What’s on in the region this week
COMEDY FESTIVAL Chris Parker, How I Felt
San Fran, May 11-15; 7pm
Join award-winning comedian Chris Parker as he attempts the world’s first Live Comedy Felting Show.
David Correos
BATS The Dome, May 11-15; 8.45pm David has been finding his comedy voice in the only way he knows how. He takes a bit of everything, puts it all in the pot, and then throws it on the ceiling to see what drips down.
BabeShop
BATS Random Stage, May 13-15; 10pm
Your favourite Wellington improv company is back with their sellout show BabeShop.
Femme, queer, on-the-spot comedy this is an improvised snack you do not want to miss.
Eli Matthewson, Daddy-Short-Legs BATS Random Stage, May 11-15; 8.15pm
One of New Zealand’s best joke writers is back behind the wheel with a brand-new hour of stand-up about the huge life-revelations that take place in the shittiest of cars.
Josh Davies, Look! I’m Blind Fringe Bar, May 11-15; 7pm
Billy T Award nominee and 2019 NZ Fringe Most Promising Emerging Artist, Josh Davies, brings an
insightful hour of comedy about vision loss and accessibility. Josh grew up nearly totally blind.
Lana Walters, Problem Areas Fringe Bar, May 11-15; 8.45pm
Catch Lana in her Billy T nominated stand-up show Problem Areas! Come along for an intimate hour of stand-up that promises to be loose, fun and a bit raunchy.
Pamela Hancock, Hello Darling! BATS Random Stage, May 11-15; 6.30pm
A night in front of the box was planned with her husband Trevor, but when he decides to go to the
pub, Pam wonders if she could do better.
It is a life so ordinary it is extraordinary.
Sera Devcich, General Admissions BATS The Dome, May 11-15; 7pm General Admissions is a confessional booth of comedy, straight stand-up, no gimmicks just a microphone and a show crammed with jokes and a lot of laughs.
OTHER EVENTS
Giselle, RNZB
Opera House, Wellington, May 12-15; 7.30pm, from $59
Romantic, mystical and lyrical, the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Giselle is a timeless production of one of ballet’s great stories. Tickets at ticketmaster.co.nz
Art of the Record exhibition (in celebration of NZMM 2021)
Te Auaha, May 10-15, free
A collection of diverse artwork and musical genre that will invoke nostalgia and warm memories in people from all over Aotearoa.
Shakespeare’s As You Like It Wellington High School Riley Centre, May 10-14, 6.30pm, $5 children/ students, $10 adults,
Celebrate the rich, intense, luminous spirit that the school’s Shakespeare society has been stirring for 30 years. email ss@whs.school.nz for tickets
Classical Music: Guitar Students of the NZSM
St Andrew’s on the Terrace, May 13, 12.15pm, koha
Te Ko¯k¯ı New Zealand School of Music NZSM classical guitar students present chamber works by John Dowland, Nathan Kolosko, William Kanengiser and Andrew York.
Lunchtime talk: Anna Jackson on Frank O’Hara and the New School Adam Art Gallery Te Pataka Toi, Vic Uni. May 12, noon, free
Poet Anna Jackson discusses the work of American poet Frank O’Hara and his circle of New School poets.