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Jon Bennett - Pretending Things are a Cock

  • Common Room 227 Heretaunga Street East Hastings, Hawke's Bay, 4122 New Zealand (map)

Pretending Things are a Cock is the product of Bennett’s three years of global wandering, and combines the artistic, phallic-filled photographic display with hilarious and surprisingly heart-wrenching tales from Bennett’s life.

This Just for Laughs award-nominated show for Best Comedy has now been performed to sell-out audiences and critical acclaim world wide. The show has toured to some of the biggest festivals in the world including the renowned Edinburgh Fringe (2012) and Just for Laughs Zoofest in Montreal (2013). 
A unique stand-up experience, PTAAC is a hilarious, but also strangely affecting pot-holed journey into the idiosyncratic world of Jon Bennett. 

**Just for Laughs Award nomination for Best Comedy (Montreal Fringe, 2010). 
**Pick of the Fringe Award (Winnipeg Fringe, 2011). 
**Selected (Just for Laughs Zoofest, 2013). 
**Critics Pick of the Fringe Award (San Diego Fringe, 2014). 
**Pick of the Fringe Award (Calgary Fringe, 2015). 
**Pick of the Fringe Award (Boulder Fringe, 2015). 
**Funniest Show Award (London Fringe, 2015). 
“The funniest show at the fringe. Don’t miss it. ★★★★½” - Calgary Herald. 
“Instantly likeable, Bennett is a deft storyteller with a frank, confessional style that blends pathos and humour to great effect. ★★★★½” – Uptown Magazine (CAN).

Saturday 7 October 2017, 8.00pm - Common Room, 227 Heretaunga St East, Hastings

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