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Comedy Fest Review: Eamonn Marra and Jonny Potts in All Day Breakfast
Line-up shows are funny things, I mean obviously comedy shows are largely all funny, but line-up shows are a different kind of funny.
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Sleeping Beauty on Ice: Sleeping Dave in the crowd
When I was very young, maybe 4 or 5, my parents took me to watch Torvill and Dean who came to New Zealand and did their ice skating thing at the Hutt Park Raceway
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Review; Mad Max: Fury Road
I didn’t even want to see Mad Max: Fury Road. I don’t do action movies.
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Theatre review: Success
I think it’s important to make two disclaimers before I go any further with this review.
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Documentary Edge Festival review: War of Lies
The Iraq war started twelve years ago, briefly after the invasion of Afghanistan following the attacks on New York City in 2001.
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Documentary Edge Festival review: The Forecaster
What a frustrating watch! This should have been a documentary that I enjoyed immensely.
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Documentary Edge Festival: Some reviews
Tim Batt went to a screening at the Documentary Edge Festival, the screening he sat in featured all three of the following:
Read MoreComedy fest review: Ben Target in Discover Ben Target
24 hours. That’s how long the record stood for hardest review I’d had to write for a Comedy Festival show.
Read MoreComedy Fest Review: Adrienne Truscott in Adrienne Truscott’s Asking for It (trigger warnings)
Last year I saw Reginald D. Hunter as part of the Comedy Festival. His show hinged upon one big giant rape joke he did smack in the middle of his set.
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Comedy Fest Review: Eastend Cabaret in Perverts
Eastend Cabaret is the type of show that isn’t for everyone. It’s for most people. But not for everyone.
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Comedy fest review: Sanjay Parbhu in Because I said I would
Sanjay Parbhu has been performing as a comedian for around 7 years, since graduating from the NZ comedy fest initiative “Class Comedians” while still in high school. This is his debut solo show.
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Comedy fest review: Alice Brine & Daniel John Smith in How to Fold a Fitted Sheet
This show boasts two of the best up and comers on the Wellington comedy circuit.
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Comedy fest review: Eli Matthewson in Faith
I don’t laugh at stand-up comedy a whole lot any more. I have performed it a bit. I’ve seen it an awful lot more. I’ve watched it on TV. I’ve reviewed it.
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Ricky Martin: He Banged
As well as going to watch Singin’ in the Rain, this weekend also saw me and Kim going to watch Ricky Martin at the TSB Arena. Big weekend.
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Singin’ in the rain
I was invited to review Singin’ in the Rain and despite my lack of musical theatre knowledge I thought it would be a good chance to get the reviewing muscles warmed up in advance of the Comedy Festival.
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Six Bad Arthouse Plays: A review. Of sorts.
Before you read this review you should watch a minute or so of this video. It’s of a Wii game called Smooth Moves (skip to like 4:45).
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Have modern kids got game? My parents decide
I’m going to start an infrequent series where my parents are going to assess the dating rituals of today’s youth. But for this to happen I need YOUR help.
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Let’s give Him a name: ‘The Children Act,’ by Ian McEwan
By James J. Robertson There’s a lot of naming in Ian McEwan’s most recent novel, ‘The Children Act.’
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