Category: Clown
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Touching My Active Mind
review by Eli Cairns What do you get when you put a stir-crazy lobster in a tank of 30 fish? Touching My Active Mind is David Correos’s brash and blazing answer to the outer limits of NZ’s goofiest and gaggiest comics, and by God you will have a good time. With a fantastic selection of set-ups and reveals, Read more
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Kissing Booth
This ain’t no honk-honk bullshit clowning. Kissing Booth is the latest fever dream from Booth the Clown, which fits perfectly into the burgeoning Wellington clown scene. Centred around the concept of self-discovery through romance (specifically kissing), Booth guides us through a series of first-rate bits that have the audience gagging for more. There’s definitely a Read more
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Night Ferals
Yo, I thought my dreams were fucked. Enter the world of dreams with Mog Connolly‘s debut solo hour, Night Ferals, a show that refuses to divulge whether everything that’s happening is all in your head or actually happening in front of you. A combination of sketch and clown, sanity is always kept at an arm’s Read more
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Stupid Stupid
by Leo Holbrook Valentine’s Day is for best friends too! Stupid Stupid is the debut clowning, cabaret double-act of real life best friends, Ava O’Brien, and Peggie Barnes. Co-directed by Katie Hill and Rachel McLean, who, from the Valentine’s-themed programmes left on our seats, are also good friends. The show begins with some light crowdwork, Read more
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Hardly Workin’
NOTE: This review will not contain spoilers. Clock out early, people, it’s clown time. There’s a very… anticipatory vibe upon entrance into the Stage at BATS Theatre. Props of varying style are strewn about, some under covers, others in plain sight. A lone clown sits atop the open door as if suspended by the darkness. Read more