Rose Matafeo- Pizza Party-The Basement Theatre

Although there was less Pizza than we were hoping for, that was the only thing lacking at Rose’s performance at The Basement.

Perhaps we just haven’t seen enough of her, but we felt that Rose on stage was a totally different comedian to Rose on TV. She was relatable, touching and everything seemed to flow form her in a natural way. She was on fire.

Speaking about things that flow from her in natural way, she had lots of gags about pregnancies, baby-borns, and even hot wheels flying out of you man-parts (yeah, you heard that right mate!)

Rose has us bent over in our seats laughing with jokes about her Rastafarian childhood, what it was like to grow up in the posher suburbs of Auckland, and attend fancy schools with all the white kids. We’re not kidding about the bent over part either, the guy in the seat next to us was heaving as he was breathing, we were worried he was going to pass out from lack of oxygen at one stage.

Without giving too much away, the highlights of the show were:

  • Everything Rose said
  • Closely followed by – coffee club murderers
  • The Town Manager from Waiuku
  • Snort (not a drug reference, we don’t think)
  • ALL OF THE Google Chrome tabs
  • Rose’s excerpts from her school books (DO DOLPHINS RUN ROSE? DO THEY? DO THEY)
  • And finally, everything that Rose said

For a girl who claims to not fit in, she had all walks of life waiting on her every word. We reckon the show should have been called ‘The Whimsical Whisperings of A Rose As It Bloomed Through Childhood Against All Odds’, but since Rose does anything but whisper, maybe it should be more like ‘Rose – bitches. I’m out’.

Rose’s Pizza Party is on at The Basement until Saturday 3 May at 7pm

Reviewed by Dani McAllen

4 small stars

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