Go bananas _{by Alessia Belsito-Riera}

As a connoisseur, purple puppet turned stand-up sensation Randy Feltface proclaims that the best part of the banana is, in fact, the skin.

“Foods that come ready made in their own biodegradable packaging are far superior in my opinion,” he announces.

As for his preferred method of banana consumption: “sideways à la corn on the cob”.

But I have to ask… why banana?

“Because I believe that global evolution should have stopped at the appearance of the first banana,” Randy reveals. “My hat is now in the evolutionary biologist ring.”

The first banana appeared on Earth roughly 10,000 years ago, after which humanity began its long, downward spiral according to Randy. So, he has an axe to grind. That is why the polymath puppet will find himself at Wellington’s Opera House on the 15^th of July with his brand-new show FIRST BANANA.

For an hour or so, Randy will go absolutely bananas, gracing audiences with a signature high-energy existential crisis full of biting observations, razor-sharp crowd work, and rapid arm movements to provide us with some “blissful distraction from the terrifying reality of our crumbling existence”.

Randy catapulted into comedy in 2005, winning awards, garnering critical praise, and amassing a devoted following across the globe in the process. Despite having stumbled across his career path by accident, he has skipped through the twists and turns in the road, writing and performing dozens of solo stand-up shows, releasing seven comedy specials, starring in TV shows, and playing sold-out seasons in London and New York.

As for his upcoming Pōneke performance, Randy is – surprisingly – looking forward to “rounding a corner and being hit in the face by a wall of horizontal rain,” he beams. “Nothing makes you feel more alive than a Wellington winter!”