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NZICF In Review: Better Than I Was The Last Time – David Correos

May 26, 2019

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

David Correos mentioned the phrase “a wild ride” partway through his set Better Than I Was The Last Time and perhaps nothing could be more apt a descriptor for his show. I realised partway through the show as ...

NZICF In Review: Heroic – Donna Brookbanks

Grace Hood-Edwards

May 25, 2019

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

2019 Billy T nominee Donna Brookbanks’ Heroic begins by getting the audience amped with appropriately inspirational tracks, such as the Foo Fighters’ ‘My Hero’ and Bonnie Tyler’s ‘I Need a Hero’. Brookbanks’ e...

NZICF In Review: The Blair Witch Projector – James Mustapic

Grace Hood-Edwards

May 24, 2019

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

James Mustapic at the beginning of his show at the Q Theatre Vault promises a sensible hour of stand up. No gimmicks. That is until a ghost inside his projector turns up to roast Mustapic and drag him through ...

NZICF In Review: MEME LORD – Alice Canton

Grace Hood-Edwards

May 18, 2019

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

A projector, a table and an unknown number of phones. The basic set dressing for Alice Canton’s MEME LORD at the Basement’s Studio. A show that is posited as being “a deep dive into the world of meme” isn’...

NZICF In Review: Instant Broadway

Grace Hood-Edwards

May 16, 2019

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

Covert Theatre’s Instant Broadway opened this week at the Herald Theatre. Posited as an improv musical where “every night is opening night”, the cast create a musical on the spot based on a word thrown out by ...

NZICF In Review: Two Hearts – The Winery Tour

Grace Hood-Edwards

May 8, 2019

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

An eager crowd are hustled into the Q Theatre Loft, gawking at the lovely set as they take their seats. Oak barrels adorned with glasses and bottles of wine are scattered about the stage, where vines crawl up ...

NZICF In Review: Around the World in 80 Dates – Chris Henry

Grace Hood-Edwards

May 6, 2019

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

A late Saturday night at the Classic studio has our audience gathered to see Scottish comedian Chris Henry. The premise of his show Around the World in 80 Dates is that of a 40-year-old man who has been single...

NZICF In Review: A Party for the End of the World – White Man Behind A Desk

Grace Hood-Edwards

May 6, 2019

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

A Party for the End of the World launches with a short projected video compilation of a variety of interviews Robbie Nicol, the titular White Man and central figure of White Man Behind A Desk, hosts about the ...

NZICF In Review: Of Consequence – Brendon Green

Grace Hood-Edwards

May 6, 2019

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

Brendon Green set the scene at the Basement using a few simple decorated poster boards to transport the audience to an idyllic pastoral scene. The reasons for the sun and grass decorations become clear upon th...

NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Minimum Rage – Alice Cassidy, Rachel Roberts & Becky Umbers

Grace Hood-Edwards

May 4, 2019

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

A bartender, a supermarket attendant and a waitress walk into a bar. Jokes on you – they can’t afford anything. At Q’s Cellar, Alice Cassidy, Rachel Roberts and Becky Umbers, the trio behind Minimum Ra...

NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Kid Crash City – Harry Thompson-Cook

Grace Hood-Edwards

May 4, 2019

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

Harry Thompson-Cook enters on-stage in front of a classic red curtain at the Q Theatre Cellar – a space which he claims to have been press-ganged into building (helping clear out with ‘tiny child hands’) as an...

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