 DAI HENWOOD IS SHABBA! at SKYCITY Theatre reviewed by Jessie Kollen 20 May 2009 |
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Giving 100% Most of the time Dai Henwood does New Zealand comedy for New Zealanders. His jokes are not just the ‘you had to be there,’ type of joke, they are also the ‘you have to be here’ type of joke. And if you are here (or if you were there), they will definitely have you laughing. [more] |
 TALK TO THE HAND – AN IMPROV PUPPET SHOW at Circa Two reviewed by Hannah Smith 20 May 2009 |
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Puppets impede exchange of vital energy I like improv. I like puppets. Improv with puppets is a great idea. In Talk to the Hand Wellington based troupe The Improvisors bring these two elements together in NZ’s first improvised puppet show. [more] |
 ANDY CLAY’S BOOK OF LOVE at Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, The Edge reviewed by Joanna Davies 20 May 2009 |
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Oh-so real scenes strike chords The show is part routine, part scenes and part discussion. It’s a bit like an advice-style talk show with ‘crime scene’ re-enactments (and some of the hook-up attempts could be classed as crimes). Clay has enlisted the help of some fine talent to illustrate his points. [more] |
 JAN MAREE: EAT ME TOO, WELLINGTON! at Sandwiches reviewed by Priyanka Bhonsule (Hutt News) 20 May 2009 |
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Cookomedy that sates and uplifts It would have been quite difficult to laugh with a mouthful of food and the host/performer understood that, regaling us with funny tales while she cooked and then allowing us to savour the meal without interruptions. [more] |
 5 - STIR-FRIED SKETCH COMEDY at Paramount Theatre Foyer reviewed by John Smythe 20 May 2009 |
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Sketch stretch a romp Five troupers, already known for certain skills – e.g. writing, acting, improvising, producing – now take on other roles as well, to co-create this amusing hour of sketch comedy. Each has written a piece and directed another and all play roles throughout. [more] |
 DAVE WIGGINS: I’M A BELIEVER at Limelight Lounge, Aotea Centre reviewed by Venus Stephens 20 May 2009 |
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A good human being to boot His comic style is lively with Marmite jokes blended easily alongside politically conscious topics like the Famine in Africa and US President Barrack O’Bama’s inauguration. [more] |
 SIMON MCKINNEY TELLS A BIT OF A YARN at The Transmission Room reviewed by Venus Stephens 20 May 2009 |
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Euphoria-inducing Simon Mc Kinney has had me laughing for the past hour. I’ve chosen to sit in awkward spot behind a tall person and now I find myself ‘playing peek- a- boo’ trying to see where Mc Kinney is on stage. I am engrossed. [more] |
 HEIDI AND ROSE IN: A GUIDE TO THE UNCOOL at The Basement, Lower Greys Ave reviewed by Sian Robertson 20 May 2009 |
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Frequent moments of pure joyous comedy Heidi and Rose’s very tongue-in-cheek analysis is both a guide to the cool and the uncool. Though what becomes clear is that it’s an impossible paradox: the state of being cool is a tenuous one, subject not only to fickle consensus but also destroyed by it – it’s cool to be uncool, even (especially) if no one notices how much you’re not trying. [more] |
 JASON JOHN WHITEHEAD: EMOTIONAL WHITEMALE at Limelight Lounge, Aotea Centre reviewed by Candice Lewis 20 May 2009 |
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Satire based or simply silly For the most part JJ’s confidential and rambling style is working well. His delivery brings to mind a looser, less offensive Bill Hicks. He attempts and mostly succeeds in taking a law or thought from either end of the political spectrum and brutalizing it for all its comic worth. I laugh a lot ... [more] |
 A SONG FOR THE UGLY KIDS at BATS reviewed by John Smythe 20 May 2009 |
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Subtly insightful On the surface it all looks quite silly ... The question is, is there more than meets the eye; some element that gets in under our skins or lodges in the folds of our brains; a vein of gold than runs just under the surface of their playground? [more] |
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