Comedy festival is in full swing in both Auckland and Wellington, and despite the fact I'm not doing a show, I almost feel just as involved as if I were. I performed in some festival shows on the weekend down in Wellington - well, just outside Wellington in Upper Hutt and Petone. On Saturday night I played to a sell-out crowd of 25 at a small pub called the BoileRoom in Upper Hutt. I was the main act with a 45 minute set after local comedian Cruzanne Macalister opened with 15. The crowd really enjoyed it and I had a lot of fun. It's always a good sign when someone in the crowd wants to buy you a drink after the show. It's the only time a man should ever buy a man he's never met before a drink in a bar. He ended up not having to pay for it anyway because all my drinks were free, but I took it as a compliment anyway. The next night in Petone at Speakeasy Restaurant I was supported by Christchurch's Jav Jaquin, and local comedians TJ McDonald, Nathan Winter and Jerome Chandrahasen. When I say supported, I really mean supported, because my set was a little bit up and down. After the show on both nights I went back to Wellington where I was staying and caught other festival shows including the Comedy Den, the mad crazy late late comedy show at Fringe Bar on Cuba Street.