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Taskmaster NZ
''Taskmaster New Zealand'' (also known as ''Taskmaster'' or ''Taskmaster NZ'' especially prior to season 4) is a New Zealand comedy panel game show, first broadcast in 2020 on TVNZ 2. The format for the show was created by British comedian Alex Horne during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2010 and was subsequently developed into a successful UK television show in 2015. Following the format of the original British version, the show consists of five contestants who compete in a series of strange and unusual tasks to gain points from the Taskmaster, Jeremy Wells, administered by his assistant, comedian Paul Williams. ''Taskmaster New Zealand'' is produced for TVNZ with support from NZ On Air. The first series was broadcast in the spring of 2020, while the second series was broadcast in the winter of 2021, the third in winter 2022, and the fourth in winter 2023. Funding for a fifth series was announced in November 2023, for 2024 broadcast. Cast In the studio, other than while att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing ''agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leigh Hart
Leigh Hart (born 20 July 1970) is a New Zealand comedian, radio announcer and performance artist who is also known as "That Guy". He has made various appearances on New Zealand television, including '' SportsCafe'' and his own show, '' Moon TV''. Early life and education Hart was born in Greymouth. He lived overseas with his family for ten years, including four years in Peru. His family returned to New Zealand when he was eleven. He attended Christ's College in Christchurch before spending a year at the University of Canterbury. After working on the Channel Tunnel for two-and-a-half years in the early 1990s, he returned to Christchurch and then founded the rock band "Wild Turkey" with his brother Greg and friend Matt Johnson. The band suspended activities in 1994 after being briefly jailed in France for visa irregularities and then deported. Returning to Christchurch, Hart enrolled in film and television school, where he began a satirical newspaper titled ''The Moon.'' Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dai Henwood
Dafydd Morgan "Dai" Henwood (born 7 February 1978) is a New Zealand comedian. He is best known for his hosting of several television shows found on Three but also performs stand-up comedy. Life and career Henwood was born in 1978 to father Ray and mother Judge Carolyn Henwood. Henwood has stated his great-grandfather was Welsh international rugby player, Dick Jones. Henwood studied Theatre and Film at Victoria University of Wellington, graduating with a BA in eastern religions, before winning 'Best New Face' on TV2's ''Pulp Comedy'' in 1999, the Billy T Award in 2002 and the Fred Award in 2007. In 2004 and 2005, Henwood toured the shows ''The Hot Stepper'' and ''Champagne Table Tennis'', and performed at the Tokyo Comedy Store and in Melbourne and around Britain. He has subsequently performed seasons in both Auckland and Wellington during the New Zealand International Comedy Festival including "Dai-Namic Scenarios" (2007 & 2008), "Shabba" (2009), "Dai Another Day" (2009), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sieni Leo'o Olo
Sieni Tiana Leo'oOlo (also known as Bubbah Olo or Bubbah) is a Samoan–New Zealand actor and comedian. She is "Tina from Turners" in the advertisements of Turners Automotive Group. Early life Leo'oOlo is from a self-described "huge" family. She was raised in Māngere, a suburb of Auckland. Her nickname comes from her family Leo'oOlo has the same name as her grandmother, so they called her Bubbah to tell them apart. "They called me that because when I was born I was a little bubbah," she explained. Career In 2012, when Leo'oOlo was sixteen, she joined the Massive Theatre Company, which started her path to acting. She was part of an ensemble that traveled in 2016 to Stirling, Scotland to present their play ''The Island''. She appeared in Massive Theatre Company's play ''Chance To Ignite'' in 2017. Leo'oOlo performed her show ''The Family Disappointment'' in 2018. In 2020, she wrote a show called ''My Ode To South Auckland'' and performed it in her backyard. Leo'oOlo was in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Ego
Paul Ego (birth name Paul Jones) is a Billy T Award winning New Zealand comedian. He is best known both for his current role as leader of Team One on the New Zealand comedy current affairs panel show 7 Days, and as the voice artist of the Stickman in television advertisements for PAK'nSAVE supermarket. Ego's first gig was in London in 1994 and upon returning to New Zealand in 1995 he soon became a regular sight on the pro-comedy skyline. Ego's Breakfast Radio career began in 2000 with his role on the Kim & Corbett Breakfast Show on Auckland's More FM. His role on the award-winning show involved writing comedy scripts and voicing many of the shows regular characters. In 2006 Paul moved to NZ's Rock Network and he is now one quarter of ’The Morning Rumble’, the 1 Music Breakfast Show in the country. According to his website, he was "parolled in 2011,", in order to "get to know his family again in the mornings." In the early months of 2013 he co-starred alongside Jeremy Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kura Forrester
Kura Leigh Forrester (born 1985) is a New Zealand comedian, actor and writer. In 2019, she won the Billy T Award for best emerging comedian, for her show ''Kura Woulda Shoulda''. She currently appears as core cast member Desdemona Schmidt on prime-time soap opera ''Shortland Street''. Biography Forrester was born in Lower Hutt, Wellington to parents Amos (Ngāti Porou) and Robyn, who is Pākehā. Her early years were divided between Wellington and Dunedin. She attended high school at Wellington Girls' College, where she was involved in drama productions and the kapa haka roopu. Following that, Forrester studied performing arts at Auckland's Unitec Institute of Technology – graduating in 2005. She also trained for eight weeks at Philippe Gaulier's prestigious theatre school in Paris. Among her inspirations, Forrester cites Rachel House, Nancy Brunning, Miriama McDowell, Madeleine Sami, Billy T. James, Kristen Wiig, Tina Fey, Hannah Gadsby, Jackie van Beek and her family – pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justine Smith
