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Robin Williams Coming to NZ

Robin Williams plays Christchurch!

New Zealand is getting a treat with Robin Williams coming to perform two stand-up shows as part of his Weapons of Self Destruction Tour.

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He'll perform in Auckland - at Vector Arena, the second comic to play the 12,000 capacity venue after Billy Connolly last year - and Christchurch in mid November.

Williams has been here before, but only on the promotional duties for films like  Bicentennial Man  (with Sam Neill) and  What Dreams May Come(by Vincent Ward).

This time he'll be playing 90 minute live sets, the content of which is more risque and political than the sort of movies he's best known for.

Williams says in an extensive interview with  TimeOut   that it will be interesting to see what material in his routine will play outside the United States where he has been touring since early 2009, the jaunt interrupted by Williams having to undergo heart surgery to replace an aortic valve.

"It pays the bills actually, " he says in an extensive interview with TimeOut, "I have been doing small movies. Small movies are great to do but they don't pay the bills."

Though New Zealand director Ward's 1998 film might be considered one of Williams' career misfires, it remains a firm favourite for the comedian.

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