Last night P, my friend Mischa and I met up with a guy I know from New Zealand, his sister, his sister’s boyfriend. We went to The Comedy Store to see some standup.
We caught Rhys Darby – apparently some famous comedian from New Zealand, but I’ve never heard of him before. Regardless, he was fucking hilarious. He does the best robot noises and war sound effects ever. I think our group contained the only Kiwis there (all 5 of us, fairly surprising to have 5 Kiwis who don’t live together hanging out in Manchester) and after a few drinks we definitely seemed to be laughing the hardest to the jokes about Rainbow’s End – New Zealand’s “Premier” Theme Park (it is really quite crap – it has the world’s most badly kept mini-golf course and the world’s shortest rollercoaster, hosted by Coca-Cola). I laughed so hard I got to the point where you can’t really laugh anymore so when you hear something funny you kind of mumble and groan because otherwise you’ll pee your pants. I’m sure the booze didn’t help that.
He was well worth the £7, so if you get a chance to see him I would recommend it. He is playing at The Comedy Store in Manchester again tonight, and in London on the 3rd of December.