New Zealand International Comedy Festival In Review: Rapture – Tom Deacon
Last Night I made my way to The Classic Studio, to see Tom Deacon, in Rapture, his NZICF debut. The venue was buzzing, Deacon has been smashing line ...
NZICF In Review: Dialogue Matters – Pax Assadi
Review by Jesse Knight
Kiwi comedian Pax Assadi’s ‘Dialogue Matters’ was best summarised in his opening conversation with fellow comedian James N...
New Zealand International Comedy Festival In Review: Spoiler Alert – Ed Byrne
I sat in the Rangitira at Q on Tuesday night, eagerly awaiting Ed Byrne's latest hour of stand up comedy, Spoiler Alert, an anticipation that was sha...
NZICF In Review: God Damn Fancy Man – James Nokise
Review by Jaimee Beck
James Nokise speaks the truth, the hilarious uncomfortable truth, and nothing but the truth.
He speaks it in the words of...
NZICF In Review: Tom Foolery – Tom Sainsbury
Review by Otis Letwin
I am a big fan of Tom Sainsbury’s Snapchat videos. Even before I moved to New Zealand, even before I knew who Paula Bennet...
NZICF In Review: Need(y) – Jimmy McGhie
Review by Grace Chua
Jimmy McGhie returns to New Zealand once again from the UK to give Kiwis a comedy show on what he terms the "Quality of Life"...
NZICF In Review: MEME LORD – Alice Canton
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 i...
New Zealand International Comedy Festival In Review: I Was Part Of The Problem Before We Were Talking About It – Guy Montgomery
I sat in a packed out Rangatira at Q on Thursday night to witness I Was Part of the Problem Before We Were Talking about It, the latest hour from Guy...
NZICF In Review: Space Couch – Tim Batt & Disasteradio
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...
NZICF In Review: The Mournmoor Murders – Alice May Connolly & Maria Williams
These gals just f$%KING rocked! R
Someone in Mournmoor has been murdered. Did someone say “death”? “Murder?” That’s right, a murder! A good place ...
NZICF In Review: Boy Mestizo – James Roque
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...
NZICF In Review: Instant Broadway – Covert Theatre
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...
NZICF In Review: The Internaton-AL – Alistair Barrie
Review by Laura Roberts
After reading some raving reviews of Alistair Barrie’s shows from last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, we arrived at The Classic...
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NZICF In Review: Your Wrong – Phil Nichol
Within minutes of Phil Nichol walking on-stage I knew that his show ‘Your Wrong’ would be something different. Very different as it turns out.
Be...
NZICF In Review: Instant Broadway
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...
New Zealand International Comedy Festival In Review: Legacy – Frickin Dangerous Bro
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...
New Zealand International Comedy Festival In Review: Myths And Legends – Eli Matthewson
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...
NZICF In Review: Success Without a Sex Tape – Eleanor Tiernan
Review by Grace Chua
Softly-spoken Irish comedian Eleanor Tiernan comes to NZ for the first time with her new show Success Without a Sex Tape whic...
NZICF In Review: Me ‘n’ Ma – Hamish and Lynette Parkinson
Reviewed by Chelsea Pickens
I really liked the concept of this show, actually just a guy and his mum sharing a bottle of bubbly. After the build-...
NZICF In Review: Best Comedy Show on Earth – Mother’s Day Special
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 ...
In Review: Poms
Review by Liz Lauder
I went into the screening of Poms after work with a gal-pal and popcorn, ready to have some wholesome laughs (and maybe a tea...