Abby Howells

Abby Howells is an award winning comedian and writer. She was a founding member of female comedy collective Discharge and served as their Head Writer. She has written and performed in five shows for the collective with successful seasons in Wellington, Dunedin and Auckland. Abby has written and performed several award-winning plays for both radio and stage. Her play Crossbow Cat having been performed in Short and Sweet Festivals in Malaysia, the Philippines, Brisbane and Auckland. Crossbow Cat won both People’s and Judges Choice in the Auckland Festival. In 2017 her play Attila the Hun was performed as part of the Young and Hungry Festival. She is represented by Auckland Actors and Playmarket. In 2023 she received the Billy T Award for La Soupco,

With Trick of the Light, Abby toured New Zealand and the UK performing Beards! Beards! Beards!