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NZ Comedy Festival: Penny Ashton
Where have we seen you before? I was a gynaecologist on Shortland St, a street comedienne in Power Rangers and a gossip on Good Morning.

NZ Comedy Festival: Wade Jackson
We have been performing together for 17 years plus three times at the New Zealand Comedy Gala.

Rose's Waiuku jibe offends
Comedian and TV presenter Rose Matafeo has apologised after scandalising the town of Waiuku by naming it her worst holiday destination.

Comics go to work on Kiwi quirks
Seven Englishmen, an Essex girl and a Northern Irishman walk into a casino. Actually, the joke among the Best of British 5 Star Comedy Preview on Thursday night was the speed of SkyCity lifts, but that's not quite as catchy.

NZ Comedy Festival: Chris Martin
Chris Martin from the UK will be perfroming during the 2014 New Zealand Comedy Festival.

Twelve Questions: Ben Hurley
Normally I would do everything in my power to ignore it but being on 7 Days means I have "to be aware of things other people care about".

Theatre review: Fred
Lisa Chappell's self-penned, one-woman show is a macabre comedy that takes us a million miles away from the wholesome, girl-next-door persona of McLeod's Daughter.

Comic live-tweets dad's death
When US comedian Laurie Kilmartin found out that her 83-year-old father was dying from lung cancer she decided to "surround him with love and sarcasm".

Michele Hewitson Interview: Jeremy Elwood
How on earth did Jeremy Elwood end up being a comedian? There is no use asking him, he doesn't really seem to know.

Step Dave: Stepping behind the scenes
Nick Grant finds out the secrets of a new local show.

Comedy trio the ones to catch
A new crop of sitcoms has Nick Grant pulling up the couch.