NZICF In Review: The Big Show
Stephanie Jane Reader (with Johan Chang)
A few days ago I received without question the best text of my life.
“Wanna come to a Comedy Show with me and write a review of it?”
T...
NZICF In Review: Sam Smith: Live In Concert – Sam Smith
Review by Grace Chua
Back in the dank cellar basement where I first reviewed two twenty-year-old amateur comedians swooning over wine last year, I tried to prep myself for yet another round of breakthrough ...
NZICF In Review: Eat Slay Love – Rhiannon McCall
Review by Sarah Kidd
Happiness, we all want it. But how do we truly achieve it? In an age where the number of Instagram followers seems to be the preferred barometer of self-worth, social media peddlers of ...
In Review: “UP/DOWN” Cori Gonzalez-Macuer
Review by Sarah Kidd
When he isn’t playing the part of a mis-behaved vampire alongside Taika Waititi or delivering thought provoking TEDX talks, you can usually find Cori Gonzaler-Macuer on 7 Days or hangin...
NZICF In Review: Role Models – Bec Sandys, Brooke West & Audrey Porne
Review by Mike Beck
What happens when you exchange the academic disseminations of Jordan Peterson for a trio of sassy sisters, who deliver their stuff confidently on the comedic stage? You get one of the be...
NZICF In Review: UP/DOWN – Cori Gonzalez-Macuer
Review by Michelle Hopson
Cori Gonzalez-Macuer took to the stage this evening after a three-year hiatus, the intimate theatre packed out and the true fans waiting in anticipation of the long-awaited return ...
NZICF In Review: Peachy – Lauren Pattison
Review by Grace Chua
Best newcomer nominee for the 2017 Edinburgh festival (for her show Lady Muck), Lauren Pattinson has made her way for the second time to the Auckland Comedy Festival with a new show "Pe...
In Review: Top End Wedding
Review by Chelsea Pickens
I’m not generally one for a romantic comedy. While some might find comfort and nostalgia in the tried and true formula, I find it predictable, cheesy and usually boring – my last p...
NZICF In Review: Coral – Emma Newborn
Words Glenn Blomfield
Once again its time for The NZ International Comedy Festival. Opening night was a busy affair, with hordes of people catching the first shows, I made way to Emma Newborn at the Basemen...
NZICF In Review: Full Head of steam – Guy Williams
Words by Michelle Hopson
After a short hiatus (holiday in New York) Kiwi comedian Guy Williams made his self-proclaimed “come back” last night, with his first show of the Comedy Festival.
The show was we...
NZICF In Review: Five Star Comedy Preview
Words by Otis Letwin
“Fancy reviewing a comedy night?” my colleague asked me the other day. Shit yeah, of course I do. To date, my CV as a critic is exclusively limited to Uber drivers so I thought this was...
NZICF In Review: High, Functioning Autistic – Nick Gibb
Nick Gibb's “High, Functioning Autistic” is a hilarious introspective reflection on the lighter side of a life lived with autism and Tourette’s. Nick describes himself as “Autism without the card counting, Tou...
NZICF In Review: Evermore
Tori Triegaardt
It’s 2019, Measles are back, people are playing Minecraft again and it seems like everyone is giving their opinions about matters they are unqualified for. Which is why an unfunny and unqual...
NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Full Head Of Steam – Guy Williams
Words by Rich Beckmann-Flay
He is back! Some of you might not have even noticed that he was gone, or even realised that he was here in the first place, that doesn’t matter. last night’s show Full Head Of S...
NZICF In Review: Quiche -Tony Lyall
Words Sarah Kidd
An eggy delicious treat? A party food alternative to the irresistible chain of cheerios featured at kids’ parties. Or a chance to truly learn how to spell a word that doesn’t tend to featur...
Odd Kid on the Block – Morningside Precinct
Written by Kim Newton
Humbly tucked away in the backstreets of Morningside is a
new precinct, adjunctive to the well-established local hub Crave. This slick development, which
contains several well-establis...
IN REVIEW: Julia Jacklin @ Hollywood, Auckland
Words by Lydia Burgham
Taped to Julia Jacklin’s guitar are two messages written in black sharpie. One is the practical “Julia’s guitar” label. The other was a little more surprising: a sc...
IN REVIEW: Billie Eilish – Bury a Friend
Words by Maddy Hattan
Billie Eilish is a name that's very quickly making its way around the globe, and with the release of her latest single Bury A Friend, she is not showing signs of slowing down anytime s...
ANNOUNCEMENT: Middle Kids Australia & New Zealand Tour
After performing last month in Australia and New Zealand very own Indie summer camp, Laneway, Middle Kids are hitting the road once again in April. This time the band is headlining inside venues, so everyones ...
ANNOUNCEMENT: Red Hot Chili Peppers Tour
Press Release:Live Nation is thrilled to announce that Red Hot Chili Peppers will make a long-over due and highly-anticipated return Down Under in 2019.Playing their first Australian headline tour in twelve lo...
ANNOUNCEMENT: The Beer InCider Experience, Melbourne
Photos: The Beer InCider Experience Facebook pageThe Beer InCider Experience is just three weeks away and the countdown is on for punters who have already nabbed tickets for Saturday 2 March at the Melbourne S...