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		<title>Thursday Night Comedy &#8211; Sex, Lies &amp; Improvise</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sex, Lies &amp; Improvise<br />
Thursday Night Comedy at The Drake<br />
29 July &#8211; 19 August 8pm</p>
<p>Adults $20 + BF<br />
Concession $18 + BF<br />
Tickets available from www.eventfinder.co.nz</p>
<p><strong>SEXY LIES – a big hit with Aucklanders</strong></p>
<p>ConArtists has a hit on its hands.  Three years ago they launched “Sex, Lies and Improvise”, a new show format for the International Comedy Festival, to display their expert comedy acting skills.  It was instantly a huge hit and this month it returns to ConArtists home base, The Drake, in the Victoria Park area for its fourth short season as a teaser for the longer, Comedy Gladiators – Laugh To The Death” season which follows on directly.</p>
<p>SLI is an adult show appealing to audiences because despite adult content based on audiences True stories and imaginative suggestions it’s done in a safe and anonymous way.  This from some of previous promotion for the show:</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>“If you&#8217;re keen to be titillated and don&#8217;t mind more risqué subject matter, you&#8217;ll have a ball. &#8220;Whose Line is it Anyway&#8221; meets an uncensored &#8220;Carry-On&#8221; film. </strong><strong>Theatreview</strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p>From unbridled lust to blind dates and all the other sexy games people play, <strong>ConArtists</strong> are getting sticky with it.  And, although the stories are from the audience, <strong>ConArtists</strong> are offering protection.  The audience fill out their story suggestions BEFORE the show and all are kept faceless – like some people’s sex lives.</p>
<p>The <strong>ConArtists</strong> company has new faces alongside the quick witted and wicked senior members of one of the longest and most experienced group of entertainers in New Zealand.</p>
<p>Cast includes:  Penny Ashton, Geoffrey Dolan, Lori Dungey, Aaron Ward, Allan Roberts, Lindsay Brown, Moody Hikmet, Greg Cooper, Nigel Burrows, Robert Mignault, Simon Cameron, Stayci Taylor, TM Bishop, Chris Neels, Eli Mathewson, Clare Kelso (plus five brand newly graduated actors to the ConArtists company in July)</p>
<p><strong>SLI </strong>tells stories of hook ups, break ups, bust ups<strong> </strong>and much more.  Last year the, sold out to bursting houses, show saw audience members happily suppling many interesting and surprising personal stories of love and lust.  There’s good old fashioned formats as well.  See actors desperately trying to work out, in a morning-after scenario, what famous person they slept with last night.  What excuse will they have offered to slip away and the cocktail that contributed to the tryst <span style="text-decoration: underline;">and</span> the hangover?</p>
<p>“There’s a fine line between offensive smut and witty smut” says <strong>Clare Kelso</strong>, senior member and Creative Director of<strong> ConArtists</strong> “and I think we walk the tightrope well with the occasional crashing fall”.</p>
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		<title>Sex, Lies &amp; Improvise</title>
		<link>http://www.conartists.co.nz/past-events/992/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“If you're keen to be titillated and don't mind more risqué subject matter, you'll have a ball. "Whose Line is it Anyway" meets an uncensored "Carry-On" film...Theatreview]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-993" title="SexLies" src="http://www.conartists.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/DATESnewEVENTFINDERsexlies2010.gif" alt="SexLies" width="522" height="193" /></p>
<p><em><strong>“If you&#8217;re keen to be titillated and don&#8217;t mind more risqué subject matter, you&#8217;ll have a ball. &#8220;Whose Line is it Anyway&#8221; meets an uncensored &#8220;Carry-On&#8221; film&#8230;Theatreview</strong></em></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>A second helping of live, sexy stories, brought back by pubic demand.  <strong>ConArtists</strong> gave great</p>
<p>performance last year but they’re all ready to go again.  Irreverent, funny-cause-it’s-true naughtiness.</p>
