Chris Addison snubbed the show and quite rightly. He was favourite last year and this year and instead they give it to an actress who’s a newcomer to boot! The winner, Laura Solon, was awful. She seems to be a vaguely talented actress but she has no comic ability in her. The audience were […]
Awesome show from a man with phenomenal energy. I hummed and harred regarding booking this show as I knew he would be a strong favourite to win the Perrier (and a certainty to be nominated). It’s a good job that I did book as not only did politics rob him of a justifable […]
Robert Newman just missed out on The Writers’ Guild award for Best Scripted Comedy. Instead it went to Dan Tetsell for a show about his grandfather being an SS officer. The Fairtrade Dubble Act Award went to The Pajama Men who were also nominated for Best Newcomers last year (under the name Sabotage). […]
Got a free ticket to see him last night, paid to see him tonight. I would have gladly paid £10 each night to see him perform. Put simply this guy is exceptional, he told jokes to us while playing a glockenspiel with one hand and a keyboard with the other. The show […]
Much bigger venue than last year, infact he’s playing in the biggest venue the festival has (as far as I know). Hundreds of people will be coming to see him having seen him on HIGNFY and the rather weak Mock The Week - usually not a good sign. Before I start, let me […]
Started and closed very strongly which is important. Last year the show was in Chambers Street and it was great. This year they have gone with the un-tried former Odeon on Clerk Street and it sucks, big time. Basically the stage is **considerably** lower than the front row of seats meaning everyone […]
Very good observational stuff from the best Scottish Comidean (I’m not a fan of Frankie Boyle and Billy Connolly is phenomeally over-rated). Very calm and relaxed on stage, clearly being doing it for years. It wasn’t a performance, more a friend ellaborating on his amusing thoughts. Interesting he started with the news […]
Great silent comedy that transcends language - thoroughly enjoyable. The opening 20 minutes was exceptional. Some great visual gags, magic tricks, mime and performance art (like going down escalators). Really and truly belly-shakingly funny for any age and any language. The only thing I’d prefer is to be in a better […]
Screw the Cavalcade and screw Rock Steady Security. We couldn’t cross Princes Street at the crossing point (other people had been waiting for an hour so we couldn’t get to the show). I wanted to see my old friend Mike McShane (I hear he’s really put on weight).
Standing on George Street at Midnight I got chatting with one of the Assembly Rooms’ staff and he told me the previous night the audience were waiting outside for 57 minutes! We only had to wait 15 minutes and saw Andy Parsons leaving the venue and Rob Gilbert arriving. Last year we had […]
First time I’ve ever seen a comic based on another comic’s reccomendation and probably the last. While a lot of his material is good it needs a lot more polishing and his presentation really needs working on. He really needed a projector as showing us print outs from the internet didn’t work for […]
Never seen a comedian like him, literally. That’s probably because I never saw him. We arrived and the guy said I’ve got space for one more and I said to KT “it’s okay, I’ll grab this chair”. The doorman then elaborate saying “no, I’ve only got space for one more and then […]
Very fast paced stuff from a man with buckets of material. The strongest act I’ve seen in any festival, after of course Dara O’Briain and at number one Demetri Martin. The show revolves around the periodic table of elements (cool I hear some of you cry, others just cry). We journey with […]
Heard him last year on BBC Four’s broadcast from the festival and in his 10 minute bit he was quite good and very posh (what do you expect if you live in Jersey?). He’s won a few nominations and a newcomer award over the past year so I decided to give him ago. […]
I don’t want free tickets to see shitty comic character, I want to continue my conversation with my friends in peace! If you can’t give the free tickets away to other people, what makes you think I’d want them? Sigh. In other news, what sort of idiot takes an 18 month old […]
Straight off I have to say I was disappointed with this show. I’ve seen Omid doing good honest stand up in the late 90s and he was pretty good. Tonight’s show let me down from the beginning The venue was the Pleasance Sports Hall seating over 200 people which started alarm bells […]
Winner of the Perrier Award 2002 returns to The Stand with a longer than normal show (1.25 hours which actually wnet on to 1.5 on the first night). He said he hadn’t looked at the show for a week but you really couldn’t tell. Obviously when you have a stutter you get away […]
Very informative and still has the ability to get good laughs, well worth seeing on so many levels. Last year Mark Thomas enlightened us about the problem with corporations being the enemy of democracy and on a very similar line Robert (not Rob damn it) uses our foreign policy that has never changed for […]
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