Lily Catastrophe

Lily Catastrophe is an award-winning comedian and burlesque performer based in te Whanganui-ā-Tara, Aotearoa (Wellington, New Zealand).

Winner of Best New Comedian at the Wellington Comedy Awards 2024, Lily cemented her status as one to watch with her genre-bending debut solo show BOTTOM SURGERY, which received wide critical acclaim during the New Zealand Fringe Festival 2025 and the New Zealand International Comedy Festival in 2025. BOTTOM SURGERY won Best Cabaret at the Nelson Fringe Awards and Lily was further nominated for Most Promising Emerging Artist during the New Zealand Fringe Awards and Best Newcomer - Wellington at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival Awards.

She has performed internationally as a featured performer at the Saskatoon International Burlesque Festival in 2024 and will be making her return back to Canada in 2025.

Upcoming shows

  • Friday 5 Sep @ Newtown Community Centre
    AIRHORN! (Tickets)

  • Friday 26 Sep @ the Broadway Theatre
    SASKATOON INTERNATIONAL BURLESQUE FESTIVAL (Tickets)

  • Wednesday 8 Oct - Saturday 11 Oct @ Club Voltaire
    BOTTOM SURGERY (Tickets)

  • Tuesday 25 Nov - Saturday 29 Nov @ Basement Theatre
    BOTTOM SURGERY (Tickets)

  • Utterly holds the audience in her grasp

    Wellingtonista

  • A beautiful performance of femme-sexuality

    Art Murmurs

  • One seriously amazing woman

    Theatreview