An Evening with David Sedaris

Few writers can turn the awkward, absurd and occasionally uncomfortable moments of everyday life into something quite as funny as David Sedaris. The internationally acclaimed humourist, bestselling author and master of observational comedy returns to New Zealand for an evening of sharp wit, wonderfully strange stories and the kind of brutally funny observations that have made him one of the world’s most distinctive comic writers. Sedaris will take to the stage with brand-new essays and freshly written diary entries, followed by a candid audience Q&A and one of his famously generous book-signing sessions. The evening also celebrates his latest collection, The Land and Its People, an instant #1 New York Times bestseller and his first new collection of essays since Happy-Go-Lucky. In it, Sedaris turns his unmistakable eye to travel, family, friendship and getting older — from becoming an imperfect carer following his partner Hugh’s hip-replacement surgery to riding a horse named Tequila in Guatemala, buying a bespoke priest’s cassock at the Vatican and attempting to explain his family to a Duolingo bot. A regular contributor to The New Yorker and the author of bestselling books including Me Talk Pretty One Day, Calypso, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim and Theft by Finding, Sedaris has spent decades finding comedy in the peculiarities of ordinary life. Warm, acerbic, mischievous and unexpectedly tender, an evening with David Sedaris is as much about the pleasure of hearing a great storyteller as it is about the stories themselves. Don’t miss the chance to hear one of contemporary literature’s great humourists live, complete with new material, audience questions and, of course, the opportunity to have your book signed. Expect brand new essays and freshly minted diary entries read live from the stage, a candid audience Q&A, and an extended book signing that, true to form - will run as long as it needs to. In The Land and Its People, his first new essay collection since Happy-Go-Lucky, Sedaris reflects on what it means to be a foreigner, a brother, and a lifelong friend - trying on the role of caretaker after his partner Hugh's hip-replacement surgery. Equal parts tender and devastating, it's classic Sedaris: the kind of writing that makes you laugh until you feel guilty, then laugh again anyway. Don't miss the opportunity to hear David Sedaris read from his brand-new book.