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The Best Comedy Show on Earth hits Rotorua

Katee Shanks
By Katee Shanks
Multimedia journalist·Rotorua Daily Post·
1 Sep, 2017 05:55 AM2 mins to read

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Melanie Bracewell will be in Rotorua on September 3 with five other Kiwi comedians. Photo/File

Melanie Bracewell will be in Rotorua on September 3 with five other Kiwi comedians. Photo/File

Rotorua, according to Kiwi comedian Melanie Bracewell, is at the bottom of the Upper North Island.

Bracewell will be in Rotorua on Sunday, with five other Kiwi comedians, as part of the Best Comedy Show on Earth Tour.

The show was a massive hit at this year's Comedy Festival so the comedians decided to regroup and take it on the road, calling in to 13 cities.

Bracewell has spent time in Rotorua as she has family here, but she admits the Best Comedy Show on Earth is her first "real" tour.

"I've toured Kaitaia and Northland, two shows, but I'm still trying to work out if that constitutes a tour," she said.

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"Actually probably not, so this has to be my first time."

The tour started in Whangarei and wound its way down to the bottom of the Upper North Island at 7.30pm on Sunday at Rotorua's Civic Centre.

Six comedians, including Bracewell, will each serve up 10 to 15 minutes of stand-up comedy which will make for a diverse show.

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"We're all really different with very different styles, something I believe will keep the audience captivated."

Bracewell said performing in familiar places was a comfort and admitted the tour would take her out of her comfort zone.

"Stand-up can be pretty difficult but the more you do it, the more you get better. If it was like basketball I'd be aiming for the NBA."

And judging by her super-impressive resume, she's well on her way.

With her first solo show at the New Zealand Comedy Festival this year, Bracewell won Best Newcomer 2017 and was nominated for Best Female Comedian at last year's New Zealand Comedy Guild Awards.

She also took out the grand prize at the 2015 Raw Comedy Quest.

She spends most of her time writing for The Project, producing a radio show or blogging to her 200,000 followers.

Bracewell will be joined at the Civic by Brendhan Lovegrove, Fan Brigade, Frickin Dangerous Bro, Brendon Green and Eli Matthewson.

Book tickets at www.ticketmaster.co.nz.

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