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NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Unfinished Business – Nic Sampson
It was a clear Wednesday day evening, a day usually labelled hump day, made brighter by the comedy festival, and the light pollution associated with l...
9
NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Lana Walters – Faking It
Words by Chelsea Pickens
To be honest I find comedians a bit hard to watch. It’s not that I don’t enjoy comedy, I really do, and in the comfort of ...
Comedy Festival In Review: Harry Thompson-Cook & Jack Ansett – Straight Outta 98
Review by Grace Chua
Grace went down to the Cellar at Q Theatre to check out Kiwi newcomers Harry Thompson-Cook & Jack Ansett. Here's what she ...
6.9
NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Young Dumb And Full Of Comedy – Lucy Roche & Ray O’Leary
It was a moderatly clear night at about 8:45PM on Tuesday, although there were some passing clouds, moving slower as the South Westerly winds had slow...
8.8
NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Undefined – Phil Wang
Here we are in week 2 of the fest, my week starting strongly with on of the UK's rising stars Phil Wang, with his hit show Undefined.
It was a mode...
8.9
NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Snort With Friends
It was late on Friday night as I made my way to the Basement Theatre to see what has become a Friday late night fixture in Auckland, Snort. During the...
7.2
NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Andrew Maxwell – Showtime
There’s really no other way to say it. There really isn’t. So I’m just going to go right ahead with this as an opener: Andrew Maxwell is a foul-mouthe...
Talking Comedy with Heath Franklin’s “Chopper”
While the name Heath Franklin may not be immediately recognisable to the uninitiated Kiwi comedy fan, his comedic alter-ego,"Chopper", needs no introd...
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NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: The Correos Effect – David Correos
Auckland has chilled over the last week as it eases into that transitionary period between Autumn and Winter, however it was that good kind of chill, ...
NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Urzila Carlson – Loser
Words by Grace Chua
It was a mad rush Friday at work and I just received a message from a friend who unfortunately had to pull out of attending Urz...
Talking Comedy with Pax Assadi – 2018 NZ International Comedy Festival
Kiwi comic Pax Assadi is a comedian on the rise. The half Iranian, half Pakistani comedian was a Fred Award Finalist in 2016 for his NZ International ...
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NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Marcel Lucont Etc. – A Chat Show
There are stereotypes of the French, and then there are stereotypes of the French. Marcel Lucont manages to embody all of those, and then some, all th...
NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Ben MacGougan – Raised By TV
Words Wal Reid
I had no idea who comedian Ben MacGougan was or what his show was about, but by the end of the night, the young affable long- haired...
8.7
NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Welsh Favourite Returns With A New Show – Lloyd Langford
I made my way up Queen Street on a clear Tuesday night, the report had stated a temperature of 17C, with intermittent clouds. The streets were covered...
NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Savanna Calton – Resting B*tch Face
Words by Kim Newton
Debuting at the NZ International Comedy Festival this year was a young, fresh-faced, or rather self-proclaimed ‘resting-bitch f...
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NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Andy Zaltzman – Right Questions. Wrong Answers
Right off the bat (and yes I am pleased with that opener), you know that UK comedian Andy Zaltzman is going to have a bit of trouble facing the big qu...
9.4
NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Dot Con – James Veitch
It had been a long and entertaining first weekend of the fest, on the Sunday I found myself returning to the Q Theatre, this time the Rangitira, a lar...
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NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Ashton Brown – Dying To Meet You
A mild windy Saturday evening with a chance of rain, had become a wet Saturday evening as I made my way down into the Vault at Q Theatre to see Dying ...
NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Tom Sainsbury – Self-Helped
Review by Jeremy Labrado
Heading into Auckland's Basement Theatre on an unbelievably cold and wet Saturday night, we were excited at the prospect o...
8.5
NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Alexis Dubus Verses On The World – Alexis Dubus
I was a windy night on Saturday as I made my way to the Vault at Q Theatre to see Alexis Dubus Verses The World. The temperature was a friendly 18ºC a...
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NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Alex Williamson – So Wrong, It’s Wrong
Alex Williamson brought his new show SO WRONG, IT’S WRONG to New Zealand Comedy Festival this April.
Comedian, actor, online content creator, Alex ‘S...