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TV2 International Laugh Festival Line Fri-Sat

Published: Fri 18 May 2001 11:15 AM
FRI 18 MAY
DOWNSTAGE THEATRE
Adam Bloom (England)
Voted the ‘Time Out UK Comedian Of The Year’ and the ‘Polygram
Punters Choice’ at the Edinburgh Festival in 1998.
7pm
Tickets: Adults $25 Conc/Groups 10+/LP $20
Bookings @ Ticketek 04-384 3840 or Downstage 04-801 6946
Brendhan Lovegrove & Jon Bridges
LIVE
LAUGH! Festival favourite, Brendhan Lovegrove, teams up with Ice TV’s Jon
Bridges
8.30pm
Tickets: Adults $20 Conc/Groups 10+/LP $18
Bookings @ Ticketek 04-384 3840 or Downstage 04-801 6946
Late LAUGHS!
A stellar array of comedians scrape the bottom of the barrel of taste to shock, titillate and, of course, make you LAUGH!
11pm
Tickets: $10
Door Sales Only
BATS THEATRE
Rhys Darby and the Supernova
The world needs someone who can move like no other…The world needs a dancing idiot…He’s back!
7pm
Tickets: Adults $12 Conc/Groups 5+/LP $10
Bookings @ Ticketek 04-384 3840 or BATS 04-802 4175
Radar
Timor ODDyssey
The story of an icredible journey across the Australian desert, where Radar nearly drowns, and into East Timor where he is mugged by children.
8.30pm
Tickets: Adults $15 Conc/Groups 5+/LP $12
Bookings @ Ticketek 04-384 3840 or BATS 04-802 4175
The Improv Bandits
No scripts, no gimmicks, no safety net! The renegades of improvised comedy.
11pm
Tickets: Adults $12 Conc/Groups 10+ $10
Bookings @ Ticketek 04-384 3840 or BATS 04-802 4175
ILLOT THEATRE, WELLINGTON TOWN HALL
Jeremy Elwood
Live from the Shadows
Stop sitting back. Grab life by the throat. Now throttle it. Music. Comedy. Vitriol. Welcome to the shadows, because reality isn’t politically correct.
7pm
Tickets: Adults $12 Conc/Groups 5+/LP $10
Bookings @ Ticketek 04-384 3840
Brad McCormick and Justin Kean
South East Side Story
A battle fought on the not-so-mean streets of Howick. A very good parody of West Side Story.
8.15pm
Tickets: Adults $15 Conc/U15 $12 Groups 5+/LP $10
Bookings @ Ticketek 04-384 3840
The Brat Pack
New Zealand’s hottest comedy showcase featuring Chris Brain, Rhys Darby, Jeremy Elwood and Terry Frisby.
9.30pm
Tickets: Adults $15 Conc/Groups 5+/LP $12
Bookings @ Ticketek 04-384 3840
CIRCA
Vick’s Boy
by Ben Bettenbender
An outrageous comedy about sex, blackmail and naked ambition
7.30pm
Tickets: Adult $25 Conc $19 Friends of Circa $17
Bookings @ Circa 04-801 7992 www.circa.co.nz
SAT 19 MAY
DOWNSTAGE THEATRE
Adam Bloom (England)
Voted the ‘Time Out UK Comedian Of The Year’ and the ‘Polygram
Punters Choice’ at the Edinburgh Festival in 1998.
7pm
Tickets: Adults $25 Conc/Groups 10+/LP $20
Bookings @ Ticketek 04-384 3840 or Downstage 04-801 6946
Brendhan Lovegrove & Jon Bridges
LIVE
LAUGH! Festival favourite, Brendhan Lovegrove, teams up with Ice TV’s Jon
Bridges
8.30pm
Tickets: Adults $20 Conc/Groups 10+/LP $18
Bookings @ Ticketek 04-384 3840 or Downstage 04-801 6946
Late LAUGHS!
A stellar array of comedians scrape the bottom of the barrel of taste to shock, titillate and, of course, make you LAUGH!
11pm
Tickets: $10
Door Sales Only
BATS
Rhys Darby and the Supernova
The world needs someone who can move like no other…The world needs a dancing idiot…He’s back!
7pm
Tickets: Adults $12 Conc/Groups 5+/LP $10
Bookings @ Ticketek 04-384 3840 or BATS 04-802 4175
Radar
Timor ODDyssey
The story of an icredible journey across the Australian desert, where Radar nearly drowns, and into East Timor where he is mugged by children.
8.30pm
Tickets: Adults $15 Conc/Groups 5+/LP $12
Bookings @ Ticketek 04-384 3840 or BATS 04-802 4175
The Improv Bandits
No scripts, no gimmicks, no safety net! The renegades of improvised comedy.
11pm
Tickets: Adults $12 Conc/Groups 10+ $10
Bookings @ Ticketek 04-384 3840 or BATS 04-802 4175
ILOTT THEATRE, WELLINGTON TOWN HALL
Jeremy Elwood
Live from the Shadows
Stop sitting back. Grab life by the throat. Now throttle it. Music. Comedy. Vitriol. Welcome to the shadows, because reality isn’t politically correct.
7pm
Tickets: Adults $12 Conc/Groups 5+/LP $10
Bookings @ Ticketek 04-384 3840
Brad McCormick and Justin Kean
South East Side Story
A battle fought on the not-so-mean streets of Howick. A very good parody of West Side Story.
8.15pm
Tickets: Adults $15 Conc/U15 $12 Groups 5+/LP $10
Bookings @ Ticketek 04-384 3840
The Brat Pack
New Zealand’s hottest comedy showcase featuring Chris Brain, Rhys Darby, Jeremy Elwood and Terry Frisby.
9.30pm
Tickets: Adults $15 Conc/Groups 5+/LP $12
Bookings @ Ticketek 04-384 3840
CIRCA
Vick’s Boy
by Ben Bettenbender
An outrageous comedy about sex, blackmail and naked ambition
7.30pm
Tickets: Adult $25 Conc $19 Friends of Circa $17
Bookings @ Circa 04-801 7992 www.circa.co.nz
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