

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Neil Thornton: Potential Energy
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 06 May, 2026 at 09:30 am – Wed, 06 May, 2026 at 10:30 am (+12:00)
- **Event Description**: Neil Thornton has a problem: despite being a successful educator and award-winning comedian (Best Comedian, Wellington Comedy Awards), the voices in his head still say, “You’re wasting your potential!” Join him for an hour of pop science, personal stories, and the spiral of self-doubt - where the physics and biochemistry of procrastination meet punchlines. Let’s make that potential energy into something kinetic.

Part of the 2026 New Zealand International Comedy Festival

Best MC, Wellington Comedy Awards 2022
Best Comedian, Wellington Comedy Awards 2020
Best Male Comedian, Cartel Comedy Awards 2020
Outstanding Contribution to the Industry, NZ Comedy Guild Awards 2023
Best Mentor, Cartel Comedy Awards 2021 
Best Industry Helper, Wellington Comedy Awards 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2025
Goodest Out of Towner, Good Times Comedy Awards, Christchurch 2022
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wellington/neil-thornton-potential-energy/200029810967920
- **Event Categories**: comedy, Entertainment, Festivals
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.iticket.co.nz/events/2026/may/neil-thornton?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=wellington-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Wellington
- **state**: WG
- **country**: New Zealand
- **location**: BATS Theatre
- **lat**: -41.293536674448
- **long**: 174.78450357914
- **full address**: BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace,Wellington, New Zealand

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Neil Thornton: Comedian (https://allevents.in/org/neil-thornton-comedian/12911539)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 06 May, 2026 at 09:30 am (+12:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace,Wellington, New Zealand
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Neil Thornton: Comedian
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** comedy, Entertainment, Festivals
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Neil Thornton: Potential Energy ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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