The New Zealand Comedy Festival is well under way. We went
to see First Laughs a couple of weekends ago, where various comedians do a 6
minute stint each to preview their new shows.
Last night we went down to The Opera House to see The BoyWith Tape On His Face. We started off by going to Logan Brown, one of
Wellington’s top restaurants, to have their pre-theatre bistro menu – we had
smoked salmon (herself) and tomato soup (me) , then we both had venison osso
bucco; and then citrus pannacotta and chocolate
brownie. We then walked down to the Opera House, in time for the show.
How to describe TBWTOHF? Obviously, I can’t repeat any of
his jokes here, as he didn’t tell any. In case it’s not obvious, he does the
entire show with tape covering his mouth, so it’s all done with gestures,
rolling of the eyes, and mime. It’s also very much an audience participatory show,
and he’s constantly going down into the audience to get volunteers to help him.
Here’s him doing Endless Love
It was all good clean fun, and ended with a number of red
balloons. If you get the chance to see him, go do so, you won’t be
disappointed.
