With A Very Sheeps Christmas, featuring songs such as Hoo Hoo Daddy X, the comic trio and guests including Rose Matafeo pastiche all manner of festive tunesAre any two forms of artistic expression more widely maligned than musical comedy and the Christ…
Continue ReadingShe won comedy’s top award, reinvented the romcom and is now hosting Junior Taskmaster. So why does the New Zealand comic need Buddhist podcasts to get through the day?Rose Matafeo is bad at endings. So bad that, after stepping away from standup in 201…
Continue ReadingPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghTV success has only sharpened the Starstruck creator’s punches as she overshares about the indignities of dating, her fine gags closer to the bleeding edge than ever beforeWas any standup show more keenly anticipated than …
Continue ReadingA one-woman 90s romcom, boundary-testing standups and a new Taskmaster contestant make our comedy critic’s list of the fringe’s most promising ticketsOlga Koch stepped into the big league at Fringe 2023 with a show, Prawn Cocktail, pairing sassy tales …
Continue ReadingWith her smash hit Starstruck exploring fairytale romance and what happens next, the comedian breathed new life into the sitcom. But, as the series returns for a third run, she’s now wondering whether it’s done more harm than good“Aloof, mysterious and…
Continue ReadingPreston Park, BrightonMatafeo offers up heartbreak hilarity and Wang brings his dad jacket to the charming outdoor event with the nastiest hecklers on the south coastIt is, says host Suzie Ruffell, the only gig where you get heckled by gulls. Or worse:…
Continue ReadingPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghA gang of New Zealand comics and their very special guests become Elvis impersonators, hobbits and chimney sweeps in a fun fringe nightGreat was the excitement on the festival’s opening weekend when Phoebe Waller-Bridge – …
Continue ReadingWith the rise in streaming, stand up specials have exploded and the options can be overwhelming. If you’re scrolling through… MORE
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Rose Matafeo is a comedian, writer and actor from New Zealand who began her comedy career at age 15. In 2018, her stand-up show Horndog won the top comedy prize at the Edinburgh Fringe, and she subsequently recorded Horndog in posterity for HBO Max in …
Continue ReadingThis Week In Comedy: Tuca & Bertie are back for a second season. After the animated series was cancelled by… MORE
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