Thursday 7 August 2008

Review: Lenny Henry in Auckland

Before Steve Carell and Jim Carrey there was Lenny Henry - the original synthetic rubber faced comedian. Reviewer Tracey Bond laughed till her sides pain at the British comedian's Auckland show.



Lenny Henry
Where: The Edge, Auckland
When: Monday, July 28, 2008


I grew up with Lenny Henry. Not literally - I don't remember him much from the children's show Tiswas, but I do commemorate laughing along to�Three of a Kind.


Henry still has the power to pigeon berry fun at himself and his background signal and keep the audience rolling about laughing.


His modish stage show�Where You From? combines the best of Lenny Henry's stand-up with some of his