<p>From unbridled lust to blind dates and all the other sexy games people play, <strong>ConArtists</strong> are getting sticky with it.  And, although the stories are from the audience, <strong>ConArtists</strong> are offering protection.  The audience fill out their story suggestions BEFORE the show and all are kept faceless – like some people’s sex lives.</p>
<p>The <strong>ConArtists</strong> company has new faces alongside the quick witted and wicked senior members of one of the longest and most experienced group of entertainers in New Zealand.</p>
<p>Cast includes:  Penny Ashton, Geoffrey Dolan, Lori Dungey, Aaron Ward, Allan Roberts, Lindsay Brown, Moody Hikmet, Greg Cooper, Nigel Burrows, Robert Mignault, Simon Cameron, Stayci Taylor, TM Bishop, Chris Neels and Clare Kelso.</p>
<p><strong>SLI </strong>tells stories of hook ups, break ups, bust ups<strong> </strong>and much more.  Last year the, sold out to bursting houses, show saw audience members happily suppling many interesting and surprising personal stories of love and lust.  There’s good old fashioned formats as well.  See actors desperately trying to work out, in a morning-after scenario, what famous person they slept with last night.  What excuse will they have offered to slip away and the cocktail that contributed to the tryst <span style="text-decoration: underline;">and</span> the hangover?</p>
<p>“There’s a fine line between offensive smut and witty smut” says <strong>Clare Kelso</strong>, senior member and Creative Director of<strong> ConArtists</strong> “and I think we walk the tightrope well with the occasional crashing fall”.</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>TICKETING:       Eventfinder.co.nz</p>
<p>INFO:                09 307-3641</p>
<p>TICKETS            General $20 Concession (Students/Seniors) $18</p>
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<p>Dates:                  <strong>April: </strong> 28<sup>th</sup> – 29<sup>th</sup> – 30<sup>th</sup> <strong> May</strong>:    1<sup>st</sup> – 5<sup>th</sup> – 6<sup>th</sup> &#8211; 7<sup>th</sup> -8<sup>th</sup> – and 12<sup>th</sup> – 13<sup>th</sup> – 14<sup>th</sup> – 15th</p>
<p>Venue:                The Drake, 2 Drake St, Freeman’s Bay</p>
<p>Tickets:              $20/$18 Groups 6+ $18 and COMBO deal with Bite Me $30</p>
<p>Bookings:           <a href="http://www.eventfinder.co.nz/">www.eventfinder.co.nz</a> or at the Door.</p>
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		<title>Come and have a good old Kiwi feed With “Mr &amp; Mrs Drake”</title>
		<link>http://www.conartists.co.nz/past-events/767/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bruce and Doris Drake are up from the West Coast checking out the Big Smoke and they want to show their hospitality by inviting you over to their little piece of the coast in the heart of the city. They’ve been in the kitchen all day preparing a great feed. Well Doris has anyway. Bruce [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bruce and Doris Drake are up from the West Coast checking out the Big Smoke and they want to show their hospitality by inviting you over to their little piece of the coast in the heart of the city. They’ve been in the kitchen all day preparing a great feed. Well Doris has anyway. Bruce has been trying to find a horse to shoe and somewhere to go whitebaiting. He’s getting a little homesick.</p>
<p>They’ll mix and mingle with you and make sure everything is to your liking before seating you and serving up. Add to this a 30 minute comedy show where they share with you the Coasts way of entertaining themselves on a barmy night. Stories, Songs, Poems and Interviews all focused on you and yours and made up on the spot.  Once that’s done it’s time for dessert and for them to get to the dishes, leaving you to have a nightcap and slowly make your way home.</p>
<p>Come on down and say hi and have a fun night out with friends, family or colleagues in a little piece of the coast in the heart of the city.  No mess to clean up or organising required, just turn up for a great night out!</p>
<p>Public Shows includes 3 Course Dinner<br />
Saturday 14th, 21st &amp; 18th November<br />
Saturday 5th &amp; 12th December<br />
No minimum numbers required on these dates<br />
Make a booking for 60 people or more &amp; have your own show on any night</p>
<p><em><strong>Book now by calling The Drake 09 307 3220</strong></em></p>
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