My Accom­plice present Uther Dean in My fat/sad as part of the 2018 New Zealand Inter­na­tion­al Com­e­dy Fes­ti­val. A 2017 Raw Com­e­dy Quest nation­al final­ist, crit­i­cal­ly acclaimed play­wright, and diag­nosed depres­sive, Uther has writ­ten for Pow­er Rangers, Short­land Street and Radio New Zealand. This time, he’s turn­ing his simul­ta­ne­ous­ly ana­lyt­i­cal and hilar­i­ous eye inwards. From eat­ing your feel­ings to feel­ing your eat­ings, this deli­cious­ly dark hour of stand-up lets it all hang out as Dean cov­ers every stretch mark on the mod­ern body and mind.

“I want­ed to make my fun­ni­est show about the least fun­ny bits of my life,” Dean says. “When I’m at my low­est, the worst part is that my brain is telling me that I am the only per­son feel­ing this way. That I am alone. Com­e­dy is the solu­tion to that. You nev­er feel more con­nect­ed to oth­er peo­ple than when you’re laugh­ing with them. I want this show to make peo­ple feel more togeth­er, I want peo­ple to feel less alone. It may be com­e­dy but I’m doing it for a seri­ous and charm­ing­ly earnest rea­son.”

  • My fat/sad on at BATS The­atre 15 — 19 May 2018