Samantha Hannah
Samantha Hannah is an award-winning Scottish comedian and 2026 Billy T Award nominee. She ended up living in New Zealand after meeting her Kiwi partner via a dating app — despite living 12,000 miles apart — while researching her stand-up show How to Find a Husband in a Year. She is now permanently based in Wellington, gigging locally and up and down the country, creating comedy shows for festivals, and sharing content online.
Her most recent live show, Peekaboo!, follows her latest journey into motherhood, and received rave reviews and sold-out shows in Wellington.
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Verb Readers & Writers Festival 2026 events Samantha Hannah features in:
Don’t Worry, Tech will Save Us – A Verb Debate