Reviews & features: Comedy, Issue 664
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Adam Riches
(10 Aug 2010)
Riches’ latest show is supremely daft
Aidan Bishop
(12 Aug 2010)
Sounds more like he’s 50 than 30
Alex Horne
(10 Aug 2010)
Clever maths, quantum mechanics and pleasingly lo-fi graphics
Ali Cook
(10 Aug 2010)
Cook’s magic is both slick and sick
Andrew Bird
(11 Aug 2010)
Like being beaten with a roll of toilet paper
Arj Barker
(11 Aug 2010)
Disappointing gaggery from much-hyped actor
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Babbling Comedy: The Perfordian Show
(9 Aug 2010)
Slapstick, magic, juggling all lend to adequate family entertainment
Bec Hill
(12 Aug 2010)
An endearing quirkiness
Beta Males’ Picnic
(11 Aug 2010)
Preoccupation with death and sexual deviance
Bound
(9 Aug 2010)
Brimming with comedic talent, weaker on emotion, generally lovely
The Boy With Tape On His Face
(12 Aug 2010)
A masterclass of mime
Brendon Burns
(10 Aug 2010)
Overly serious rants about killing paedophiles and getting religion
Bridget Christie
(11 Aug 2010)
Dabbling around the unhinged fringes of stand-up
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Caroline Rhea
(13 Aug 2010)
Flirting with fame and audience patience
Celia Pacquola
(10 Aug 2010)
A buoyant performance, surprising and cathartic
Chris Corcoran
(11 Aug 2010)
Corcoran makes his people sound rather lovely
Chris McCausland
(10 Aug 2010)
McCausland meanders off on wildly varying tangents
Comedy Bitch
(10 Aug 2010)
Intelligent, surreal and original
Comedy in the Dark
(10 Aug 2010)
Well-known comics pitched out of their comfort zones
Conor O’Toole
(12 Aug 2010)
Some good joke-writing
Could it Be Forever?
(12 Aug 2010)
A bittersweet comedy will have you recall youthful emotion
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Damion Larkin
(11 Aug 2010)
Cuddly Loser has the feel of being hurriedly chucked-together
Dan Antopolski
(10 Aug 2010)
Confidently entertaining
Daniel Sloss - My Generation
(8 Aug 2010)
Teen comic hits home with the personal
Dave Hill
(11 Aug 2010)
Navigates a fine path between the crass and the classy
Delete The Banjax
(13 Aug 2010)
Hyped foursome not quite there yet
Des Bishop
(13 Aug 2010)
My Dad Was Nearly James Bond
Dommett & Lapaert
(13 Aug 2010)
Material tossed aside for engaging tomfoolery
Don't Run with Scissors
(9 Aug 2010)
A Betrayal of Penguins can't quite regain of glory of 2009
Doon MacKichan - Primadoona
(8 Aug 2010)
Turning tragedy into comedy
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Edward Aczel
(10 Aug 2010)
Somehow incredibly funny without even trying
Elis James - Daytripper
(8 Aug 2010)
Scruffy yet sharp show about obsessions
Emo Philips
(13 Aug 2010)
Over-familiar but still funny
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Gary Delaney - Purist
(8 Aug 2010)
The Basil Brush of stand-up
Gemma Goggin - Get Laid or Die Trying
(8 Aug 2010)
Hilarious and graphic sex tales
George Ryegold
(11 Aug 2010)
A gloriously bleak worldview
Geraldine Quinn
(10 Aug 2010)
Flash your flesh, your cash and your camel toe
Giacinto Palmieri
(10 Aug 2010)
This stilted performance was a pile of sweaty meatballs
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Jack Whitehall
(11 Aug 2010)
Lacking real substance
Jarred Christmas
(11 Aug 2010)
Personal set from personable stand-up
Jason Cook
(11 Aug 2010)
Well-crafted, life-affirming stuff
Jeremy Lion
(9 Aug 2010)
Soused kids entertainer goes green
Jimeoin
(10 Aug 2010)
Low-key observations about the little things
Jim Jefferies - Alcoholocaust
(13 Aug 2010)
Vitriolic rants from the bottom of his LA-based heart
Jo Caulfield
(11 Aug 2010)
Trademark snarky wit
Joe Rowntree: Peaceful Worrier
(9 Aug 2010)
Paranoia revolves around this comic’s past
Jonny Sweet - Let's Just Have Some Fun
(9 Aug 2010)
Derailing a show about a boat
