Review: FUQ BOIZ Delivers The Greatest Show at Bats Theatre

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Running 14-16 May review by Lottie Butcher

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Fuq Boiz: The Greatest Showboiz starring Fuq Boiz (Hamish Parkinson & Ryan Richards) at BATS Theatre as part of the New Zealand International Comedy Festival, packed a punch from the opening moment. This fast-paced, punchy, surrealist sketch show barely lets you catch your breath before the next joke lands. Featuring caricatures of themselves and a whole bunch of unhinged personas the duo ricochet between absurdity, physical comedy, chaos and razor-sharp timing. A particular fave character and highlight of the night was ‘Digby’ though I may be predisposed to enjoying anyone named Digby, as my own son shares the same name, though hopefully not the same murderous tendencies. The show is gloriously chaotic: physical theatre at its most energetic, with the audience firmly in the palm of their hands throughout. Even when faced with some persistent and deeply irritating front-row heckling, Parkinson and Richards never lost control for a second. If anything, it only sharpened the mayhem. By the end, the stage was carpeted with the debris of punchlines, props, chickens and visual gags scattered like the aftermath of a comedy explosion. I could easily watch this show again, partly because it was so relentlessly fast-paced that sometimes the next joke arrived before I’d fully digested from the last one. Go and see it preferably before the Fuq Boiz leave nothing standing but props and emotional whiplash and certainly before they piss off to Auckland. On 14-16 th May at The BATS Theatre.

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/new-zealand/article/Review-FUQ-BOIZ-The-Greatest-Showboiz-at-Bats-Theatre-20260514)._