Sweet Meats: Shopping local this Comedy Festival

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Shopping local this Comedy Festival

‘Sweet Meats’ a show in the upcoming 2012 NZ International Comedy Festival is offering Wellingtonians the opportunity to get their fill of laughter without worrying about carbon footprints. All the stand up comedians for the performance a sourced locally from Wellington and presented in a one hour show to save on packaging.

It is also being performed at Meow Restaurant and Bar– renowned for its organic and locally sourced menu, from May 1st – 4th.

The performance showcases new talent from the Wellington comedy scene and covers a diverse range of talents; from the subtlety of well-placed one liners, to wry observational humor and mind boggling impersonations.

The six comedians are friends from the weekly Raw Meat Monday Comedy nights held at the Fringe Bar - evenings where new comedians practice and learn their craft in front of a live audience. “I was blown away by the talent that was coming through every week. Some of these guys haven’t even been doing it for a year, and yet they can get a whole room in hysterics” says show producer Hilaire Carmody. “These are tomorrow’s comedy stars and this is an opportunity for Wellingtonians to say they were there – that they saw them in their first festival show.”

Sweet Meats is usually a culinary term usually applied to dessert items such as preserves, crystalised or candied fruits as well as cakes and pastries. Butchers also use it to refer to tender parts of lambs’ brain that is breaded and fried. “Good stand up takes a lot of thought to make, you need brains. But at the same time when you watch a show it’s like a tasty pudding, it’s the thing that rounds off your meal or your day and you walk away feeling happy and satisfied,” says Hilaire.

The show runs for approximately an hour. Meow’s delectable dinner menu and well stocked bar will be open throughout.

Featuring:

Rick Threlfo, Roni Saul, Sanjay Parbhu, Todd Dixon, Thom Adams, Wyeth Chalmers and MC Hilaire Carmody

WELLINGTON
Dates: 1 - 4 May, 8pm
Venue: Meow, 9 Edward St, Wellington
Tickets: Adults $18 /Conc. $12
Bookings: www.eventfinder.co.nz

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