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“Hats off to the bees,” by Philip Patston

Sunday, July 12th, 2009

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Hats off to the bees

by Philip Patston

Usually I wear a lot of hats, all at once. Luckily they are metaphorical, otherwise I’d look a bit odd. But it takes a bit of doing and I often need to change the order in which they are piled on my head mid-way through an event. It’s an art in itself really, changing hats in a fluid, discreet way: part modelling, part juggling, part brain gym. Vaguely discombobulating but strangely gratifying. Try it.

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Philip Patston, and the Diverse Perspectives Portrait Project (D3P)

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

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Quoting from creativemomentum.wordpress.com:

As part of his show, A Bit of What He’s Got, in the 2009 NZ International Comedy Festival, comedian and social entrepreneur Philip Patston has launched the Diverse Perspectives Portrait Project (D3P) to explore the interaction of attitude and perception using portraiture. Unitec Fine Arts students have contributed over a dozen portraits of the gay, disabled comic informed by different attitudes, which will be hung in the foyer of the Herald Theatre…

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Philip Patston’s live shows at the NZ International Comedy Festival getting rave reviews!

Saturday, May 16th, 2009

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Reviewer Rachael McKinnon attended Philip Patston’s May 2nd performance in Auckland, and wrote a glowing review for TVNZ. Here are the highlights:

From the moment you walk—or wheel—into the Herald Theatre for Philip Patston’s New Zealand International Comedy Festival Show, “A Bit of What He’s Got,” it is clear that you are not in for an hour of conventional stand-up comedy.

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