April 2012
29 posts
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"She's really funny, but she's a dirty bitch" - My...
I caught up with Cal Wilson in the middle of her season in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival about the show that she’ll be bringing to NZ in a few weeks.
I’ll be there on opening night, and I hope to see you there too..
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Y: Cal Wilson, inaugural winner of the Billy T award winner, how long have you even in the comedy business, and what started you off? C: My...
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Raw Comedy Quest - Monday April 2
An interesting night of RAW this week, after I missed it last week, I was excited to hear that the fantastic Jesse Griffin was MCing, though more than a little disappointed his cowboy hat wearing, guitar playing friend wasn’t going to make an appearance. Jesse came out to a two-thirds empty room that was mostly full by the half-time break. He showed off his experience at TV filmings by using...
March 2012
15 posts
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Chris Cox (@BigCox) is coming back, bringing Fatal...
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...
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@DaiHenwood DVD Winner!
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...
“Hey all,
I wont be blogging RAW this week as I’m staying home to look...”
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Five Minutes with Gordon Southern
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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Y: Gordon Southern, currently over from the UK before you jump over to Adelaide for the fringe, you’re back in May. How long have you been in the...
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Aaron Beard - The Joke Of All Trades
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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Y: Aaron, how did you first discover that you were adept at making people laugh? A: I was really quiet at school until 3rd form Maths when Mrs Kimber ask if we knew about Points of Inflection on a Parabola. For some reason I felt...
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A Quiet Word with Brendhan Lovegrove.
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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Y: Rove’s Brendhan...
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A Few Minutes With Andy Clay
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...
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Raw Comedy 2012 - Heat Three
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...
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A Few Minutes with @RhysieDarby
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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Y: Rhys Darby, a man of many names, and noises. Murray Hewitt, Brian Nesbit,...
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Dai Henwood Giveaway
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,...
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“Sale Street!” RAW Heat 2 – 12 March -
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,...
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My Chat with Jeremy Elwood (@JeremyElwood)
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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Dai Henwood - A Quick Chat
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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Y: Dai Henwood, or should I say – P Funk Chainsaw – Thanks for taking the time. How long have you been in the comedy industry? D: I did my...
February 2012
13 posts
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Fanfiction Comedy POP QUIZ FUNDRAISER
The FanFiction Comedy gang are heading to Melbourne, AUSTRALIA for the famous Melbourne International Comedy Festival!
This is very exciting! But also very expensive :-(
So we are holding a FUNDRAISER POP QUIZ!
It’s like a normal quiz, but lots of questions will be POPular culture related. It’s also a reference to how quizzes are called “Pop Quizzes” at schools on...
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Two Comedy Festival Shows Going On Sale!...
I’m really excited this morning! Two shows going on Pre-Sale!
The 5 Star Comedy Preview 2012 http://drake.net.nz/x2k5k3
The Comedy Gala http://buytickets.co.nz
These are available from 9:00AM this morning!
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Raw Comedy 2012 - Show Three
An interesting night of RAW last night. The audience was a nice warm crowd, the room looked about two thirds full. There was apparently one student in the room, and there was an unpopular heckler by the name of Glen, who got some special treatment, from our “Fan of Balls” MC of the evening – Billy T Nominated TJ McDonald, who was more than happy to plug his festival show.
The first couple of...
