Over 24 years ago, when legwarmers and hair gel ruled the world, a company was born. ConArtists - The home of Theatresports™, kicked into life in 1987 and has never looked back. Since then their hair may have calmed down BUT their enthusiasm to make you laugh has not, and they have become one of the most trusted and successful entertainment companies in New Zealand. Employing the country’s best comedy improvisers, ConArtists will turn your conference, corporate training or event into a professional, energised and enjoyable experience.
Back from the 2nd annual New Zealand Improv Festival in Wellington this month, and ConArtists has a brand new long form show to add to its canon, called Bite Me: Fangprov. Yes, if the title is wrapped around a colon you know it’s classy. It was (ConArtist creative director) Greg Cooper’s idea to make a [...]
I was wondering what I could “blog” about without repeating myself and trying to encourage you to break out of this blue funk we’ve all been in for a when so I thought “Why am I worried about others for? I need a bloody good laugh myself!!” And that got me wondering how laughter effects [...]
“…oh and I have to ask, one farmer asked if you wanted summer sheets or winter…don’t be shy, give me your honest answer, I won’t judge.” When this email arrived in my inbox 6 weeks out from my regional tour of the Taranaki Heartland during their Festival of the Arts, my happiness increased exponentially. As [...]
I went to see a couple of great shows recently for the Auckland Festival: The Arrival and the Andersen Project. Totally worth seeing. Happy to spend my hard-earned actor bucks to support quality shows coming to town, especially if it’s stuff from Canada (yay! Fellow Cannuck-ans!), and especially if they’re French Cannuck-ans, oui! So fine, [...]
Hello to the ConArtists massive reading out there in our beautiful country.
It’s been a long haul. I’ve been working in this business, in Auckland mostly, for over 30 years. In that time we’ve gone from the bratty 80s, where we were dealt with a sharp wake up smack on the bum from a concerned parent, driven by our selfish behaviour, in the crash of ’87, to [...]
Well here I am at home on a sunny Friday morning. Coffee at my fingertips, porridge steaming, still in my pajamas, National Radio burbling on about the state of our Hospital Emergency departments in the background. I’m blogging! My partner wryly points out as he leaves for work, “No, you’re blobbing.” I’ve never blogged before [...]