Press Release – New Zealand Comedy Trust
New Zealand Comedy Trust and Best Foods Mayo present
BEST FOODS COMEDY GALA
As part of the 2021 NZ International Comedy Festival
After a disrupted 2020, and a blockbuster Best Foods Christmas Comedy Gala being one of the biggest comedy shows in the world last year, the New Zealand Comedy Trust is delighted to announce the return of the
NZ Intl Comedy Festival for 2021, running
May 4 – 23.
Best Foods Comedy Gala, hosted by the legendary
Justine Smith at the Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Aotea Centre on Friday 30 April in Tāmaki Makaurau, and coming to Pōneke on Sunday 2 May at the Wellington Opera House. As always, a spectacular selection of Aotearoa’s comedy superstars will guarantee big laughs from their bite-sized sets, all packed into a fast-paced live show that will tickle every kind of funny bone.
Wellington scoop co nz » Showcase Of Kiwi superstars at Comedy Gala in Opera House
scoop.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scoop.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
World Class Showcase Of Kiwi Comedy Takes Centre Stage In The 2021 Best Foods Comedy Gala
scoop.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scoop.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Due to start on Wednesday, the festival would lose a third of its scheduled acts. Losing the garden venue was a “big gut punch”, Forbes said, but after crew and artists had been accounted for, there were limited seats left for an audience. It was not viable to build an elaborate set and stage for the possibility that the country moved back to alert level 1. Forbes said artists were intending to travel from Auckland, and it was still unknown if they would be able to make it.
David Unwin/Stuff
The Regent Theatre Trust Board chairman David Lea next to the barriers that will split the audience in four.
Fepulea i and Nokise have met many locals from the Samoan community, which makes up just over 5 per cent of Palmerston North s population, to find the stories that show what it is to be Samoan in Manawatū. But with only a few days to prepare a set based off of local content, the show will be “raw”, Nokise said. “This is a big ask in a small timescale, so there s going to be a raw energy to it. We won t be practising. We re listening, we re learning, we ll do a big rehearsal then, bang, we re on stage. “Hopefully we will get quite a general audience, and we ll be able to share those stories with them as well.