Michele A'Court
or Michelle A'Court or Michelle Arcourt

Top New Zealand female Stand-up comedian and corporate entertainer great for conferences or after dinner floor show entertainment.

Based in Auckland New Zealand.
Available locally and internationally.

Winner of the NZ Comedy Guild’s Best Female Comedian Award for the past six years, Michelle A’Court has successfully made a living, raised a child and paid a mortgage for more than a decade as a professional stand-up comedian and corporate entertainer.

Whether it’s on stage, television, radio, or in print, Michele has an ability to find the right way to reach her audience. She is in demand as a social commentator on TVNZ’s “Breakfast”, Radio NZ National’s “The Panel” with Jim Mora and “9 to Noon” with Kathryn Ryan and Te Radar.  

Michelle’s corporate clients over the past decade includes accountants, health care workers, IT specialists, plumbers, insurance specialists, lawyers, electrical workers and scientists. When not on stage or the air waves, Michele reviews books for The NZ Listener and Radio NZ National. She also contributes comedy spots several times a week on Auckland’s EasyMix, a job she has held for the past three years.  

International experience includes shows at comedy festivals in Edinburgh, Melbourne, Adelaide and NZ – shows which have dealt with the war on terror, national and international politics, life, love and laughter.  

Her 2006 solo show, “40 Odd Years”, was an autobiographical retrospective that celebrated midlife crises and the depression epidemic – winning 4-stars in Adelaide, and nominated in NZ for “Best Festival Show”. Her show for 2005, “Heritage 101”, focused on race relations and kiwi nationhood, and won the NZ Festival Award for Best Show Concept.

At the Adelaide Fringe Festival in 2007, Michele was part of an international showcase of female comedians from Canada, Scotland, Hawaii and Australia, “Titters!”, which won the much-coveted “People’s Choice Award 2007”.  

In 2008, Michele was awarded “Spirit of the Festival – Wellington” at the NZ International Comedy Festival. Her show, “The Lady Bunch” was nominated for Best Local Show.

More Testimonials
“Michele was fabulous.  The evening ran very smoothly, she was professional and very funny.  I would definitely recommend her” 
NZ Institute of Chartered Accountants Wgtn.

“Michele was an excellent choice to finish our conference with” 
Industry Management Systems

“Well received very professional and funny” 
NZ Retailers Association

“An enthusiastic reaction with most commenting on this being an entertaining, light hearted yet appropriately motivational session, and a lighter note being a great way to conclude the conference.  One endorsed the session by saying that non-professional topics were equally of value.  Most found Michele to be very funny, thought provoking and entertaining, with commenting it was ‘an innovative way to handle a motivational session’. 
Dale Cowie Communications