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From Whangarei to Invercargill and 16 other towns and cities between, Rhys Darby will bring home a brand new show in 2017, on sale December 8 nationwide. Darby’s shows are always a mix of astute observations and stand-up cocooned in a fantastical story that takes his audience on a journey through the ridiculous to the…

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We took a short break from the NZ International Comedy Festival last year, but now we are back!  We only have the two shows this year, but we are very excited about both.  The first is Rhys Darby in I’m a Fighter Jet!  Rhys has not shot a new comedy special since 2012, so we…

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RHYS DARBY’S MR. ADVENTURE NZ TOUR ANNOUNCED Rhys Darby, New Zealand’s very own comedy superstar returns with a brand new show for 2014, and this time he’s taking in the length and breadth of New Zealand in his biggest tour yet! From the misty mountains of Rwanda to the eerie shores of Loch Ness, Rhys…

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Eclectic lineup comes to the NZ International Comedy Festival

Awesomeness Comedy is thrilled to announce an extra special show in Christchurch this October 3rd. You thought we had forgotten you didn’t you?  We have always had the cunning plan of shooting Rhys’ end of world autobiographical science fiction show This Way to Spaceship in the most post apocalyptic town we know!  For us, our comedy careers…

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Rhys and I put on our thinking caps last year after Rhys was asked to do the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. We realised this was a great opportunity to take some Kiwi shows that we thought were “Edinburgh worthy” to the greatest comedy festival in the world. Enter stage right…. Munfred Bernstein’s Cabinet of Wonder Seeing…

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We could not be prouder to have produced the winner of this year’s FRED Award for Best Show at the NZ International Comedy Festival. We are even happier that it was our very own Rhysie that won it. Anyway sitting near us will know how surprised we were, I think I may have spat in…

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