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ConArtists: Sex, Lies & Improvise

Auckland

14/05/2009 - 23/05/2009

"You’ll have a ball..

Steve Wrigley in Of Mates And Mischief

Auckland, Wellington

02/05/2009 - 16/05/2009

"A great act to treasure..

"You’ll fizz your face off..

Vaughan King: Inventor

Wellington, Auckland

13/05/2009 - 23/05/2009

"Good ideas abandoned..

Noor Razzak Goes Kaboom!

Auckland

13/05/2009 - 16/05/2009

"Mining the depths of the Arab cliché..

Andre King – The Ride

Auckland

13/05/2009 - 16/05/2009

"A compelling kind of enigmatic cheek..

Fergus Aitken: True Stories & other stuff that probably isn’t

Wellington

13/05/2009 - 20/08/2010

"Laid back-style and content with a twist of physicality..

"Right up there with the best..

Who Wants to be 100? Anyone who’s 99

Palmerston North

18/05/2009 - 30/05/2009

"Treads a tricky course..

Dave Wiggins: I’m a Believer

Wellington, Auckland

12/05/2009 - 23/05/2009

"A good human being to boot..

"It Was Brilliant..

Puppetry of the Penis - “Live”

Auckland, Wellington

12/05/2009 - 19/05/2013

"Limber, skilled, unbeatable stage presence..

"The balls to go public with privates..

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Hannah Gadsby: Kiss Me Quick I'm Full of Jubes

Auckland

12/05/2009 - 16/05/2009

"Reminiscent of a sulky teenage girl..

Mark Scott and Jesse Mulligan in Romantic Comedy

Wellington, Auckland

06/05/2009 - 16/05/2009

"Separation unexpected in romance show..

Jim Brown - A Legend In His Own Bathwater

Wellington, Auckland

12/05/2009 - 23/05/2009

"A high note to end on..

"Likeable guy with droll material deserves his accolades..

Te Radar’s Eating the Dog

Dunedin, Wellington, Auckland, You’ll have a ball

12/05/2009 - 01/10/2011

"A trip off history’s beaten old track..

"Entertaining and accessible portrait of New Zealand culture..

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The Paul Ego Comeback Special

Auckland

12/05/2009 - 16/05/2009

"Fascination plus crooning..

Jerome’s Variety Hour

Wellington, Auckland

12/05/2009 - 23/05/2009

"Performers great, content sharp but little ‘variety’..

"Docile performance..

Dylan Moran: What It Is

Wellington, Auckland

08/05/2009 - 10/05/2009

"Moran opens his own black books..

"Moranic humour finds surprising images and metaphors in formulaic subject matter..

We Are Currently Experiencing Some Issues

Auckland

12/05/2009 - 16/05/2009

"Wickedly funny scenarios..

Jarrod Baker & TJ McDonald: Monkey Vs Robot

Wellington, Auckland

12/05/2009 - 23/05/2009

"Gritty humour..

"Fresh but cold and lacking energy..

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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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 …..

A Song for the Ugly Kids

Auckland, Wellington

12/05/2009 - 23/05/2009

"Infectious silliness leaves warm glow..

"Subtly insightful..

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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..

The Best of the Billys

Auckland

11/05/2009 - 11/05/2009

"A long night – but a great one..

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