Carey Marx - Scoundrel

On your Marx! He might be a 'Scoundrel' but we welcome the return of a crowd favourite at the 2011 NZ International Comedy Festival.

Carey Marx impressed local audiences on debut at the 2009 NZ International Comedy Festival receiving the award for ‘Best International Show’. He returned in 2010 with sell-out seasons of two of his solo shows, ‘Careyness’, in which he counted down the 10 most offensive words or topics in stand-up comedy, and his 2nd show, ‘Doom Gloom Boom’ which targeted the global exploitation of the boom in doom in gloom.

In 2011 Marx returns to the festival with another edgy, politically incorrect show.

Carey Marx is a scoundrel, a rascal and very occasionally a rogue. But he is never a fraud. Well, not anymore. In his early days Carey was a medium, an above average medium! His methods consisted of lying. It’s not like anyone can check with their dead dad. Yes, it's so easy to speak on behalf of dead people. Just ask your grandmother. She agrees. Oh, and she loves you, by the way.

Here is a true story of a formative moment, and of exploitation by someone who now knows better. Here is a moral tale about not getting caught. Here is an account of lying too well and going too far.

This is Carey at his most responsible revisiting himself at his most deplorable, exposing some tricks of his old trade and, finally, admitting that it’s just not nice to con people using confidential information, emotional manipulation, and accurate guesswork.

‘Rambling and mischievous, he's a bit like Peter Pan's evil twin’ – New Zealand Herald.

‘A genius for the unexpected and hilarious left turns’ – The Guardian UK.

7 nights only in Auckland / Mon 2 to Sat 7 May / 8-30pm
The Classic - 321 Queen St, Auckland

Plus for the 1st time in Wellington; 7 nights only / Mon 9 to Sat 14 May / 8:30pm
San Francisco Bathhouse, Cuba St, Wellington

Event listed by Classic Comedy Network

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