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Talk to the HAND – an IMPROV puppet show

Wellington

19/05/2009 - 23/05/2009

"Puppets impede exchange of vital energy..

Dai Henwood is Shabba!

Wellington, Auckland

15/05/2009 - 23/05/2009

"Giving 100%..

"Accessible style, great sense of humour..

Comedy Divas

Auckland, Wellington

10/05/2009 - 18/05/2009

"Undercurrent of raunchy nouveau feminism..

"A great night – unless you are slender?..

Toby Hadoke in ‘Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf’

Wellington, Auckland

12/05/2009 - 23/05/2009

"A tragic, riotous, pathetic, vindicating ride through a portal of intrigue..

"This humour goes deep..

Chris Brain is in ‘A Better Place’

Wellington, Auckland

05/05/2009 - 23/05/2009

"True tales of hardship made bloody funny..

Jason Cook’s Asylum

Auckland

16/05/2009 - 23/05/2009

"The sordid underbelly of comedy..

Trikes!

Auckland

13/05/2009 - 16/05/2009

"Their only way is further up..

The League of Extraordinary Teens

Auckland

13/05/2009 - 16/05/2009

"A comedic force to be reckoned with..

Poetry Idol

Hamilton, Auckland

15/05/2009 - 29/06/2012

"Heart-felt passion wins the night..

"Pressure-cooker environment produces a blast..

The Pied Piper of Hamilton

Auckland

16/05/2009 - 24/05/2009

"Extreme characters and physical tom-foolery..

Ed Byrne: DIFFERENT CLASS

Hamilton, Auckland, Wellington, New Plymouth

02/05/2009 - 16/05/2009

"The laughs keep coming..

"Good story telling..

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Danny Bhoy – On Tour 2009

Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington

14/05/2009 - 23/05/2009

"Constant laughs from a lovely man..

"Still some laughs on slippery slope..

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Jonna’s Body, Please Hold

Wellington, Nelson, Auckland

15/05/2009 - 22/05/2009

"A triumph..

The Needle and the Damage Done

Dunedin

12/05/2009 - 17/05/2009

"Scathing, intelligent, well-researched and hilariously funny..

Miscellaneous, Etc…

Wellington

13/05/2009 - 16/05/2009

"A little off the beaten path..

Danny McChrystal and Reuben Lee are Full English

Auckland

14/05/2009 - 16/05/2009

"Black humour from ex-pat Poms..

Mark Watson: All The Thoughts I’ve Had Since I Was Born

Auckland

12/05/2009 - 16/05/2009

"Nothing to laugh about – but jokes must go on..

"Frantic and tangled self-effacing digressions infectious and …..

Wil Anderson: Wilosophy

Auckland

11/05/2009 - 16/05/2009

"Muscular Aussie thoughtful, silly and beautifully brash..

"You Wil(l) be impressed..

Maeve Higgins: Kitten Brides

Wellington, Auckland

05/05/2009 - 16/05/2009

"Awkward moment when you’ve been truly outfoxed..

"Insidiously acerbic behind ‘bashful innocence’..

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Jason Cook: Joy

Wellington, Auckland

05/05/2009 - 23/05/2009

"Cook dishes up joyful evening..

"Speedily seeking joy..

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Bunkers

Auckland

14/05/2009 - 16/05/2009

"Divergent wit fails to fly..

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