Justine Smith is a New Zealand comedian, writer, and actress. Early life Smith was born in Auckland and adopted by and raised in a self-described "conservative" family in Wainoni in Christchurch, New Zealand. Smith has an older sister. Her grandfather, Bill Ramsay, had been a comedian. She attended Avonside Girls' High School until she was sixteen, when she moved to Auckland to attend art school. Smith has a degree in film and photography. After graduating, she worked in hospitality. Career Smith started her career in comedy after doing a stand-up gig in 1997. She went on to win the Billy T Award in 2003 for her show ''The Justine Smith Hour''. Smith briefly quit comedy in 2014. Smith is the first female head writer and a regular panelist on '' 7 Days'', and she has appeared on ''The Project''. In 2022, Smith appeared on the third series of '' Taskmaster NZ''. She has also been on ''Pulp Comedy'', ''Have You Been Paying Attention?'', and hosted the New Zealand International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Thomson (actor)
Josh Thomson (born 1981 in Timaru, New Zealand) is a New Zealand actor and comedian of Tongan heritage. He is best known for his work as a comedian on ''7 Days'', Taskmaster NZ, ''Have You Been Paying Attention NZ'', ''Patriot Brains'', and as a host on ''The Project NZ''. As an actor he is best known as Bob, the assistant of Lia Maivia, in ''Young Rock'', Satan in ''Wellington Paranormal'' and Pigsy in the Netflix series ''The New Legends of Monkey''. He has frequently collaborated with production house thedownlowconcept starring as the lead in their movie ''Gary of the Pacific''. He starred in and directed his own father in the award-winning web series '' Subject:Dad''. In 2021, Thomson appeared on the panel show ''Patriot Brains''. Thomson won series 3 of '' Taskmaster NZ''. In 2023, Thomson appeared on an episode of ''Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee ''Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee'' is a New Zealand television comedy panel show on Three created and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Parker (comedian)
Christopher Parker (born September 25, 1990) is a New Zealand actor, comedian, writer, TV personality, and podcaster. Parker has written for and appeared in many local comedy shows such as '' Jono and Ben'', '' 7 Days'', ''Taskmaster NZ'', and '' Have You Been Paying Attention''. He has also acted in films like '' Baby Done'', ''The Breaker Uppers'', and '' Nude Tuesday''. Early life and education Parker grew up in Christchurch wanting to be a dancer while he was growing up. He spent ten years at the Christchurch-based Original Scripts Theatre School with teachers Wendy Steeds and Sonia Chappell. He studied at the New Zealand national drama school, Toi Whakaari in Wellington, graduating in 2011 with a Bachelor of Performing Arts in Acting. Career After moving to Auckland, he joined improv group Snort, which led to being cast as David Halls in the hit stage play '' Hudson and Halls Live''. In 2016, he won Actor of the Year at the Wellington Theatre Awards for this role. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urzila Carlson
Urzila Carlson (born 15 February 1976) is a South African born New Zealand comedian and actress, known for her stand-up performances as well as her appearances on television programs in both New Zealand and Australia. Carlson is a regular panellist on '' 7 Days''.Du Chateau, Carroll (24 July 2012Urzila Carlson: The comedian standing up for herself ''The New Zealand Herald'', New Zealand Media and Entertainment. Retrieved 27 April 2018.'''' Carlson is a regular panelist on both the Australian and New Zealand version of '' Have You Been Paying Attention?'' and was a panelist on '' The Masked Singer Australia'' for the show’s second and third seasons. In 2021, she was a contestant on the second season of '' Taskmaster NZ''. Biography Carlson was born in 1976 at the Queen Victoria Hospital in Johannesburg. She grew up on the Ingwelala nature reserve, next to Kruger National Park [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Heath (actor)
Leslie Matthew Heath is a New Zealand actor, producer, radio host, sports commentator, columnist and musician. He played Danny Parker on ''Back Of The Y Masterpiece Television'' and Dick Johansonson in the feature film '' The Devil Dared Me To''. He was guitarist and singer for the 2000s band Deja Voodoo. He has worked on shows for MTV2 in the UK and appeared on ''Eating Media Lunch''. Heath hosts the Matt and Jerry Breakfast Show with Jeremy Wells on Radio Hauraki. He has been a columnist for '' The New Zealand Herald'' since June 2014 and provides cricket commentary for The Alternative Commentary Collective. Heath runs the motion graphics company ''Vinewood Animation Studios'' with Philip Brough. In 2018, he co-hosted '' The Moment'' with Mike Lane on TVNZ Duke throughout the 2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Daniel
Laura Daniel (born 1990) is an actress and comedian from New Zealand. She currently reports on television show ''Seven Sharp''. Previously, she has starred in the television series ''Funny Girls'' and ''Jono and Ben''. She has been in a relationship with fellow comedian Joseph Moore with whom she performs as the comedy duo Two Hearts. The couple were married in December 2022. She has also worked on 7 Days. She was the voice of Riley in the animated television series The Barefoot Bandits and has performed in theater and musical theater productions and also sang "This Is For My Girls" with Teuila Blakely, Daisy Lawless, Lucy Lawless, Saraid Cameron, Kimberley Crossman Kimberley Frances Crossman (born May 1990) is a New Zealand actress and presenter who is best known for her role as Sophie McKay on the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street''. She is the co-founder of Joyable. In August 2021, it was announ ..., Kura Forrester and Ilah Cooper. Daniel won series 2 of Task ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
