about us

Alexander Sparrow

Alexander is an award-winning comedian, MC, and director. He has performed in LA, New York, and Boston; Belgium; France; Scotland; England; and all over New Zealand. Alexander has featured on TVNZ’s Breakfast, TV3’s The Project, and PRIME TV’s Back Benches; and in The Wall Street Journal (US).
He directed Pat Goldsack’s Swingers Club & Brothel (2022 tour with Arts on Tour NZ), Macbeth (2021-22 NZ tour), King John (2020 with Shakespeare Globe Centre NZ), The Merry Wives of Windsor (2019 NZ tour), and A Collection of Noises (2013, 2015, 2020 seasons). He was character director for The Nutcracker at Nelson’s Theatre Royal (2021).
Alexander has presented his thoughts on the philosophy of comedy at conferences and universities in New Zealand, Australia, the USA, Belgium, Croatia, and the UK. He received the International Society of Humor Studies’ DANYS Award at their 2023 conference for his paper on cringe comedy. In 2024 he earned an MA Philosophy with Distinction for his thesis Humour and the Appearance of Authenticity. The thesis can be downloaded HERE.

IG, X, Threads: @asparrowcomic
IG: @sparrowandboyle

Katie Boyle

Katie is the comic behind the multi-award-winning Pat Goldsack: New Zealand’s favourite swinging nana. Pat Goldsack has appeared at gigs in the USA, Belgium, France, and the UK, and performed a 20-date tour of New Zealand (2022 Arts on Tour NZ). Pat Goldsack won Best Comic at the 2023 Nelson Fringe Festival; the show Pat Goldsack’s Swingers Club & Brothel won Best Comedy at the 2022 Whangarei Fringe Festival and the 2018 Palmy Fringe Festival. For her work as Pat, Katie has won Best Female Comic at the 2021 and 2019 Comedy Hub Awards.
Katie is a popular wedding celebrant, MC, and one of New Zealand’s most noted Shakespearean actors, with 12 Elizabethan productions performed over the last nine years. Past shows include Hamlet at the Pop Up Globe (Guildenstern and Laertes), Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), Dr Faustus (Faustus), and Macbeth (Macbeth). She also undertook a 45-date solo tour of Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor (everyone). She co-produced and co-hosted the award-nominated comedy line-up show Sing It Wrong, and has MCed Armageddon (Auckland and Wellington).

IG: @pat.goldsack @boiledkat @katieboylecelebrant @sparrowandboyle

Check out our portfolio below!

Pat Goldsack's Swingers Club and Brothel

2020 DJ Trump and Alexander Sparrow Stand-Up Tour

Where are they next?

**Come see Katie and Alexander perform all over the UK!**

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Pat goldsack
COMEDY NIGHT

Welcome to Comedy Night @ OCC #4!
Get ready to laugh until your stomach hurts at Oswestry Cricket Club on November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM.
Join us for a night filled with hilarious stand-up comedians and good vibes. Don't miss out on this opportunity to unwind and enjoy some quality entertainment with friends and family.
See you there!

Friday 7th Nov, 8.00pm
Oswestry Cricket Club
Morda Rd, Oswestry SY11 2AY

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Bitckes in Stitches

Block out your calendars for the 14th November, where you'll witness the pure bliss of TEN sensational female comedians grace your presence.
You will NOT want to miss this!!
As ever, the perfect serotonin fuelled, laughter bonanza to start your weekend in these cold winter months.
Hosted by October's SENSATION @rheanon_lee as I know you needed more sass from her.
The founders of @bitchesinstitchesldn coming up too to show you that the south's got it too...

Friday 14th Nov, 7.00pm
The Fitzgerald
11 Stevenson Square, Manchester M1 1DB

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@Pat.Goldsack

PALMERSTON NORTHERS Tomorrow (Fri. 12 April), Pat Goldsack LIVE at Square Edge Fx Theatre. 7pm start, $10 cash on door. See you there to get your own in (selfie I mean loves...)

I turned the tanning bed up to 87 and it was dry and hot like a menopausal woman. (Don't worry, I wasn't.)

Tickets in my bio, loves! Let your friends and lovers know this is my last NZ visit for some time, as I live in the United Kingdom now, and am sleeping round over there instead. Would love to see you all xo

Nearly saw a light at the end of the tunnel after a night with these three brawny blokes. Just about split me in half

Always return the favour, loves

Just trimming my bush

Explaining the rules at an underground Parisian brothel last year

It's been a long day, so I'm having a foot bath, peppermint tea, and a threesome before bed.

This young man likes a good thumbs up, no gloves

Always feels better with my teeth out

Please sir... can I have some more?

Trust me, dears - even the pros swing too hard sometimes

Drive to the conditions, when they change reduce your speed. (Alas, loves, wherever I am it's always wet 🤔)

Always loved my husbands' tastes in necklaces

Just... a... spoonful of sugar helps the Patricia go down

Love a good ride

Having some really good dreams

Time for some cranberry juice

Pat Special #2: Red bull, Jager, vodka, tonic, rose water, Pimms, shake vigorously with two hands, then pour sensuously over ice and compliment the drink for lasting so long

Pat at a rave checking for a bat in the cave

event hosting

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Alexander Sparrow and Katie Boyle are available for corporate events and functions. They do everything, from MCing functions, quiz nights, and weddings; to making cameo appearances as any one of our hilarious characters!
Katie is also an independent marriage and civil union celebrant, and alongside Alexander, will choreograph and teach you your own personalized first dance.

If you want to book them, please fill out the below form and tell them what you need.

Alternatively, you can email them at info@sparrowandboyle.com.

“Asking Katie to be our celebrant was one of the best decisions my wife and I made for our wedding. She guided us through everything we needed to do, including writing our vows and sorting the paperwork. She even gave us a few dance lessons to put our first dance together.
She also doubled as our MC and ran the evening perfectly, she created a vibrant atmosphere and added the perfect amount of humour (at our request) throughout the night.

From start to finish, Katie truly came on the journey with us and our day went beyond our expectations due in no small part to her contribution. We couldn’t recommend a more professional, charming and warm celebrant”

— Peter Kim-Le Comte