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The shearers' quarters at Davaar Station are a popular stop-off for locals and tourists on the Te Anau-Mossburn Highway. Inside, Anna Macdonald tickles their taste buds with sweets while her older sister Kate fits them with luxury jerseys made from wool grown on the family farm.
And the local community seem to be just as rapt. All 220 tickets for this year's show sold out in just six days. It all started 13 years ago, when Macdonald’s mates Scott and Bridget Blanks visited from Auckland where they run The Classic: Comedy Club. The Macdonald’s do a fair amount of entertaining in the shed, and Scott thought the venue would be fantastic for a gig, with the shearing board doubling as a stage. So a few months later, the family hosted the first Comedy in the Woolshed event to raise funds for a school. Macdonald said her husband John has happily gone along with t...