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- Jane Canaway
Fans are advised to ‘never meet your heroes’ so I worried a little about seeing RocKwiz live; would it seem too staged? Too slow and long-winded?
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- Jane Canaway
Holed up in a dingy hotel with only a bucket for company, the sole comfort for sick backpackers is they know their suffering will make a funny story one day.
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- Annika Priest
When Sam Simmons arrives on stage trilling like a choir boy wearing a ruffle he’s stolen from a drag queen, you might assume we’re in for another one of his absurdist prop strewn shows. But surprisingly, there are no bread shoes, no tacos being smashed on his bare chest.
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- Annika Priest
Comedy has grown so much beyond gags and punchlines, and it’s people like Richard Gadd who are pushing the boundaries.
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