Steve Wrigley and Simon McKinney

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The Wellington Comedy Club presents

Steve Wrigley and Simon McKinney

ARE DOOMED TO AWESOMENESS

They say there is only one great genius for every generation. They say there is only one great hero once a century. They were wrong and this is the show that will prove it. This is the meeting of Comedy Giants.

In the middle of last year Dunedin saw two hours of spectacular comedy. Steve Wrigley and Simon McKinney rocked the house with laughter at the Fortune Theatre, so much so that a once a month gig was held over two nights to accommodate the bookings. So, how then is it possible for these two comedians, with a combined 20 years on New Zealand comedy stages, not to have met each other until that fateful night? After all, they shared friends on the circuit, they had been to the same places. Notes were compared on both people and comic philosophy alike, and out of two days, two incredible shows and four hangovers McKinney and Wrigley became aware that together they were doomed. Doomed to AWESOMENESS!

Now Wellington will get to taste this savage combo over five nights, as from May 22nd to May 26th McKinney and Wrigley will perform back to back delivering one riotous hour of high energy, high octane, explosive comedy. Steve Wrigley will be detonating the stage with a completely improvised 30 minute set, drawing on his 10 years as Improv master and award winning stand up. Simon McKinney will release a depth charge of vocal hilarity, as the man of a thousand voices takes the audience on an incredible journey. Be at the San Francisco Bathhouse

during the 2007 Festivals third week to catch Doomed to Awesomeness.

STEVE WRIGLEY
In the 2006 New Zealand International Comedy Festival, Steve Wrigley won the 'Spirit of the Festival' award. During that Festival he was involved in five different shows across the city of Wellington, including the 100% improvised 'The Mullet Brothers Save the World...Again' at BATS Theatre. Mullet Brothers achieved both sold out houses and critical acclaim being described as 'Near Genius'. He came a close second, by one vote, in the first ever 'Improv Idle' competition at Circa, beating out many long time Improv veterans to a coveted spot in the final three. He also, in 2006, cleaned up at the Wellington Comedy Awards taking both Comedian of the Year and Best MC. Steve has taken his comedy to both New York and Canada, where he will return later this year to continue his exposure in North America.

SIMON McKINNEY
Simon's least favourite word at school was "potential". A natural born Class Clown, he spent his schooldays making himself laugh and realized quickly the power of making OTHERS laugh. Armed with the power of comedy, he never looked back, and has since taken his stand-up comedy all over New Zealand and the United Kingdom, appearing in his own Edinburgh Festival show, and performing at the Jongleurs Comedy Bars, the Manchester Comedy Store, and regularly all over Scotland during his two years in Britain. His act has been described as 'relaxed, abstract and observational' (Edinburgh Evening News) and 'Definitely one to catch' (The List magazine) with a set full of satire, impersonations and musical parody, exploring the differences and similarities in accents and attitudes alike.

Dates: Tue 22 – Sat 26 May, 7pm
Venue: San Francisco Bathhouse, 171 Cuba St, Wellington City
Tickets: Adults $15 Conc. $12 Groups 10+ $12
Bookings: Ticketek 0800 TICKETEK (0800 842 5385)
Show Duration: 1 hour

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www.stevewrigley.com

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