Brendhan Lovegrove
New Zealand-based comedian and public speaker
Brendhan Lovegrove is a New Zealand based comedian and public speaker. He is known for his performances at Auckland's Classic Comedy Bar, on the New Zealand comedy circuit, as well as his roles on TV2's Pulp Comedy and TVNZ's A Night at the Classic.
Career
After winning the Billy T Award in 1998, Lovegrove travelled and performed at international comedy festivals throughout the world including Scotland, Canada and England.[1] Lovegrove joined the UK pro comedy circuit in 2000, and in his first year played 300 comedy club shows.[2] By his second year, he began performing at clubs like Jongleurs, The Comedy Store, The Glee Club and Up the Creek.[1]
Between 2006 and 2007 he worked alongside Kevin Black on the Solid Gold FM breakfast show. In 2010 he starred in TVNZ's A Night at the Classic, which returned for a second season in 2012.
Notable performances
Lovegrove received critical acclaim for his 2006 show 'The Brendhan Lovegrove Project,' which was performed during the 2006 New Zealand International Comedy Festival. This was followed with 'The Emperor's New Show' during the 2007 New Zealand International Comedy Festival. He has been a guest performer at The Sydney Cracker Comedy Festival in 2006, London’s Comedy Store, and has featured in two episodes of UK TV’s 'Live at Jongleurs'. Lovegrove hosted the final series of TV2's 'Pulp Comedy' and has also performed on Australia’s Rove Live.[1][3]
Awards
In 1998, Lovegrove received New Zealand's Billy T Award.
In 2006, he received the inaugural Fred Award for outstanding achievement in New Zealand comedy - the Best Show award, was named the best male comedian by the New Zealand Comedy Guild and was also honoured with the unofficial 'Most Offensive Gag Award'.
He has received the best male comedian award from the New Zealand Comedy Guild[4] in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015 – a total of nine times.
Lovegrove received the Rielly Comedy Award from the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand in 2012.[5]
In 2013, Lovegrove won best international act at the Jakarta International Comedy Festival.
References
- ^ a b c "Brendhan Lovegrove | Celebrity Speakers (NZ)". Archived from the original on 2008-10-15. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
- ^ "Brendhan Lovegrove: Comedian Interview". www.viewauckland.co.nz. Archived from the original on February 26, 2009.
- ^ http://www.brendhanlovegrove.co.nz/home.htm[dead link]
- ^ BRENDHAN LOVEGROVE - Comedy.co.nz - The home of live NZ comedy Archived November 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "VAC Benny Awards 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
External links
- Sydney Flu to Scottish Hecklers | Amplifier NZ Music Brendhan Lovegrove on Amplifier.
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Billy T Award
- Cal Wilson, Ewen Gilmour (1997)
- Brendhan Lovegrove, Te Radar, Sugar and Spice (Jonathan Brugh and Jason Hoyte) (1998)
- Philip Patston, The Humourbeasts (Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi) (1999)
- Mike Loder, Paul Ego (2000)
- Jan Maree (2001)
- Dai Henwood (2002)
- Justine Smith (2003)
- Ben Hurley (2004)
- Sam Wills (2005)
- Cori Gonzalez-Macuer (2006)
- Mrs Peacock (Jarrod Baker and Dave Smith) (2007)
- Steve Wrigley (2008)
- Chris Brain (2009)
- Rhys Mathewson (2010)
- Nick Gibb (2011)
- Guy Williams (2012)
- Rose Matafeo (2013)
- Guy Montgomery (2014)
- Hamish Parkinson (2015)
- David Correos (2016)
- Angella Dravid (2017)
- Melanie Bracewell (2018)
- Kura Forrester (2019)
- No award (2020)
- Brynley Stent (2021)
- No award (2022)
- Abby Howells (2023)
