5 May 2019

Ian Smith: Making origami comedy and taking inspiration from the town of Goole

From Sunday Morning, 8:46 am on 5 May 2019
Ian Smith

Ian Smith Photo: Edward Moore

Multi award-winning English comedian Ian Smith certainly profited from his debut appearance at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival last year, winning over local crowds and getting some great new material about a strange appearance he had at the glowworm caves in Waitomo. The Edinburgh Fringe Festival favourite, who hails from the wonderfully-named town of Goole, is back at the festival with his critically acclaimed fifth solo show, Craft, a multimedia stand-up show about indecision and, at long last, origami. He's with us to look at his New Zealand shows and the seemingly endless material he is able to garner simply because he is from a place called Goole.