Tag: NZ International Comedy Festival
The 2023 NZ International Comedy Festival With Best Foods Mayo is about to get even camper with the New Zealand Comedy Trust’s brand new event - Loud & Queer, a celebration of Aotearoa’s LGBTQIA+ comedians and the capital’s iconic queer community - Saturday 20 May at Te Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington’s spectacular St James Theatre. This one-night-only extravaganza will be...
Growing up mixed race in 1990s Australia, I never really knew where I belonged. Half Māori and half Scottish, my father was too brown for me to be white, and my skin was too white for me to be brown.
Disconnected from culture, I always had a feeling of being...
My favourite part of working in comedy is coming up with titles. I’ll think, “That’s a good title for a show; some comedian should write that,” and then I remember, “Oh yeah, that’s my job; I get to write that!” Them Fatale, my stand-up show with songs, has the...
In anticipation of the upcoming NZ International Comedy Festival, Tom Sainsbury talks to Oliver Hall about Taika Waititi’s impact, Katy Perry’s disgust, Daniel Radcliffe’s smoking, and why he recommends sperm donation.
Tom Sainsbury is booked and busy. “It’s the slog at the moment,” he tells us, talking to express the...
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...
Genderqueer comedian China González discusses finding their fashion and voice while rejecting the world’s binary bullshit.
I was never a “girl” who was into makeup, fashion or looks. In fact, I was terrified of all those things. It took some work but I eventually found the clothes and hairstyle in...
ZM radio host Bree Tomasel speaks to express about quietly coming out as bisexual on-air, being an Australian in NZ, embracing Maori culture and why she loves dating Kiwis.
Bree Tomasel calls express from her uber, heading to Auckland Airport, where she will fly to her parent’s Queensland house for...
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...
