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NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Happy Hour – Tony Lyall

May 4, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

Tony Lyall is a comedian that I have a lot of time for. The two-time NZ Raw Quest semi-finalist is a tornado of energy onstage, and his crowd work is a thing of legend, so I entered his first solo NZ Internatio...

NZ International Comedy Festival In Review: Success With Women: A Comedy Seminar – Harry, Inosi and Ross

Oliver Smith

May 3, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival, Spotlight

It was a blisteringly cold Tuesday night when I made my way to the basement to watch comedy up-and-comers Harry Thompson-Cook, Ross Mills and Inosi Calavanua perform in their first ever festival show. May al...

NZ International Comedy Festival in review: Ashton Brown – Anxious To Meet You

Oliver Smith

April 29, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival

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It was a muggy Friday night as I made my way to the Cellar at Q Theatre to watch Ashton Brown, a comedian I have a lot of time for and a venue I felt very familiar with. I certainly remembered the Cellar, re...

2017 NZ International Comedy Festival: Shows To Watch This Weekend

Oliver Smith

April 29, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, Night Life, NZ International Comedy Festival

Some of the world’s best-loved comedians are coming for Kiwi laughs this month, as the 2017 NZ International Comedy Festival gets underway. The festival is the highlight of New Zealand’s burgeoning comedy ca...

Irks and Quirks With Oliver Smith: “The Selfie”

Oliver Smith

February 1, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, Geek and Web

So at the first look of the title you may think to yourself “Yay another article bashing young people and their vacuous and vain need to constantly litter the internet with images of themselves.” Well it’s not,...

Irks and Quirks With Oliver Smith: Why do people take pizza so seriously?

Oliver Smith

January 25, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, Geek and Web

Irks and Quirks is a comedic series that deals less in facts, news, or events, and instead is weighted more on opinion. Whose opinion you ask? Oliver Smith's obviously, he's writing it. Sociopath ...

Irks and quirks With Oliver Smith: Why do people like Boba Fett?

Oliver Smith

January 16, 2017

Comedy, Entertainment, Geek and Web

Star Wars is one of the best known franchises to ever exist. It is a divisive series with a split between a large and devoted fan base, and old school movie fans on the other who claim it ruined the summer bloc...

Top 5 Creepiest Christmas Songs

Oliver Smith

December 22, 2016

Comedy, Entertainment, Music, Uncharted

I have a love/hate relationship with Christmas music. On one hand it carries a lot of nostalgia, it reminds me of the time as a kid when dad would dust off the Christmas cassette and we would listen to it in th...

Irks And Quirks With Oliver Smith: Nostalgia

Oliver Smith

August 28, 2016

Comedy, Entertainment, Geek and Web

Before I start to rant and ramble, I might as well introduce the scope of this series. Irks and Quirks deals less in facts, news, or events, and instead is weighted more on opinion. Whose opinion you ask? Mine ...

In Review: Batman: The Killing Joke

Oliver Smith

July 27, 2016

Entertainment, Film, Geek and Web

Disclaimer: This review contains spoilers It is hard to quantify the impact that The Killing Joke has had on the culture of comic books. It represents many things, a massive change to the Batman mythos, the ...

Bill Bailey Returns To New Zealand In October!

Oliver Smith

July 24, 2016

Comedy, Entertainment

Bill Bailey is set to bring his new show "Larks in Transit" to New Zealand shores late this October, for four nights of Bailey's brand of surreal and musical comedy. While Bailey is best known for playing Ma...

Pokemon GO is a go

Oliver Smith

July 7, 2016

Gaming, Geek and Web

I would like you to cast your minds back to when you were ten. Sitting at home on a rainy weekend afternoon, in your hands resides a Game Boy. Inside is a cartridge that just became a global sensation, and now ...

In Review: Anthony Wilson and David Oakes “Limited Company”

Oliver Smith

May 24, 2016

Comedy, Entertainment, Spotlight

I had travelled to The Kingslander 12th May 2016, for an entertaining night of local pub comedy in the form of "Limited Company". Featuring the comedic talents of Anthony Wilson and David Oakes, they performed ...

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In Review “Nic Sampson Has Fallen Down A Well”

Oliver Smith

May 11, 2016

Comedy, Entertainment, Lifestyle, NZ International Comedy Festival, Spotlight

It was late on a Tuesday night. 10pm. Usually reserved for late night sitcom reruns, "one more episode" during a netflix marathon, or a cheap film at the cinema if you feel like putting on pants. However, it's ...

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In Review: ‘Fools Suffering Gladly’

Oliver Smith

May 6, 2016

Comedy, Entertainment, Lifestyle, NZ International Comedy Festival, Spotlight

It was a humid night, I made my way downstairs to the Cellar at Q Theatre to watch Fools Suffering Gladly, a show featuring Richard Lindesay and Ashton Brown, a show of contrast which displayed both comedians' ...

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In Review: Brendon Green’s ‘Eggs and Ham’

Oliver Smith

April 26, 2016

Comedy, Entertainment, NZ International Comedy Festival, Spotlight

We made our way to Montecristo on a chilly Sunday night to watch the opening of Brendon Green's new festival show, "Eggs and Ham". A show about the secret of happiness, in light of the fact that human endeavour...

Top 7 benches in Auckland to sit and contemplate the universe

Oliver Smith

April 19, 2016

Comedy, Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Travel

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The universe is full of questions, are we alone? Why are we here? Which cafe's have free WiFi for more than an hour? These are the important questions, and there are few equipped to tackle such important questi...

10 Quintessential British Comedies

Oliver Smith

March 28, 2016

Comedy, Entertainment, TV

I feel it's a little cliche to call anything 'quintessentially British', it's one of those buzz words that the media like to use for some reasons, like calling something 'on acid' if it's a little bit wacky. ...

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