Tom Rhodes – Review
REVIEWED BY Yvan J Drake
Tom Rhodes performed the first stand-up show in New Zealand at the Classic last night for NZ International Comedy Festival.
His hard-hitting fast off-the-bat comedy left the audience more than a little short of breath, as the general probing of less confident comedians was avoided, and this well-seasoned pro thrust us into his world of hilarity.
It would be wrong on two levels to refer to this show with the cliché “Laugh a minute”…
I’d have to have an inability to comprehend what this fast-paced comedy legend was saying
I’d have to have no real understanding of the passage of time.
Once they’d warmed to his pace the audience were well on-board with this excellent hour of laugh-mania. Considering he’d only stepped off the plane in NZ 13 hours before he took to the stage, this show was a brilliant demonstration of what this comedian is capable of.
This show earns Rhodes “four and a half stars (tattooed onto a stripper)” for this brilliant performance! Not bad for his first day in NZ, ever.
Tom Rhodes is comedy personified.