Tim Batt does a good thing. But, off the batt, I wasn’t convinced. You walk into a dark room with a very bright couch, a high school desk, a televisi...
James Roque is one of those comedians that really stick with you. I have fond memories of watching James do stand-up at The Classic last year, so I e...
First of all – let me say – Aotea Center’s Herald Theatre is really hard to find. If it wasn’t for the help of two excellent centre staff, it would’v...
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...
I made my way to the Q Theatre Loft late on Tuesday night, to witness Frickin Dangerous Bro, a sketch group that always serve one of my highlights fo...
It was a cold Tuesday night when I made my way to the Basement, to see Myth and Legend,the latest hour of comedy from the Fred nominated Eli Matthews...
I always get a little nervous taking my Mum to a comedy
show. What if she doesn’t find it funny? What if I start cracking up at a dark
or crass joke ...
We have an enviable crop of talented comedians in New Zealand, but like it or loathe it, it often takes a few international drawcards to really captu...
It was Friday night, I found myself in the Classic Studio at 10pm, a time associated with the loosest of late night shows, with The Classic's usual L...
On Thursday Night I found myself in Herald Theatre, to see the
Improv Bandits, one of New Zealand’s premier Improv groups since 1997. As a
lover of I...
I found myself in a buzzing
Basement Theatre, to see Alice Snedden’s Absolute Monster. I was a little
sweaty, partially due to the humidity, and part...
I greeted Elevation with great anticipation, having seen Uther Dean on the circuit I was already a fan of his work, but had never seen a whole hour. ...