There’s a very fine line between lovely and lovey. Sir Tony Robinson knows exactly how to find that line, and stay just on the right side of it. In an hour and a half of what was billed as conversation,…
Sir Tony Robinson is bringing his “An Audience With…” show to New Zealand in February 2026, so Steve and Jeremy caught up with him to talk about comedy, history, and cunning plans.
Harry Enfield is, as he told his audience at Takapuna’s Bruce Mason Centre last night, 64 years old. And in a nearly two-hour show Enfield told the story of those 64 years through an absolutely compelling blend of anecdote and…
The Woolshed Tour gets underway in October, with Mel Parsons, and Emma Newborn and Amelia Dunbar of The Bitches’ Box, playing actual woolsheds across New Zealand’s South Island. Steve caught up with Emma and Mel to talk about woolsheds, sheep,…
Adrian Bohm Presents is proud to announce that Steve Martin and Martin Short will bring their critically acclaimed comedy tour Now You See Them, Soon You Won’t for the first time to Australian and New Zealand audiences in November. This…
Episode 61 of Crave! has a mix of the international and the local. Steve’s at home in New Zealand, while Simon is broadcasting from the Crave! northern studios in Tromsø, north of the Arctic Circle. But they’ve both seen the…
It’s a bloody brave way of making a living. You stand up in front of strangers and try to make them laugh. Straightforward perhaps, but difficult. No special effects to fall back on, no musicians, no magic tricks. You live…
Back in the saddle after a winter break that took Simon to Canada and Steve to Japan, our reviewers are back at their microphones to talk about the controversial Ghostbusters remake, the latest uninspiring Star Trek instalment, the surprisingly-named new Bourne…
In a film-heavy episode of Crave!, Steve and Simon have both seen Me Before You, the alleged weepie starring Emilia “no dragons in this film” Clarke, Independence Day: Resurgence and Warcraft: The Beginning, and they’re both struggling to find an…
Steve’s been highly entertained by The Nice Guys, Shane Black’s new film-noir pastiche with Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe, while Simon’s been a little less impressed by the somewhat formulaic X-Men Apocalypse. In music news, Simon has a clutch of…