All hail to the ale!Buy, beg or steal a tick­et as we have it on excel­lent notice that this guy (Al Mur­ray) is the best comedi­an seen in many a year.

A few of the Wel­ling­tonis­tas are going … you should too.

The Opera House: Thursday 30th June & Fri­day 1st July

The low-down from the Tick­etek site:

All hail to the ale!
It’s the ‘Best of Brit­ish’ Cur­tain-raiser of Com­edy
AL MURRAY – THE PUB LANDLORD
Downun­der

Is there any­one bet­ter qual­i­fied to keep the Lions ‘Barmy Army’ in line than award win­ning Brit­ish comedi­an, AL MURRAY – THE PUB LANDLORD?

Described by the ‘Mail on Sunday’ in the UK as “the very apex of LIVE Brit­ish com­edy” – AL MURRAY arrives on June 22 to light­en the mood dur­ing the last 2 weeks of the Lions Tour includ­ing live shows in Christ­ch­urch, Wel­ling­ton and Auck­land pri­or to the tests.

MUR­RAY’s ‘PUB LANDLORD’ is hailed as one of the most suc­cess­ful com­edy char­ac­ters to grace the stages of Bri­tain win­ning the Per­ri­er Award at the Edin­burgh Fringe in 1999 and nom­in­a­tions for the OLIVIER AWARD for BEST LIVE ENTERTAINER in the West­end in 2000 and 2002.

THE PUB LANDORD has per­formed for the Queen, has his own TV series, and has com­pleted a num­ber of sell-out tours of the UK and sea­sons in the West­end of Lon­don.

Now he is head­ing downun­der to pour a few pints for the lads and enter­tain audi­ences in New Zea­l­and with his award win­ning brand of humour.

The Land­lord in full flow is the apex of live Brit­ish com­edy.Mark Ware­ham, the mail on sunday

I laughed so much, lager came out of my nose.Steph­en Arm­strong, the sunday times

Mur­ray serves no half meas­ure
Mur­ray’s per­sona is a hil­ari­ous pres­sure valve on the beer keg of polit­ic­al cor­rect­ness.Patrick Marmi­on the even­ing stand­ard