Rhys Darby

1 week ago | rhysiedarby.substack.com | Rhys Darby

I’m going through my photos to remember where we went next. Ahh yes, after Canberra we went back to Sydney. There we would remain for six days as a base whilst leaping off to places like Newcastle and Wollongong. We drove to Newcastle the next day, which was roughly a two-hour journey, but when I say roughly, I’m not necessarily talking about the time, oh no, in this case it was the weather.

2 weeks ago | rhysiedarby.substack.com | Rhys Darby

Well, as it turns out, touring live comedy around a large country is rather demanding. My energy is pretty zapped after each full energy performance. I can no longer cope with meeting fans or giving speeches. Continuously fairly drained would be how I would describe myself now as I’m in the closing stages of this NZ/Australia tour, some 5 weeks in. Keep reading with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to Rhys Darby to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

2 weeks ago | rhysiedarby.substack.com | Rhys Darby

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3 weeks ago | rhysiedarby.substack.com | Rhys Darby

Believe it or not, I had never done the Melbourne International Comedy Festival before, so it was definitely appropriate for my show to be called The Legend Returns. Of course, I had toured Australia before, many times, with shows like Rhys Darby Live, This Way to Spaceship, Mr. Adventure and The Mystic Time Bird, which was my last stand-up outing eight years ago, so I was no stranger to the city and its buzz.

1 month ago | rhysiedarby.substack.com | Rhys Darby

Every stand-up tour begins at home for me, and The Legend Returns was no exception. I have to be with my people first. They know me well, they (generally) love to see me come home, and I love to be there. I arrived a few days before my Wellington show and so spent some time on the property up north.