Sameena Zehra's show Arsebiscuits entertained many at New Zealand Comedy Fest. Photo / Facebook, Sameena Zehra
The title of Sameena Zehra's show Arsebiscuits, among other New Zealand Comedy Fest titles, is offbeat and jarring, yet light-hearted & honest; all terms accurately describing her hour-long performance.
With "Arse" and "Biscuit" serving as the x axis on a moral bell-curve, Zehra interlaces a variety of subjects judging them
upon where they sit. The former being reserved for many political figures and certain ecological/biological disasters over the last, precisely, seven years.
Originating from Anglo-Indian heritage and spending much of her life in the UK, Sameena is a writer, director, blues singer, self-professed doodler and "Level Two chocolate taster".
Audiences are quick to become familiar with her perception of life, upbringing, and place in the world, accented fluently with stories reminiscent of friends, family and experiences' past.
"Nothing means anything" we're told at the start of the show, as she begins to describe the vastly different interpretations one can take from such a claim, from the Buddhist ("Nothing is Absolute"), to the Nihilist perspective. Her method of comedy is sharp and loaded when taken face value, but became warm in its humanity and wit as the performance progressed.
