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CORBETT & EGO in LA-Z-MEN
MEDIA RELEASE: For Immediate Release 17 March 2011
CORBETT & EGO in
LA-Z-MEN
The first stand-up comedy show written from (and performed entirely from) LAZYBOY armchairs.
Jeremy Corbett and Paul Ego have given up the pretence. They are just too lazy to stand on stage for an hour performing. The laziest hardworking TV and Radio stars bring you an entirely new concept in stand-up...sit-down comedy.
The stars of TV3's 7 Days are well known for their on camera banter and cordially invite you to view their off camera banter. The two middle aged crisis comics have a lot to chat about; Corbett has become a first time father this year, which is causing father-of-two, Ego, much mirth.
Jeremy Corbett
has been a regular in the media world since before the
internet. The high profile host of Deal or No Deal
followed by the late night, award winning 7 Days. He
is also the long running breakfast host on MORE FM and
throughout this time, one of the country's best loved
stand-up comics, appearing not just locally but in the “by
invitation only” Montreal Just for Laughs
Festival.
Paul Ego sits to Corbett’s right on
TV3's 7 Days and won 'Best TV Performance' at the NZ
Comedy Guild Awards for his role on the show. Also nominated
for ‘The Funniest Person on TV’ in the TV Guide’s
‘Best On The Box’ Awards (narrowly missing out to Jason
Gunn), Ego spends his weekday mornings as part of the Award
Winning Morning Rumble Breakfast Show on The
Rock. Like Corbett, Ego is well respected as a stand-up
comic having won the Billy T Award and been nominated for
the Fred Comedy Award.
Corbett and Ego's 2010 NZ
International Comedy Festival show, Radio, won Best Show
Concept at the 2010 NZ Comedy Guild
Awards.
"These guys are extremely smart and
very funny" Theatre review
"Ego and Corbett (or Corbett and Ego depending on how they feel) are a great pair; Paul's deadpan works as an excellent foil to Jeremy's mischievous nature - they're a good, clever team who feel like an old married couple; they know each other's foibles, strengths and weaknesses as well as how to make each other laugh" tvnz.co.nz
AUCKLAND
Dates: 17 May - 21
May, 8.30pm
Venue: Herald Theatre, The
EDGE
Tickets: Adults $29, Conc.
$26
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