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raybonanza!
nz tour 2025
The first time I performed stand-up was a quiet Sunday evening in Wellington at Bar Bodega in 1994. There was no tradition of stand-up in Wellington at the time, and the evening was a loose gathering. The performers, a handful, outnumbered the crowd (if it could be described as a crowd.) Nevertheless, beforehand, I recall being parked outside Bodega for what seemed like an age, staring longingly at the motorway onramp — the beckoning escape route. This was fear. Finally I got out of the car. I went up to the mic with a sheet of lined A4 (so as to not forget my few ideas). I don’t remember anything I said, but I got that first gig out of the way, and that’s what mattered. It was unmemorable, fortunately, much the way a car journey that doesn’t lead to panelbeating is also unmemorable.
This year, it’s 31 years later. I’m marking the anniversary with a tour of NZ. You know how wedding anniversaries have things like paper or diamond or crockery, depending on how long you’ve been married? Well, 31 years, it turns out, is Timepieces. (An expensive word for clocks.) So this is my Eras tour, only without any material about exes. The show will be a greatest hits compilation — a medley of all the favourite jokes I can still remember. (Are they jokes? Bits? Routines? I don’t like the word routine. ‘Routine’ makes it sound — routine. ‘Bits’ sound bitsy. These are album tracks. Songs minus music. There’ll be new material as well, just because that’s how the brain operates.
First stop on the tour is Greytown, during the Festival of Christmas in July. The Wairarapa is the province of my birth — (TMI?) — so it’s only fitting they’ll be the first to see this show.
Get your tickets via the links below. This is gonna be fun.
July 24 & 25: GREYTOWN, The Offering. BOOK GREYTOWN.
Oct 10 & 11: CHRISTCHURCH - Little Andromeda. BOOK CHCH.
Oct 17: AUCKLAND - The Vic, Devonport. BOOK AUCKLAND.
Oct 23: PALMERSTON NORTH - Globe Theatre. BOOK PALMY.
Oct 24: WHANGANUI - The Rep. BOOK WHANGANUI.
Oct 25: NEW PLYMOUTH - Little Theatre. BOOK NEW PLYMOUTH.
Oct 31: WELLINGTON - Hannah Playhouse. BOOK WELLY.
Nov 8: LEVIN - Levin Little Theatre. BOOK LEVIN.
Nov 22: PARAPARAUMU. Kāpiti Playhouse. BOOK PARAPARAUMU.
Keep an eye out as dates get added.
‘KAN TOUCH THIS’
NZ TOUR 2020
WOOHOO! FIRST DATES ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2020 TOUR. More dates to come. If you’re a venue who feels overlooked, by all means get in touch and I’ll see what I can do.
Sep 04: Mapua Playhouse, Waimea. Bookings HERE via eventfinder.
Sep 05: Picton Little Theatre, Picton. Bookings HERE via eventfinder.
Oct 1: NAPIER, Cabana. Book HERE via eventfinda.
Oct 2: HAMILTON, Nivara Lounge. Book HERE via Eventfinda.
Oct 22: WHANGANUI, Lucky’s. BOOK HERE via Eventfinda.
Oct 30: PALMERSTON NORTH, Square Edge. BOOK HERE via Eventfinda.
Nov 5: LYTTELTON, Wunderbar. BOOK HERE via Eventfinda.
Nov 6: CHRISTCHURCH, Boo Radley’s. BOOK HERE via Eventfinda.
Nov 13-14: AUCKLAND, Fhloston Paradise. BOOK HERE via Eventfinda.
Nov 19-21: WELLINGTON, Cavern Club. BOOK HERE via Eventfinda.
WELLINGTON 2019: ‘KAN TOUCH THIS’
Stop! Humour time!
Wellington gets the first taste of my new hour of stand-up, ‘Kan Touch This,’ for 3 nights only at the Pow Wow Room, Nov 12-14. Touchy subjects will be touched — sometimes gently, sometimes with abandon, bordering on exclamation. DON’T MISS OUT.
