Live at the Covert

New Zealand comic Mike Loder operates on a strict policy of keeping a live room moving. Working with a rapid-fire delivery and a heavy reliance on direct audience engagement, he leans into the observational routines that made him a staple of the national circuit. Recorded as an audio album at Auckland’s Covert Theatre in 2002, the release arrived shortly after Loder took home the Billy T James Award. The recording exists as a straightforward artifact of the early-aughts Auckland comedy scene, documenting a working professional performing a standard club set.