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Episode Synopsis
Show 168 – David Correos and Paul Douglas (NZ Comedians) Welcome to the Altbays Show (Feat. Leo Magri) Meet David Correos and Paul Douglas Paul Douglas is one of the busiest live stand-up comedians in New Zealand and the winner of Best Live Show and Best Gag at the 2019 New Zealand Comedy Guild Awards.A master storyteller, Paul’s simultaneously laid-back and frenetic energy has been winning over audiences for over ten years and will leave you wanting to have a yarn with the man himself. A regular headliner at the Classic Comedy Club and as seen on 7 Days and TVNZ’s Comedy Gala.Wishing to perform in musical theatre, Correos attended a two-year drama course at Hagley College, after which he applied to a broadcasting school but was denied entry. He became interested in comedy and started performing arts at Hagley Theatre Company. Correos started performing stand-up alongside musicians and street performers and began learning to write comedy.Correos won the Billy T Award n 2016 and the Comic Originality award at the 2015 Comedy Guild Awards. He first performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2017 with Matt Stellingwerf, their show, Chaos & Order. He returned to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2018 with a new show titled The Correos Effect, and at a later date, also performed it at the Fringe Festivals in Dunedin, Auckland and Adelaide. In 2019, he performed his show Better Than I Was The Last Time at Fringe. Correos' television credits include appearances as a panellist on 7 Days (on which he was also a writer), The Project and Taskmaster. Correos also appears in videos by the sketch comedy group Viva La Dirt League. ALTBAYS Show invites awesome people to have an honest, laid-back conversation. Our platform focuses on bringing communities together to grow and thrive.