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title: "Geoff Rissole: Stand-Up Comedian, TV Roles | D.O.C."
description: "Geoff Rissole is a stand-up comedian and the co-creator of Shit Towns of New Zealand and Shit Towns of Australia, and co-author of six comedy…"
url: https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-geoff-rissole.html
updated: 2026-11-13
---

Stand-up comedian

# Geoff Rissole

## Who Geoff Rissole is

Geoff Rissole is a stand-up comedian and the co-creator of Shit Towns of New Zealand and Shit Towns of Australia, and co-author of six comedy books based on the Facebook page. He has appeared on The Project, New Zealand Today and TVNZ's Breakfast, and was a finalist in the 2022 Raw Comedy Quest.

## Follow their dates

Put them in your D.O.C., your twelve, and the free D.O.C. letter brings their new dates, episodes and videos each week.

Saw them live? [Make a card →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/share-my-doc.html#live)

## Is Geoff Rissole on tour?

**No upcoming dates on record** No upcoming dates are on record right now. That doesn't mean they have stopped touring; follow them to hear when the next ones are booked.

Last checked 13 November 2026.

### Are they coming to my town?

No dates are on record right now (checked 13 November 2026), so no town is confirmed yet. Follow them and your town to hear when one is booked.

### Want them in your town?

Name your town and how many of you would come: the towns fans ask for show here, with how many asked.

Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. [Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-calendar.html) [Build a night out around their show →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/build-my-comedy-night.html)

## Specials, shows and podcasts

### On screen

- **The Project**
- **New Zealand Today**
- **Breakfast**

## Comedians like Geoff Rissole

Each linked to them by something on the record — a stage they both came through, a bill, a show, a style or a home town.

- [Alexander Sparrow](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-alexander-sparrow.html) also in Breakfast
- [Amanda Kennedy](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-amanda-kennedy.html) also in Breakfast
- [Guy Williams](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-guy-williams.html) also in New Zealand Today
- [Sanjay Patel](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-sanjay-patel.html) also in New Zealand Today

[Six Degrees of Komic Bacon: how they connect to anyone →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/six-degrees-of-komic-bacon.html)

[Every stand-up comedian with a page, A to Z →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedians.html)

## Questions and answers

### Where is Geoff Rissole performing next?

No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now.

### What TV shows and films are they in?

The Project, New Zealand Today and Breakfast.

### Who are some comedians like them?

[Alexander Sparrow](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-alexander-sparrow.html) (also in Breakfast), [Amanda Kennedy](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-amanda-kennedy.html) (also in Breakfast), [Guy Williams](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-guy-williams.html) (also in New Zealand Today) and [Sanjay Patel](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-sanjay-patel.html) (also in New Zealand Today).

## Is this you?

This page can be your website, free. Send your bio in your own words, your links, your clips, who books you, a line said about you and your weekly show, and they go on this page beside the dates D.O.C. already keeps. Fans follow you here and get your news in the D.O.C. letter.

Your short address, for your bio: **disciplesofcomedy.com/geoff-rissole**

[Make this page yours →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-profile.html) [Your dates on your own site](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/tour-dates-widget.html) [Your show on a poster](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-show-flyer-maker.html)

## The full SUCDb record

The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.

[Their SUCDb record →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-geoff-rissole.html)

### Sources

- [Classic Comedy NZ ↗](https://www.comedy.co.nz/comedians/profiles/geoff-rissole/) Shit Towns books; The Project, New Zealand Today, Breakfast; stand up comedy; 2022 Raw Comedy Quest finalist

Updated 13 November 2026 · the record checked 12 November 2026