New Zealand International Comedy Festival In Review: If This Is It – Laura Davis
Further into the evening I made my to The Classic Studio to see Australian comic Laura Davis, in her show If This Is It, a wonderful meta analysis of...
New Zealand International Comedy Festival In Review: Brunch – Ray Shipley & Emma Cusdin
Just after tea time on a Wednesday evening, I sauntered up the steps to the Basement Studio, to allow Ray Shipley and Emma Cusdin to whisk me back to...
New Zealand International Comedy Festival In Review: Happy Cabbage – Bec Sandys
Here we are at second week of comedy fest, fully satiated with variety of comedy I caught week 1, I ventured to my first outing of week 2, Bec Sandy...
New Zealand International Comedy Festival In Review: This Will Be Tested – Chester Jerrat & Sarah Hughes
It was late on Friday when I entered the Loft at Q Theatre to watch This Will Be Tested, a double bill featuring two of Auckland's freshest up and c...
New Zealand International Comedy Festival In Review: Heartless Joke Machine – Rhys Mathewson
On Friday Night I found myself in a packed out Classic, full of lively punters to watch Rhys Mathewson, the Heartless Joke Machine. The liveliness of...
New Zealand International Comedy Festival In Review: Circus Of Shame – Neil Thornton
It was late on Thursday when I walked up to The Classic Studio, to see veteran comic Neil Thornton, and his Circus of Shame, a thought provoking exam...
New Zealand International Comedy Festival In Review: In The Moonlight – Paul Williams
On Thursday evening in went to Basement Theatre to see Into The Moonlight, the latest hour of comedy from Paul Williams. I knew him better for his ch...
New Zealand International Comedy Festival In Review: Twins – Liv McKenzie & Ed Amon
On Thursday I made my way to Sweat Shop Brew Kitchen, to see Twins, featuring Liv McKenzie and Ed Amon. These are comics coming off the back of a fan...
New Zealand International Comedy Festival In Review: General Admission – Sera Devcich
It's that time of year again folks, after a year off (because of a certain global pandemic...) the New Zealand International Comedy Festival is back!...
Auckland Fringe in Review: Coombe And Friends
On Thursday evening I ventured to the Sweatshop Brew Bar, to see Coombe and Friends, part of the Auckland Fringe Festival, a show featuring Matt Coom...
In Review: Kan Touch This
Here's the thing about 2020 - there's really nothing too dark to talk about anymore. The collective suffering of everyone through a global pandemic a...
7 Live Comedy Venues In Auckland To Get Your Post Lockdown Laughs
With Covid in New Zealand vanquished (fingers crossed) and Aucklanders heading out in droves to enjoy freedom from the restrictions of level 4,3 and ...
In Review: Pop Up Globe Farewell Summer Season – Much Ado About Nothing
If you live in Auckland, there’s a good chance you’ve heard about, over even been to, the iconic Pop-Up Globe Theatre situated in Ellerslie just a mi...
In Review: Unusual Subjects
I ventured to the Classic Studio on a Friday night to see Unusual Subjects, a show featuring 3 of Auckland's freshest up and coming talents, Jamie Pa...
In Review: The Farewell
★★★★★
Before I begin this review, please take note that I am writing from a half Asian, half NZ background - a bias which is close to my heart. Wh...
We Will Rock You: The Musical – Interview with David Mackie
Following hot on the heels of the release of the internationally loved Queen biopic ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, the smash-hit West End musical ‘We Will Rock...
In Review: I am Rachel Chu
After a wildly successful run at Auckland Fringe this year, and awards to show for it, I am Rachel Chu has returned to the Basement Theatre to give u...
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In Review: ONCE The Musical
Musicals these days tend to batter you into submission. Many rely on orchestral bombardment, saccharin smiles, and jazz hands in an attempt to win yo...
In Review: The Wolves
There have been very few plays (or films for that matter) that have offered an examination of young women that is as refreshing or eloquent as Sarah ...
NZICF In Review: Better Than I Was The Last Time – David Correos
David Correos mentioned
the phrase “a wild ride” partway through his set Better Than I Was The Last Time and perhaps nothing could be more
apt a desc...
NZICF: Fred Awards Finalists Announced
This year’s Fred Award judges have chosen three finalists to compete at Electric Kiwi Last Laughs on Sunday for The FRED, which is awarded...