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Alexander Sparrow

Alexander is an award-winning comedian, MC, director, and humour scholar. He has performed in LA, New York, and Boston; Belgium; France; Scotland; England; and all over New Zealand. Alexander has featured on TVNZ’s Breakfast, TV3’s The Project, and PRIME TV’s Back Benches; and in The Wall Street Journal (US).
He directed Pat Goldsack’s Swingers Club & Brothel (2022 tour with Arts on Tour NZ), Macbeth (2021-22 NZ tour), King John (2020 with Shakespeare Globe Centre NZ), The Merry Wives of Windsor (2019 NZ tour), and A Collection of Noises (2013, 2015, 2020 seasons). He was character director for The Nutcracker at Nelson’s Theatre Royal (2021).
Alexander has presented his thoughts on comedy at conferences and universities in New Zealand, Australia, the USA, Belgium, Croatia, Italy, and the UK. He received the International Society of Humor Studies’ DANYS Award at their 2023 conference for his paper on cringe comedy. In 2024 he earned an MA Philosophy with Distinction at Victoria University of Wellington for his thesis Humour and the Appearance of Authenticity. The thesis can be downloaded HERE. In 2026 he will graduate with an MA Comedy Writing with Distinction from Falmouth University.

Email: asparrowcomic@gmail.com

Awards

WON

2023 DANYS Award for excellence in humour studies research
2022 Best MC, Comedy Hub Awards
Best Comedy, Whangarei Fringe Festival (dir.)
2020 Best Joke, Comedy Hub Awards
2019 Best Out-of-Towner, Comedy Hub Awards
2018 Best Out-of-Towner, Comedy Hub Awards
Best Comedy, Palmy Fringe Festival (dir.)
2017 Best Show, Wellington Comedy Awards
Outstanding Achievement, Wellington Comedy Awards
2016 Breakthrough Act, Wellington Comedy Awards

NOMINATED

2025 Best Out-of-Towner, Comedy Hub Awards
2023 Best Comedian, Comedy Hub Awards
Best MC, Comedy Hub Awards
Best Comic, Nelson Fringe Festival
2022 Best Comedian, Comedy Hub Awards
Best Joke, Comedy Hub Awards
Best Comedy, Whangarei Fringe Festival
2021 Best Joke, Comedy Hub Awards
Best Male Comedian, Comedy Hub Awards
2018 Best Comedy, Palmy Fringe Festival
Edgiest Show, Nelson Fringe Festival
Outstanding Performer, Nelson Fringe Festival
Best Solo Show, Nelson Fringe Festival
Best Comedy, Nelson Fringe Festival (dir.)
Best Solo Show, Nelson Fringe Festival (dir.)
Best Solo Show, Wellington Comedy Awards (dir.)
2017 Best Show, Wellington Comedy Awards
Best Design, Nelson Fringe Festival
Best Actor, Nelson Fringe Festival
2016 Best Show, Wellington Comedy Awards

 
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Katie Boyle

Katie is the comic behind the multi-award-winning Pat Goldsack: New Zealand’s favourite swinging nana. Pat Goldsack has appeared at gigs in the USA, Belgium, France, and the UK, and performed a 20-date tour of New Zealand (2022 Arts on Tour NZ). Pat Goldsack won Best Comic at the 2023 Nelson Fringe Festival; the show Pat Goldsack’s Swingers Club & Brothel won Best Comedy at the 2022 Whangarei Fringe Festival and the 2018 Palmy Fringe Festival. For her work as Pat, Katie has won Best Female Comic at the 2021 and 2019 Comedy Hub Awards.
She is also one of New Zealand’s most noted Shakespearean actors, with 12 Elizabethan productions performed over the last nine years. Past shows include Hamlet at the Pop Up Globe (Guildenstern and Laertes), Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), Dr Faustus (Faustus), and Macbeth (Macbeth). She also undertook a 45-date solo tour of Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor (everyone). She co-produced and co-hosted the award-nominated comedy line-up show Sing It Wrong, and has MCed Armageddon (Auckland and Wellington).

IG: @pat.goldsack

Awards

WON

2023 MVP, Comedy Hub Awards (Joint)
Best Comic, Nelson Fringe Festival
2022 Best Comedy, Whangarei Fringe Festival
2021 Best Female Comedian, Comedy Hub Awards
2019 Best Female Comedian, Comedy Hub Awards
2018 Best Comedy, Palmy Fringe Festival

NOMINATED

2025 Best Performer, Greater Manchester Fringe Festival
2023 Best Comedian, Comedy Hub Awards
Best MC, Comedy Hub Awards
2022 Best Comedian, Comedy Hub Awards
2019 Best Out-of-Towner, Comedy Hub Awards
2018 Outstanding Female Performer, Palmy Fringe Festival
Best Comedy, Nelson Fringe Festival
Best Solo Show, Nelson Fringe Festival
Best Solo Show, Wellington Comedy Awards
Best Joke, Wellington Comedy Awards
Outstanding Achievement, Wellington Comedy Awards
Best Out of Towner, Comedy Hub Awards
2017 Best Regular Show, Wellington Comedy Awards

