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No Offence Taken with Andrew Doyle, Screenwriters + Comedian Event at Pocket Bar & Kitchen
Date
Sunday, 13 September 2026
Time
2.00pm – 3.30pm (NZT)
Venue
Pocket Bar & Kitchen
592 Great North Road, Grey Lynn
Auckland
Cost
$20
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Join us for an intimate discussion with Andrew Doyle, a world renowned comedian and author for an afternoon of conversation. This is an exclusive event put on by the Free Speech Union to engage with one of the most erudite voices in the arts. There will be a chance to hear from Andrew of his experience as an artist as well as a chance to ask questions and share your experience of the arts in New Zealand. Come, bring your questions and your experience. Its set to be a fantastic afternoon. Andrew Doyle is a writer, broadcaster and comedian. He is the author of Free Speech and Why It Matters, The New Puritans and The End of Woke (all published by Constable). He is the creator of the satirical character Titania McGrath, whose show Mxnifesto was produced at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and at the Duchess Theatre in London’s West End. As Titania, has written two books – Woke: A Guide to Social Justice and My First Little Book of Intersectional Activism. He has a DPhil in English Renaissance literature from the University of Oxford where he also worked as a lecturer, and he has been a Visiting Research Fellow at Queen’s University Belfast and a Presidential Scholar at the New College of Florida. He created the weekly television show Free Speech Nation on GB News, which he presented for three years. He has been Executive Producer on a number of television shows, including: The Dinosaur Hour with John Cleese, Headliners and Ministry of Offense for GB News, and the documentary Nazi Pug: Joke or Hate for the BBC. He has written a number of musicals for the stage including: Soul Music (Rose Theatre, Kingston), The Adventures of Pinocchio (Castle Theatre, Wellingborough), The Hundred and One Dalmatians (Castle Theatre, Wellingborough) Gulliver’s Travels (Lyric Theatre, Belfast), Paperboy (Lyric Theatre, Belfast) and Huckleberry Finn (Lyric Theatre, Belfast). His plays include: Borderland (national tour for 7:84 Scotland), Jimmy Murphy Makes Amends (BBC), The Second Mr Bailey (BBC) and Poster Girl (BBC). Andrew has written and performed eight solo stand-up shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, three of which transferred to the Soho Theatre in London. He is the co-founder of Comedy Unleashed, London’s free-thinking comedy night. Join the Free Speech Union and Andrew Doyle for an unforgettable afternoon. There are only 50 tickets to this exclusive opportunity so buy your tickets now or risk missing out!

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