NZ International Comedy Festival 2014
Reviews of NZ International Comedy Festival 2014 productions
JOHN GORDILLO Cheap Shots at the Defenceless
Auckland
12/05/2014 - 17/05/2014
"Exposing the blatant disingenuousness of corporate customer ‘service’..
TIM BATT Saves Planet Earth
Auckland, Wellington
29/04/2014 - 17/05/2014
"A professional display of a non-professional Kiwi archetype..
JAMAINE ROSS in JAMAINE SAYS FUNNY THINGS
Wellington, Auckland
06/05/2014 - 17/05/2014
"Loose, chaotic, sloppy, sometimes amusing..
THE IMPROV BANDITS 2014
Auckland
07/05/2014 - 10/05/2014
"Outrageously brilliant..
CLASS COMEDIANS SHOWCASE 2014
Auckland, Wellington
10/05/2014 - 17/05/2014
"NZ comedy’s future really looking good..
"Potential worth nurturing..
COMEDY ALLSTARS AT THE BMC #1
Auckland
08/05/2014 - 10/05/2014
"Brilliance..
HEATH FRANKLIN’S CHOPPER in REPEAT OFFENDER
Wellington, Auckland
09/05/2014 - 17/05/2014
"Quick-fire, brutal and to the point yet clever and poignant – except for…..
KAI SMYTHE & 7 PIECE SOUL BAND in HAIRY SOUL MAN
Wellington, Auckland
08/05/2014 - 17/05/2014
"A wholly worthwhile international class act..
"A frenetic yet well-crafted and solid-as soul explosion of comedic entertainment..
KADE NIGHTINGALE & JEREMY ROLSTON DON'T PANIC!
Auckland, Wellington
07/05/2014 - 17/05/2014
"Lacking in judgement..
"Infectious glee..
BRENDON GREEN SOME MORE MR NICE GUY
Wellington
07/05/2014 - 10/05/2014
"Two out of three hilariously cringe-inducing..
JOHN ROBINS LATE & LIVE AT THE CLASSIC
Auckland
07/05/2014 - 10/05/2014
"His self-deprecation covered by a false machismo is always hilarious..
BARNIE DUNCAN in JUAN, TWO?
Wellington, Auckland
07/05/2014 - 17/05/2014
"Genius..
RICKY THRELFO, TITO AND BRAD ZIMMERMAN IN A MILD LIFE CRISIS
Auckland, Wellington
25/04/2014 - 10/05/2014
"Solid hour a test of taste..
CONARTISTS in SEX LIES AND IMPROVISE: THE DIRECTOR’S CUT
Auckland
07/05/2014 - 17/05/2014
"How much can Sex and Lies be NOT improvised?..
JONNY POTTS in The Delusionaries
Wellington
07/05/2014 - 10/05/2014
"Cleverly crafted..
STEPHEN WITT in ODD
Wellington, Auckland
06/05/2014 - 17/05/2014
"Low-key energy and mildly offensive persona fails to find its mark..
STAND-UP FOR KIDS 2014
Auckland, Wellington
03/05/2014 - 17/05/2014
"A good time with some lessons about what kids prefer..
COVERT IMPROV NIGHT 2014
Auckland
07/05/2014 - 10/05/2014
"Outrageously brilliant..
TOM WRIGGLESWORTH Utterly at Odds with the Universe
Auckland, Wellington
06/05/2014 - 17/05/2014
"Moving, poignant and full of intelligent jokes..
"Full of heart and genuine laughs..
ROB HARRIS & NIK BRUCE-SMITH: The Professional Newbies
Wellington
06/05/2014 - 10/05/2014
"Plenty to enjoy..
CHRIS MARTIN and CARL DONNELLY
Wellington
06/05/2014 - 10/05/2014
"Rising UK comedians likeable..
EAMONN MARRA in MAN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
Wellington
05/05/2014 - 16/08/2014
"We leave feeling informed, affirmed and warmly human..
"Gen Y Thinker and Patient Punters..