 
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@Pat.Goldsack

PALMERSTON NORTHERS Tomorrow (Fri. 12 April), Pat Goldsack LIVE at Square Edge Fx Theatre. 7pm start, $10 cash on door. See you there to get your own in (selfie I mean loves...)
PALMERSTON NORTHERS Tomorrow (Fri. 12 April), Pat Goldsack LIVE at Square Edge Fx Theatre. 7pm start, $10 cash on door. See you there to get your own in (selfie I mean loves...)
I turned the tanning bed up to 87 and it was dry and hot like a menopausal woman. (Don't worry, I wasn't.)
I turned the tanning bed up to 87 and it was dry and hot like a menopausal woman. (Don't worry, I wasn't.)
Tickets in my bio, loves! Let your friends and lovers know this is my last NZ visit for some time, as I live in the United Kingdom now, and am sleeping round over there instead. Would love to see you all xo
Tickets in my bio, loves! Let your friends and lovers know this is my last NZ visit for some time, as I live in the United Kingdom now, and am sleeping round over there instead. Would love to see you all xo
Nearly saw a light at the end of the tunnel after a night with these three brawny blokes. Just about split me in half
Nearly saw a light at the end of the tunnel after a night with these three brawny blokes. Just about split me in half
Always return the favour, loves
Always return the favour, loves
Just trimming my bush
Just trimming my bush
Explaining the rules at an underground Parisian brothel last year
Explaining the rules at an underground Parisian brothel last year
It's been a long day, so I'm having a foot bath, peppermint tea, and a threesome before bed.
It's been a long day, so I'm having a foot bath, peppermint tea, and a threesome before bed.
This young man likes a good thumbs up, no gloves
This young man likes a good thumbs up, no gloves
Always feels better with my teeth out
Always feels better with my teeth out
Please sir... can I have some more?
Please sir... can I have some more?
Trust me, dears - even the pros swing too hard sometimes
Trust me, dears - even the pros swing too hard sometimes
Drive to the conditions, when they change reduce your speed. (Alas, loves, wherever I am it's always wet 🤔)
Drive to the conditions, when they change reduce your speed. (Alas, loves, wherever I am it's always wet 🤔)
Always loved my husbands' tastes in necklaces
Always loved my husbands' tastes in necklaces
Just... a... spoonful of sugar helps the Patricia go down
Just... a... spoonful of sugar helps the Patricia go down
Love a good ride
Love a good ride
Having some really good dreams
Having some really good dreams
Time for some cranberry juice
Time for some cranberry juice
Pat Special #2: Red bull, Jager, vodka, tonic, rose water, Pimms, shake vigorously with two hands, then pour sensuously over ice and compliment the drink for lasting so long
Pat Special #2: Red bull, Jager, vodka, tonic, rose water, Pimms, shake vigorously with two hands, then pour sensuously over ice and compliment the drink for lasting so long
Pat at a rave checking for a bat in the cave
Pat at a rave checking for a bat in the cave
PALMERSTON NORTHERS Tomorrow (Fri. 12 April), Pat Goldsack LIVE at Square Edge Fx Theatre. 7pm start, $10 cash on door. See you there to get your own in (selfie I mean loves...) I turned the tanning bed up to 87 and it was dry and hot like a menopausal woman. (Don't worry, I wasn't.) Tickets in my bio, loves! Let your friends and lovers know this is my last NZ visit for some time, as I live in the United Kingdom now, and am sleeping round over there instead. Would love to see you all xo Nearly saw a light at the end of the tunnel after a night with these three brawny blokes. Just about split me in half Always return the favour, loves Just trimming my bush Explaining the rules at an underground Parisian brothel last year It's been a long day, so I'm having a foot bath, peppermint tea, and a threesome before bed. This young man likes a good thumbs up, no gloves Always feels better with my teeth out Please sir... can I have some more? Trust me, dears - even the pros swing too hard sometimes Drive to the conditions, when they change reduce your speed. (Alas, loves, wherever I am it's always wet 🤔) Always loved my husbands' tastes in necklaces Just... a... spoonful of sugar helps the Patricia go down Love a good ride Having some really good dreams Time for some cranberry juice Pat Special #2: Red bull, Jager, vodka, tonic, rose water, Pimms, shake vigorously with two hands, then pour sensuously over ice and compliment the drink for lasting so long Pat at a rave checking for a bat in the cave
 

event hosting

only in the uk

Alexander Sparrow and Katie Boyle are available for corporate events and functions. They do everything, from MCing functions, quiz nights, and weddings; to making cameo appearances as any one of our hilarious characters!
Katie is also an independent marriage and civil union celebrant, and alongside Alexander, will choreograph and teach you your own personalized first dance.

If you want to book them, please fill out the below form and tell them what you need.

Alternatively, you can email them at info@sparrowandboyle.com.

“Asking Katie to be our celebrant was one of the best decisions my wife and I made for our wedding. She guided us through everything we needed to do, including writing our vows and sorting the paperwork. She even gave us a few dance lessons to put our first dance together.
She also doubled as our MC and ran the evening perfectly, she created a vibrant atmosphere and added the perfect amount of humour (at our request) throughout the night.

From start to finish, Katie truly came on the journey with us and our day went beyond our expectations due in no small part to her contribution. We couldn’t recommend a more professional, charming and warm celebrant”
— Peter Kim-Le Comte
 
 
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