Bloody good comedy _{by Alessia Belsito-Riera}

First materialising on the scene in 2003 at Wellington Comedy Club on Cuba Street before flitting across the globe following supernatural success as Nick in What We Do in the Shadows, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer has been summoned to the stage once again with (most) of a new show soaked in his signature brand of self-deprecating observational and deadpan comedy.

The Kiwi Chilean entertainer grew up in the Hutt Valley, studying film at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington before becoming a Billy T Award winner, 7 Days regular, and heavyweight of the screen and stage. He has appeared on Wellington Paranormal, Mean Mums, Eagle vs Shark, Baby Done, and under the Best Foods Comedy Gala spotlights as well as on stages across Australia and the Americas, Scotland and Singapore, England and the Middle East, and, of course, Aotearoa.

Despite the sheer volume and variety of shows he’s performed, Gonzalez-Macuer says that no two are alike. “One night you could be performing to a few thousand people in a gala for TV and the next night you could be cancelling a show because only four people showed up to it. That’s probably what keeps my comedy grounded. I’ve never taken it too seriously, which is both a good thing and a bad thing.”

Now back home in the capital with some new ideas, Gonzalez-Macuer will swoop into The Fringe Bar on the 10^th and 11^th of October with a work-in-progress show, hoping to test out new jokes on fresh meat. It may sound sinister, but he just hopes audiences have fun… “and don't make too many complaints to the venue afterwards”!