Fatal Distraction  is the fifth brand new show from the multi award-winning, five star, fringe sell-out, mind reader who can’t read minds, Chris Cox. He’s been on TV, toured the world and is somehow still getting away with it. Fatal Distraction has picked up a magical hat full of 5 star reviews and won the 2011 Venue Magazine award for best comedy show.

Chris will be doing things he shouldn’t be able to do with the fringe brochure, performing tricks nobody has ever done before, controlling coincidence, probing theories of fate and answering the FAQ: ‘Can you use this stuff on girls?’. Determined to deliver the most satisfying hour possible Chris will be handing control over to his audience by giving them the power to control his actions with their minds. Cox manages to mix a love based narrative with some of the most unique and incredible mind-reading effects ever seen on the stage.

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We have two winners for the Dai Henwood - Dai Another Day DVD. 

Congratulations to D from Torbay and Jake from Nelson. 

Here’s the winning story from D. I’m keeping the submitter anonymous so I could publish the winning story:

At Raggamuffin this year I broke my longdrop rule - never look down. I have a low tolerance for anything disgusting! But when using the portaloos I looked down and was so grossed out that I threw up. After cleaning everything up I walked out to a queue of scowling people who were unimpressed that I took too long!

Congratulations, enjoy the DVD!

Keep an eye on the facebook and Twitter pages for more competitions coming up soon!

I caught up with @GordonSouthern in the Green Room at The Classic after his last show here in Auckland in February. Read below to find out about this year’s show, and his experiences as a full-time comedian for the last 16 years.

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I had a wee chat with NZ’s Joke Of All Trades . Keep an eye on the blog over the next few weeks, for we may have a couple of giveaways for it :)

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I had a wee chat a while ago with NZ Comedy Legend Brendhan Lovegrove. Over 20 minutes we chatted about all aspects of his careers, and life in the NZ Comedy Industry.

Warning: A little bit of fruity language happens in this interview. I wouldn’t edit it out because it takes away from the emphasis being made by Brendhan, and it sounded too artificial.

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Andy Clay is bringing his second play to the NZ International Comedy Festival this year. Produced by the Tonacious Toni Tippett, and directed by the fantastic Jeremy Elwood this show is already looking really good. 

Have a read below for my chat with Andy and keep an eye on this blog, for I’m going to be having a chat with the wonderful First-Time producer for the Comedy Fest, to see what bringing a show like this to the festival is like, for a first timer. 

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Raw This week, heat three was showing a fantastic amount of potential before I even got to The Classic. The front bar was close to full, and there were substantially sized knots of people outside. I figured this was going to be a great show. The unfortunate lack of Stella Graham, due to an unfortunate weather based flight diversion to Wellington, meant that our host was the very talented Vaughan King.

In the front bar, I noticed the heckler from TJ McDonald’s show “Glen”, who did remain surprisingly quiet this week. I must admit, this wasn’t a bad thing from the performer’s point of view, but I’ve never seen Vaughan King take on a heckler before, so I was a teeny bit disappointed.

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I was lucky enough to be able to get a few minutes of the great Rhys Darby’s time for an interview. You can see him back here in May for the tour for his show “This Way To Spaceship”. You can also buy the ajoining book by the same name, released through all good bookstores on April 12.

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Hi Guys!

I’ve decided to do a giveaway. 

In my interview with Dai Henwood we mentioned his DVD. 

To win a copy of his DVD here’s what you need to do: 

Send an email to: contest@24daysofgiggles.com

The subject line must be the name of Dai’s DVD.

In the body, tell me the story in your life, that is the closest to someone puking on your lap while you’re doing number 2, then punching you in the face funniest thing that’s happened to you at a music festival. 

The closest story to that wins a DVD. 

The comp closes next Wednesday Sunday night at midnight.

Only open to NZ Delivery Addresses.

A late-arriving crowd managed to pack out the main room at the classic this Monday. A big juicy lineup of 11 acts, MC’d by the well-versed Rhys Mathewson. I have started to recognise a few faces in the crowd, some of regular audience members, and some performers, not so subtly checking out the competition. The evening kicked off well. An interesting front row led the MC to get gently brainwashed, before receiving the revelation that he’s no sexual threat. We learnt some interesting things about Invercargill, and there was a little bit of flashing-talk.

Our opening act was a bit of a cold-starter, though it was evident he wasn’t a fan of the tardiness of the audience. He delivered a good speech, which the final third of the audience, who tried to sneak in well after the lights went down, could do with hearing. It’s a shame he was on first, and most of them missed it.

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I had a chat with Jeremy Elwood about his Comedy history, and what He’s bringing to the festival this year. 

The links and details of his show are below, and if you’re not sure (though be careful, these may sell out very quickly), I’ll be seeing Jeremy’s show on the 28th of April, and you can expect a blog about it, so you can make the decision to go, after that!

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I caught up with Dai Henwood (by email) to get some information from one of NZ’s biggest (in reputation) comedians. 

You might know Dai from 7Days, Jono’s New Show, Rolling The Dai, or any number of comedy shows of the last decade.

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