When you're on the Earnslaw why not claim to be its eponymous captain? I see no reason not to (or to casually drop in the word eponymous). Captain Earnslaw appeared as part of my work for the IPENZ Transportation Group Conference for this year. I've done more than a few of these now and they are always a nice mix of comedy characters and just me being me (or a conference friendly version of me). Captain Earnslaw appeared as part of a welcome breakfast which was a new addition

That ornery looking fellow is Sheriff Rusty Buckets and he was one of 3 characters I unleashed on the unsuspecting folks of Insurance Advisernet in Queenstown over the last few days. This was another conference organised by the folks from HQNZ and they are always a great time. That's for a couple of reasons - HQNZ gigs are usually in Queenstown which is not too shabby a place to go and work for a couple of days. Secondly they always have clients who are up for a good time. Th

The last time I had to do any crying as part of a performance was back at University.But this job, with my old friends at MyFarm, required me to MC as myself, perform a dramatic piece about Safety and then, later on in the evening MC the gala dinner in character. It was a one day conference that had all the extremes! Beginning the day as MC things carried along business as usual until just before lunch when all the delegates came back from workshops to find me dressed as a fa

It seems that no sooner had I got back from Tasmania with Cleverfool Creative I was heading down to Queenstown for another Ford Australia incentive. Again the weather wasn't always super favourable but you can't complain when you are bungy jumping as a famous American stuntman, or pretending to be a pilot in a helicopter! And the bird theme to my characters continued in Queenstown, Patrick of cleverfool had me as a penguin in Australia and this time he had me dressed as a gia

For the second of our jobs for MyFarm this year I headed down to Queenstown for their "Milk It" conference. This is where all the Farm Managers from the company's farms come together for workshops and a Gala Dinner that celebrates their achievements for the year. And that's where I came in. I MCed the workshops during the day and then the dinner that night as the German Goat Farmer Gunther. Gunther is a great match for the alpine setting in Queenstown so I was pleased to be a

Its a terrible job that sends you off to Queenstown for 3 days but someone has to do it - so we did. A 3-day conference in Queenstown that used the character skills of Greg and Thom McGrath to help make each event over the three days ultra-unforgettable. The whole she-bang began with a trip up the gondola which saw me playing a German Alpine guide. Thanks to the very talented Bonne Becconsall from Bonne K Designs I was able to fulfil a life-long ambition and have my own pair