Australia's most wanted comedian, Chopper, is about to give Arrowtown his own unique perspective on the world by bringing a big pad of paper listing everyone and everything he has an issue with.
Finding infamy on the television shows 7 Days and The Ronnie John's Half Hour on either side of the Tasman, Logie and ARIA award nominated comedian Heath Franklin sticks on the handlebar moustache and dons the sunnies to become the notoriously foul-mouthed and furious parody of Melbourne criminal Mark "Chopper" Read.
Franklin as Chopper embarked on his latest tour in New Zealand this week and every night in every city a new list will be created and posted online.
• Chopper performs at the Arrowtown Athenaeum Hall on Tuesday, November 20, at 7.30pm. Tickets cost $36.90 to $39.90 plus booking fee from Lakes Leisure and Ticketek.
Picks of the week
Saturday
• 9pm: Queenstown party band LA Social Club at SkyCity Queenstown Casino. Free.
Monday
• 10pm: Queenstown covers band Mojo plays rock crowd-pleasers in the World Bar. Free.
Tuesday
• 1pm: The Ballarat Trading Co gets Melbourne Cup festivities started with a fashion show featuring Queenstown designers.
Tickets $25 include drinks, canapes, spot prizes and donation to Queenstown Primary School.
• 4pm: SkyCity Casino screens the racing action and gives away prizes. Free.
• 8.30pm: A happily retired bachelor is stuck with his mother and three elderly ladies while Rome empties for a long weekend in the Italian comedy Mid-August Lunch (2008), screened by the Queenstown Film Society in Dorothy Brown's Cinema, Arrowtown. Preceded by Day Trip, Zoe McIntosh's 11-minute drama about a gang member taking time out. New members can join on the night.
Wednesday
• 5.45pm: The Avengers, 6pm: Brave and 6.15pm: Hotel Transylvania are scheduled for the 19th annual Wattie's Cans Film Festival in Reading Cinemas Queenstown. Wakatipu residents can swap cans of in-date food in good condition for movie tickets to help stock up the community food bank of the Salvation Army before Christmas.
