It’s an age-old question in comedy – how do performers manage to hone their works before embarking on their seasons during the NZ International Comedy Festival? Like fixing Rachel Hunter’s split ends, it doesn’t happen overnight.
So in the name of exploring comedy frontiers, comedians performing as part of the 2013 Festival will test their works on human guinea pigs with the all-new Comedy Lab. This is a chance for audiences to get a sneak peek into how the beast is formed.
For the comics, it’s a chance to test what flies and what dies on live humans that who aren’t their flatmates (that’s you, faithful comedy fan).
The Medicine happens every Wednesday night at the Cavern Club, and over three weeks in March observe Jarrod Baker as he harnesses the chemistry of Comedy Lab at The Medicine. Watch as our comedy Einstein's play scientist to all manner of on-stage experiments with the aim of honing and refining material in time for the Festival in May.
LAB WORKER REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE:
An ability to laugh, finely tuned comedy ears, an enjoyment of comedic dissection, Bunsen Burner safety knowledge and basic writing skills that result in legible feedback to the jokesters themselves.
No cute and fluffy animals will be harmed for scientific reasons.
Audiences on the other hand…
The MC for these nights is Jarrod Baker and the mentor is Nigel Corbett.
13 March
Ricky Threlfo
Nik Bruce-Smith
Brad Zimmerman
Cohen Holloway (non-lab participant)
20 March
Daniel Shenton
Tom Reed
Sam Smith
James Nokise (non-lab participant)
27 March
Parekotuku Moore
Jonathan Heslop
Adam Wright
Sam Smith (non-lab participant)
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