Bookings at Wellyfun.co.nz/events-pw
Tour DATES 2018
Woohoo! This March, I’m touring NZ’s nooks, crannies and arterial bypasses, with the remarkable Nick Rado, in our comedy show ‘Rado & Raybon Save The World.‘
We are being brought to you by the lovely people at Arts on Tour NZ. It’s entirely likely we’re coming to a town near you. Dates below — don’t miss out.
Friday 2 March 7.30pm Whitianga - Town Hall
Saturday 3 March 7.30pm Whakatane - Gateway Theatre
Sunday 4 March 7.30pm Opotiki - Deluxe Theatre
Tuesday 6 March 8.30pm Gisborne - Comedy at the Cossie Club
Wednesday 7 March 7.30pm Waipawa - CHB Municipal Theatre
Thursday 8 March 7pm Wanganui - Royal Wanganui Opera House
Friday 9 March 8pm Upper Hutt - Expressions Whirinaki
Sunday 11 March 8.30pm Onekaka - The Mussel Inn
Tuesday 13 March 7.30pm Ashburton - Ashburton Trust Event Centre
Wednesday 14 March 7.30pm Geraldine - Crown Hotel
Thursday 15 March 7.30pm Cromwell - Cromwell College Auditorium
Friday 16 March 7pm Queenstown - Heritage Hotel
Saturday 17 March 8pm Invercargill - Asylum at Invercargill Brewery
Monday 19 March 7pm Lincoln - The Laboratory
Tuesday 20 March 8pm Christchurch - Gloucester Room, Isaac Theatre Royal
Wednesday 21 March 7.30pm Hokitika - Old Lodge Theatre
Thursday 22 March 8pm Barrytown - Barrytown Hall
Saturday 24 March 8pm Auckland - Uxbridge Arts and Culture Centre
Sunday 25 March 7pm New Plymouth - TSB Showplace
Tuesday 27 March 7.30pm Putaruru - The Plaza
Wednesday 28 March 7.30pm Hamilton - The Meteor Theatre
Friday 30 March 7.30pm Whangarei - The Riverbank Centre
Saturday 31 March 7.30pm Kaitaia - Te Ahu Atrium
review quotes
BEST COMEDIAN
METRO
BEST COMEDIAN
NORTH & SOUTH
BEST COLUMN OR BLOG
NZ COMEDY GUILD
“All his columns are amusing. The best are masterpieces. Some of these pieces are so good that a reader will not only laugh out loud but also annoy anyone else around by reading extracts to them.”
JOANNE BLACK, DOMINION POST
“Many of his observations give shape to things you had dimly perceived yourself and you want to punch the air screaming 'Yes!!!' Other observations take your breath away with their comic invention. Writers with his gifts don't come along very often. The bastard had me laughing out loud.”
TOM SCOTT, CARTOONIST
“That Raybon Kan holds our attention and keeps us laughing for 80 minutes that seem like 40 is a good indication of his talent. He offers extraordinary ways of seeing the ordinary.”
NATIONAL BUSINESS REVIEW
“Kan is an endearing performer, boyish and self-deprecating, yet not in the slightest bit needy. Some of his material is very dark and some is as light as air, and most of it works. A highlight of the festival.”
FIONA SCOTT-NORMAN, THE AGE, MELBOURNE
“The thinking woman’s comedian… Must-see, nerve-wrenching white-knuckle comedy.”
TASH McGILL, AUCKLAND SCENE
“He has made live comedy his own. It’s easy to be swept along for a roller-coaster ride that also provokes some serious thought.”
OTAGO DAILY TIMES
“He has a ready wit, an engaging personality with bags of charm, and the true comedian’s ability to take the ordinary, the mundane, the unnoticed, and turn it into the bizarre.”
THE PRESS, CHRISTCHURCH
“Hilarious.”
THE LISTENER
“Hilarious.”
NZ HERALD
“Better than hilarious.”
THEATREVIEW
“The new improved bionic-driven Kan - more self-assured and funnier than before. His new confidence also shone through when dealing with the audience. The Opera House isn't the easiest place to create an intimate relationship but Kan weaved his magic as he paced the stage, never letting an interjection go by without witty rebuttal.”
EVENING POST, WELLINGTON
