[Force of Comedy] For some comedians, the date by which they’re required to submit a show title to the New Zealand International Comedy Festival occurs well before they’ve had the chance to consider the exact content of the work. Brinestorm, however, could not be a more appropriate name for Billy T Award nominee Alice Brine. Embracing her ADHD, Brine takes us […]
[Diamond Precision] The pressure is on for Laura Daniel. Having successfully demonstrated her comedic skills on television, worked snippets of material through Raw Comedy nights at The Classic, as well as clocking countless hours of improv with Snort, the live comedy world awaits her first solo comedy show – as a Billy T Award nominee no less – but Daniel […]
[Hire, don’t buy] The comedians of the title are up-and-comers Brendan Kelly and Tony Lyall. They are a little shaggy around the edges, but there is some truly great material here. Tony Lyall’s is at his strongest when he links pop culture to the mundanities of life. He manages to find a way to link Weet-Bix to every part of […]
[You Won’t Believe what Matt Baker says about Eli Matthewson in this Review] Having trained as an actor and worked as a writer for Funny Girls, and Jono and Ben, it makes perfect sense that 2015 Billy T Award nominated comedian Eli Matthewson, under the direction of theatrical daredevil Kip Chapman, would step from straight stand up to sketch comedy […]
[Fame Awaits] Joel Creasey wants to be famous, and so far he’s doing rather well. The Australian comedian has been successfully performing since his debut at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2010, garnering nominations and performing to sell-out crowds throughout Australia. That fame, however, has yet to reach New Zealand shores. Having seen Creasey perform previously at the Classic, […]
[More Moa] I’ve never seen Jamie McCaskill do a solo show before but boy was it worth the wait. From the unassuming entrance (no fanfare, no “put your hands together”, no “and now on stage…”) he walked on, as though he was an audience member looking his seat, and then just started talking. Having spotted his dad and pops in […]
[Audiences laughing gladly] Fools Suffering Gladly is a neat little collision of styles. Or is it a collusion of styles? Either way, it works. The show opens with a ‘re-enactment’ of how Ashton Brown and Richard Lindesay met. What ensues is a glorious train wreck, with both comedians failing to jibe with each other’s comic stylings. Lindesay is a one […]
[Looking for Laughs] The irony of our awareness of body shaming in advertising is that the implementation of it persists regardless. Actress, writer, and performer Juliette Burton’s contribution to the conversation is just one of many where companies continue to be exposed for marketing campaigns that perpetuate concepts of health and beauty which propagate negative self-worth. A personal story that […]
[Stand Proud] I believe E Tū is the first comedy show held at Te Pou Theatre in New Lynn and I really hope it is the first of many, With Nick Rado at the helm as MC we felt we were in good hands from the outset. His understated, good-natured, unassuming manner was perfectly pitched to interlink the talent on […]
[Pain into Love] Last night I couldn’t help but fall in love. Alice Fraser’s show for the New Zealand International Comedy Festival may be titled Savage, by the Australian comedian, with an ever-ready puckish smile and gleam in her eye, is anything but. Circumnavigating a serendipitous encounter, Fraser breaks down a few societal constructs, as well as some personal ones, […]
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