Tag: Tom Sainsbury
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...
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...
Arts & Culture
The Best of the Fest: Must See Shows at the NZ International Comedy Festival
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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...
Anna Weir went from whipping up prolific pasta at legendary Auckland Italian Amano, to Head Chef at Ponsonby’s Daphne’s concocting bold Greek flavours. She talks to express about hospitality’s post-Lockdown future and starring on TVNZ’s Snack Masters.
What inspired you to want to work in the restaurant scene?
I have had...
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...
The Auckland Rainbow Dog Show – Woof! will now take place on Sunday 21 March, celebrating the ninth anniversary of this family-friendly event.
“One of the things I love most about Woof! is that it really does draw every colour of the Rainbow and beyond,” Oates enthusiastically tells us, describing...
Kiss-off Valentine and kill Cupid, but definitely marry comedian Tom Sainsbury! The host of The Tom Sainsbury Love Hour presents his guide to taking a chance on a love that burns hot enough to last! (RIP)
Now look, I’m far from being an expert in the ways of love but...
New Zealand
Watch: Tom Sainsbury Roasts Gerry Brownlee as Anti-Gay Comments From National’s Deputy Leader Re Emerge
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“homosexuals are now saying they want to be treated the same as other people. In my view, the sad fact is – although some will find this difficult to take – they are not the same.” - Gerry Brownlee | 2004
LGBT Kiwis online are drawing attention to the comments...