Tag: Chris Parker

Get ready to laugh until your sides ache because the New Zealand International Comedy Festival with Best Foods Mayo is back, and it’s their 30th birthday! From the 5th to the 28th of May, the New Zealand International Comedy will take over stages across Auckland and Wellington with a line-up of hilarious...

The New Zealand Comedy Trust have announced the inaugural Topp Prize has been awarded to comedian Chris Parker.   Parker takes home $15,000 and two iconic milk bottle lolly artworks from Simon Lewis Wards - housed in a double hot pink crate to match Camp Mother’s pantsuit.  “We are honoured to have our legacy...

Comedian, actor, writer and self-professed “all-round funny sort,” Chris Parker has won Celebrity Treasure Island, walking away with $107,500 for his chosen charity, RainbowYOUTH. After weeks of physical, emotional, and mental endurance, armed with a repertoire of pirate phrases, the multi-talented 31-year-old outplayed 20 other Kiwi celebrities to take home...

Tom Sainsbury and Chris Parker are two of the most successful gay comedians New Zealand has ever produced. Here, they discuss whether sexuality affects what we find funny.  Do you believe as gay men you have a specifically queer sense of humour? Chris: Well, I wouldn't say I feel a responsibility...

Thanks to Zoom, Comedian and Male Gayz co-host Chris Parker has never connected as much with his friends, and like Dua Lipa, is enjoying getting ‘physical’! Tell us about your Level 4 Lockdown – where are you? Who’s in your bubble? And what are you doing to keep your mental...