throw out the script so nobody knows exactly what’s going to happen, and you have a recipe for next-level, late-night laughter!

After 35 years of entertaining audiences in Ōtautahi Christchurch, you could say that ‘Scrippy’ is as Christchurch Famous as the Togo tag, the brutalist Timezone, and running orange lights. Now that we have a fresh new home in the Wakefield Family Front Room, an earlier start time of 9pm, and a gaggle of amazingly talented new improvisers in The Court Jesters, you could (humblebrag) say that Scrippy is more appealing than ever.

  • Friday 24 Apr 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Saturday 25 Apr 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 1 May 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 8 May 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 15 May 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 22 May 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 29 May 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 5 Jun 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 12 Jun 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 19 Jun 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 26 Jun 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 3 Jul 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 17 Jul 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 24 Jul 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 31 Jul 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 7 Aug 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 14 Aug 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 21 Aug 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 28 Aug 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 4 Sep 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 11 Sep 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 18 Sep 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 25 Sep 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 2 Oct 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 9 Oct 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 16 Oct 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 23 Oct 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Saturday 31 Oct 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 6 Nov 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 20 Nov 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 27 Nov 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 4 Dec 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 11 Dec 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 18 Dec 2026, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 22 Jan 2027, 9pm to 10.15pm
  • Friday 29 Jan 2027, 9pm to 10.15pm
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Welcome to the longest-running comedy show in Australasia.

Take one masterful MC, add an accomplished pianist, throw in a handful of the funniest actors in the country, throw out the script so nobody knows exactly what’s going to happen, and you have a recipe for next-level, late-night laughter!

After 35 years of entertaining audiences in Ōtautahi Christchurch, you could say that ‘Scrippy’ is as Christchurch Famous as the Togo tag, the brutalist Timezone, and running orange lights. Now that we have a fresh new home in the Wakefield Family Front Room, an earlier start time of 9pm, and a gaggle of amazingly talented new improvisers in The Court Jesters, you could (humblebrag) say that Scrippy is more appealing than ever.

Location
The Court Theatre, 129 Gloucester Street, Central City

Event contact

The Court Theatre
0800 333 100
communications@courttheatre.org.nz courttheatre.org.nz/

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