Combine the talents of a folk singer and a Samoan/Welsh comic and something entirely different is created as Northland audiences are about to find out.
Comedian James Nokise and songstress Mel Parsons combine their considerable - and considerably dissimilar - talents in their cabaret show, Beauty and the Bro.
A Fred Dagg Comedy Award nominee and two-time Billy T Comedy Award nominee, Nokise has carved out a reputation in New Zealand for going after everything from gangs to politicians to Pacific Island stereotypes.
Fresh from four years working on the United Kingdom stand-up comedy circuit, he's also performed at the Edinburgh and Adelaide festivals, guest lectured at universities, been a member of the award winning Puppet Fiction (Pulp Fiction with Puppets) crew and written Wellington's popular political satire series,
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