New Zealand International Comedy Festival In Review: Iconique – Chris Parker
I returned to my duties as comedy reviewer/weatherman on Tuesday, to see 2018 Fred winner Chris Parker at The Vault at Q Theatre. It was opening nigh...
NZICF In Review: UP/DOWN – Cori Gonzalez-Macuer
Review by Michelle Hobson
Cori Gonzalez-Macuer took to the stage this evening after a three-year hiatus, the intimate theatre packed out and the t...
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 sec...
Irks And Quirks With Oliver Smith: Advertising Really Gets My Goat
Look before I start, let me
just say, I understand that advertising is just a part of our lives now. Before
smart phones the ads meant it was time to...
NZICF In Review: The Comedy All-Star Showcase
What a difference a day makes.
On Friday my partner and I were lucky enough to head down to The Classic to check out their festival preview, aptly...
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 catchin...
NZICF In Review: Full Head of steam – Guy Williams
Words by Michelle Hobson
After a short hiatus (holiday in New York) Kiwi comedian Guy Williams made his self-proclaimed “come back” last night, wi...
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 ...
NZICF In Review: Around the World in 80 Dates – Chris Henry
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 ...
NZICF In Review: A Party for the End of the World – White Man Behind A Desk
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...
NZICF In Review: Of Consequence – Brendon Green
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 re...
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...
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 ...
New Zealand International Comedy Festival In Review: A Stand Up Comedy NZ Premiere – Paul Sinha
On Friday night, I found myself in The Classic, to watch a stand up comedy premiere, Paul Sinha was presenting his first international solo hour, cho...
New Zealand International Comedy Festival In Review: Snort With Friends
As a long time fan of Snort, I was excited to head down to their opening night fundraiser show at the Rangitira, Q Theatre, on Friday. This is the bi...
The Classic Comedy Fest Preview: Surviving two hours in a room full of annoyingly drunk hecklers
What do you get when you put a veritable smörgåsbord of top-tier international comics (more-often than not British) in New Zealand's most famous come...
NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Minimum Rage – Alice Cassidy, Rachel Roberts & Becky Umbers
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,...
NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Kid Crash City – Harry Thompson-Cook
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 int...
NZICF In Review: Seriousli’i?
Jesus. Where the fuck do I start?
Here's the thing about acts down in the Vault @ Q. It's an intimate space - the seats are slightly cramped, ther...
NZICF In Review: Exes
There's this thing about working alongside your ex - it's somewhat awkward, the tiniest thing rub you the wrong way, and while you try to resist as h...
NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Token African – Urzila Carlson
Watching 7 Days for many years, I've always been a big fan of the force of nature that is ex-Pat Saffa Urzila Carlson. Her signature bluntness, reali...