The Basement Christmas show

A strap-on covered in peanut butter: An oral history of the Basement Christmas Show

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The Basement Theatre Christmas Show is celebrating its tenth year as the most fun you can have in December. To acknowledge the achievement, Basement regular Sam Brooks spoke to the writers, actors and audiences from across the decade. Jacinda Ardern playing Helen Clark. Rose Matafeo playing Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. Chris Parker, for one brilliant … Read more

Rose Matafeo and Alice Snedden are making Christmas horny again

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This year the Basement Christmas show enters its tenth year with Work Do, written by superstar comedians Rose Matafeo and Alice Snedden. Alex Casey talks to the duo about office parties, Christmas fantasies and Michelle Obama.  Somewhere in London, Rose Matafeo is lying on her bed, embroiled in a late night battle with what she … Read more