The Boy With Tape On His Face

Without a word our new comedy hero makes a triumphant return to the NZ International Comedy Festival. After his extraordinary success on debut at the Edinburgh Fringe in August 2010, playing to sold out houses from day one, and gaining an Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination, followed up with a National Tour of the UK, New Zealand’s latest international success story, Sam Wills a.k.a. The Boy With Tape on His Face, is delighted to return to the NZ International Comedy Festival for the first time since 2007.

Drawing on a heritage that includes silent film, mime, magic, puppetry, Motown and the films of Patrick Swayze, The Boy With Tape On His Face is a pensive, curious soul approaching every object and audience member as a potential friend - or plaything. Shoes sing, empty dresses dance and electrical tape blossoms into roses creating a world of possibilities where the only certainty is laughter.

This exciting one-man show is attracting attention across the globe, The Boy With Tape on His Face has racked up awards for Best Show, Best Show Concept, People's Choice, to name a few at the New Zealand, Melbourne and Adelaide festivals.

Wills is a mad scientist of vaudevillian pranks, who reminds us that life is an adventure…

Reviews from Edinburgh 2010

“The Boy With Tape on His Face is utterly spectacular! Endlessly inventive, hysterically funny. Sublime physical lunacy – fight for a ticket.” - Tim Arthur, Time Out ✭✭✭✭✭

“A deliciously skilful hour, some of the set pieces are simply joyous, sometimes mesmerising”
- The Times ✭✭✭✭

“It’s not often you can say you really didn’t want a show to end” - The Scotsman ✭✭✭✭

5 nights only in Auckland / Tues 10 to Sat 14 May / 7pm
The Comedy Chamber, Auckland Town Hall, The EDGE
Book at 0800buytickets / www.buytickets.co.nz

6 nights only in Wellington / Mon 2 to Sat 7 May / 7pm
San Francisco Bathhouse, Cuba St, Wellington
Bookings at Ticketek Ph 0800Ticketek