A Complete Idiot's Guide to Great Britain
Cavern Club, 22 Allen St, Te Aro, Wellington
26/02/2026 - 28/02/2026
Production Details
Created and performed by Sully O’Sullivan
It’s the ultimate outsider’s insider’s guide to Great Britain!
Having Blitzed the UK Government’s controversial citizenship test, Award Winning Comedian and freshly minted Brit Sully O’Sullivan shines a light on the reality of Britain’s claims to Greatness. Like how do you apologise for accidentally hanging a Monkey because you thought it was a French spy? Was Queen Elizabeth really her own cousin? And what’s actually in Brown Sauce to make it taste so….brown?
“After two decades of gigging in every nook & cranny of Old Blighty, Sully O’Sullivan celebrates and satirises all that’s great about Britannia in one comedic swoop!” The Scottish Comedy Festival
“a wicked sense of humour” BBC
“a blast of hilarity” Manchester Evening News
“This show is DEFINITELY NOT sanctioned by the British Tourism Board” britishtourismboard.org.uk
Cavern Club
27-28 February 2026
8pm
https://tickets.fringe.co.nz/event/446:7838/446:29613/
Mild Coarse Language
Theatre , Stand-up comedy , Solo , Comedy ,
60 mins
Funny, inspirational, energetic and relatable
Review by Shemaia Dixon 28th Feb 2026
The Cavern Club is buzzing with energy as Sully O’Sullivan takes to the stage. The UK-based Kiwi starts by making it clear that New Zealanders know just as much about the United Kingdom as Brits know about themselves – that being very little. He spots some Brits throughout the audience and asks which part they’re from. Throughout the show, he refers back to them as well as the locals in the audience to illustrate his opening point. What follows is a hilarious, deadpan crash course on the United Kingdom.
The show is structured well and O’Sullivan’s use of pictures to illustrate various points helps enhance the comedic aspects. O’Sullivan touches on topics such as food (baked beans from KFC are apparently an actual British thing) and the British dedication to queuing (and what happens when you cut the line). His exploration of landmarks is particularly popular, especially the Glasgow city centre’s statue of the Duke of Wellington and its perpetual traffic cones. The ‘museum of looting’, AKA the British Museum, is another big hit.
O’Sullivan’s final point is that no one celebrates a failure like the British. He illustrates this point using callbacks to other parts of the show. This is both funny and inspirational. The show ends with the message that when you next fail — because we all do sometimes — fail like the British and make something positive come out of it.
O’Sullivan mentions that a lot of material was cut for timing, which is understandable for a 50-minute show. While the show is definitely entertaining, at times it feels like a lot of information is being thrown out at once.
O’Sullivan’s delivery is energetic and relatable. However, after the show, another audience member mentions that O’Sullivan’s voice was quite loud for the intimate venue. While a larger venue may suit this show better, O’Sullivan’s demeanour as a quintessential Kiwi bloke and his unique guide to Britain make for a very enjoyable show.
All the best to O’Sullivan has he takes his show further afield.
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