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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..

Benjamin Crellin’s: APOCALYPSE SOON!

Auckland, Wellington

02/05/2009 - 16/05/2009

"Clever, funny and thought-provoking..

"Self-effacing, confident and shameless..

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, Muscular Aussie thoughtful, silly and beautifully brash

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..

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