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Comedians James Nokise and Tofiga Fepulea i, both have solo shows during the opening week of the Comedy Festival.
COMEDY FESTIVAL The New Zealand International Comedy Festival opens in Wellington this week and runs until May 23. For show information, times, prices and tickets see comedy.festival.co.nz
Raw Meat Monday
Fringe Bar, May 3,10,17; 8pm The Capital’s longest-running open mic comedy night. Comedy gold and comedy coal, each night is a guaranteed gamble. If you’re trying comedy for the first time, Raw Meat is the best place to start.
Ray Against the Machine
BATS The Dome, May 4-8; 7pm
May 1st, 2021 By David Knox Make a commentFiled under: Programming,
The wait is over as
Have You Been Paying Attention? returns to screens on Monday with Marty Sheargold, Celia Pacquola, Melanie Bracewell, Sam Pang and Ed Kavalee.
I’m hearing the show will also be in the studio with an audience. Yay.
Our inimitable Quizmaster Tom Gleisner will launch into our premiere episode with a fresh batch of topical questions for our five ruthlessly competitive comedians.
Join us on Monday for the week’s wildest and weirdest headlines, and to see who will make the first joke at Tom’s expense.
$33.00
Dilruk Jayasinha is now one of the most in demand headliners on the Australian comedy scene, with a reputation for consistently nailing his shows with his positive, upbeat brand of stand-up. Dilruk has recorded an hour long stand up special for the ABC, and is a regular on Network Ten’s Have You Been Paying Attention? and Hughesy We Have a Problem.
Comedy panel shows are a TV bedrock; what is the secret formula?
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What is the charm of the comedy panel show? What is it about watching comedians sitting around trading quips under the guise of a quiz or other semi-competitive endeavour that inspires audience devotion and loyalty, enough to make sketch shows and sitcoms green with envy?
Tom Gleisner, who has been presiding over the topical quiz juggernaut
Have You Been Paying Attention for more than 200 episodes since 2013, is a man well-equipped to answer the question. He believes comfort is the key.
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