Alice Snedden

Nominated for Best Newcomer at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival and a Billy T Nominee, Alice has sold out consecutive NZ Comedy Festivals and has established herself as a leading stand up in the New Zealand comedy scene.   

 

Alice was head writer of multiple series shows including Jono and Ben (TV3) and Funny Girls (TV3) and was showrunner on sitcom Golden Boy (TV3). She regularly appears on panel shows 7Days (TV3) and Have You Been Paying Attention (TVNZ). 

 

Her own TVNZ series Alice Snedden’s Bad News (TVNZ) has received critical praise and popular success. The third series is due to be announced shortly.  

 

2019 saw Alice support Rob Delaney on tour and perform her stand up on the Best Foods Comedy Gala (TVNZ) in Auckland and The Now Show (BBC) on BBC Radio 4. 

 

Alice is the co writer of the sitcom Starstruck, created by and starring Rose Matafeo. Starstruck was commissioned by BBC3 in the UK and HBO Max in the US. Season One premiered on BBC One and BBC Three in the UK where it became the channel’s best performing new comedy of the year with over three million requests on BBC iPlayer to date, and later on HBO Max in the US, the show was also pre-sold to over 50 territories including Australia (ABC) and New Zealand (TVNZ).  The show is a critical and ratings success and has returned for a third series.  

 

Alice is currently writing and directing a pilot for The BBC.