Having co-written and starred in the hit comedy series Starstruck alongside fellow New Zealander Rose Matafeo, the latest project for Nic Sampson is returning to the He brings his second solo hour to the festival, detailing how, when he was 18, he stepped into one of the famous suits and played the Yellow Ranger. Now, years later, this shy and humble star is inviting his fans to a never-before-attempted cast reunion..
. Here, he go goes and answers our I’m feeling strong and supple. I’ve subscribed to the highest tier of the Joe Wicks app where he comes to your house and sits on your shoulders while you do squats.
A word of advice though: sometimes he refuses to get down and will stay up there for hours shouting about mental health and occasionally asking for a handful of nuts or dried fruit. When I was 18 in New Zealand I was cast as the Yellow Power Ranger in the 14th series of Power Rangers. This sounds like a weird lie, but it’s true! My show is about me at a comic convention nearly two decades on, trying desperately to organise a cast reunion in front of the show’s biggest fans (that’s you).
Everything is going to go perfectly to plan. A lot! I adore improv, it’s my favourite thing in the world to do and you also don’t need to prepare for it. You literally just make it up! The group of improvisers Kiell Smith-Bynoe has got together for his show are the best around! Apart from the fact that Rose and Alice Snedden (who also co-wrote and co-directed) were both .