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Kai Humphries
(10 Aug 2010)
Desperately needs an injection of sharper gags
Kate Fox - Kate Fox News
(8 Aug 2010)
A slow news day
Keith Farnan: Sex Traffic
(9 Aug 2010)
Facts to gasp at and jokes to die for
Kevin Bridges
(9 Aug 2010)
Rising star effortlessly wins over the home crowd
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Lady Garden - Top Secret Gig
(8 Aug 2010)
Slightly too fast-paced sketch show
Laura Solon: The Owl of Steven
(9 Aug 2010)
A curious show about owls and oddballs
Lee Nelson
(11 Aug 2010)
If his game is satire he keeps it well hidden
Lesbian Bathhouse
(8 Aug 2010)
A feminist comic romp
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Maeve Higgins
(12 Aug 2010)
She could talk all day and keep you smiling
Maff Brown
(11 Aug 2010)
You probably had to be there
Magnus Betnér
(9 Aug 2010)
Cult comic in the making
Mark Nelson - Offending the Senses
(13 Aug 2010)
A jolt to the comedy system
Matthew Hardy: Willy Wonka Explained
(13 Aug 2010)
Nostalgic trip back to a time of Veruca Salt and Everlasting Gobstoppers
Mike Keat
(13 Aug 2010)
A massively talented and very entertaining tool
Mike Wozniak
(11 Aug 2010)
A frustrated and edgy figure
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Nathan Caton
(11 Aug 2010)
Tackles issues of race with refreshing ease and sensitivity
New Art Club
(11 Aug 2010)
Original, charming and very funny
Nick Mohammed
(11 Aug 2010)
Fantastically irritating and inappropriate
Noise Next Door
(10 Aug 2010)
It’s very rare to see improv comedy so consistently hit the mark
No Son of Mine
(9 Aug 2010)
Family secrets uncovered amid a heap of gags
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Pappy's
(13 Aug 2010)
Bringing you sketch sunshine
Paul Chowdhry - Not PC
(13 Aug 2010)
Self-censorship blunts some impact
Paul Foot - Ash in the Attic
(9 Aug 2010)
"Comedy connoisseurs" only for divisive yet invigorating hour
Paul Sinha - Extreme Anti-White Vitriol
(9 Aug 2010)
Handling some hot political spuds
Paul Zenon - Lounge Wizard
(8 Aug 2010)
Old tricks with some new twists
Pete Johannson's - Pete's On Earth
(9 Aug 2010)
Solid stand-up as it was meant to be
Pros from Dover
(9 Aug 2010)
Sketch comedy from accomplished trio inject form with inovation
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Ray Green
(9 Aug 2010)
The 3D adventures of a two-bit character
The Real MacGuffins
(8 Aug 2010)
Deliciously daft sketches
Reginald D Hunter - Trophy Nigga
(9 Aug 2010)
Funny but familiar material
Richard Herring - Christ on a Bike
(9 Aug 2010)
A disappointing retread of past glories
Roaring Boys
(11 Aug 2010)
Enjoyable, surreal character comedians
Rob Rouse
(11 Aug 2010)
Spinning the mundane into the finest yarn
Ross Sutherland - The Three Stigmata of Pacman
(9 Aug 2010)
Life’s daftness exposed via poetry and music
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Sam Simmons
(11 Aug 2010)
Somewhat lacklustre
Scott Agnew proves himself as storyteller with eye for absurd
(8 Aug 2010)
Devilish entertainer with broad appeal
Seann Walsh
(16 Aug 2010)
Making the humdrum hilarious
Shirley and Shirley
(12 Aug 2010)
Dark twists on familiar sketch topics
Smith and Smith
(11 Aug 2010)
Dry self-deprecation and an irreverent take on immortality
Sound and Fury - Private Dick
(8 Aug 2010)
Playful postmodern romp with knob gags
Stephen Carlin - The Podium of Unconditional Surrender
(10 Aug 2010)
Airdrie wag refuses to get tough
Storm Large - Crazy Enough
(9 Aug 2010)
A musical memoir with bawdy tales
Stuart Goldsmith
(11 Aug 2010)
On the road to proper glory
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Tiffany Stevenson - Dictators
(8 Aug 2010)
Top Trumps of despots
Tom Craine
(10 Aug 2010)
Achingly upper middle-class meanderings
Tony Law
(10 Aug 2010)
Some laugh-worthy material
Two Episodes of MASH
(10 Aug 2010)
Offbeat charm and wit


