Helmut – Original Review
01/10/2004 … Marc Blake's fictional German stand-up is a stereotypically stern creation who isn’t going to let his utterly humourless personality stand in the way of a…
2004 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Fri 01 October 2004
Nina Conti – Original Review
01/10/2004 … With her foul-mouthed simian sidekick, Conti's skilful act increasingly deconstructs ventriloquism, which she dismisses, tongue-in-cheek, as a dying art.
Brendan Burke – Original Review
01/10/2004 … Brendan Burke’s relaxed, storytelling style is almost a cliché of Irish stand-up; the naturally amiable raconteur entertaining with tales from his life.
Mark Walker – Original Review
01/10/2004 … It comes as no surprise to learn that former pebbledasher Walker once fronted a pub rock band, given that his stand-up features more than a touch of rock-and-roll…
Thu 30 September 2004
Archie Kelly – Original Review
30/09/2004 … Teacher-turned-stand-up Kelly is a comedian most decidedly in the old tradition of northern clubs - offering a joke, an impression and a song.
Wed 08 September 2004
Nick Sun – Original Review
08/09/2004 … Nepalese-Australian Sun has an appealing line in deconstructing the ethnic comedy that's so in vogue these days.
Sat 04 September 2004
Bob Doolally – Original Review
04/09/2004 … This permanently-sozzled Scottish football manager is a fine character, a six-times married star of Sixties soccer, with a catalogue of outrageous anecdotes about…
Wed 01 September 2004
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Miles Jupp – Original Review
01/09/2004 … Jupp's fantastic, ultra-posh gentrified character is a truly excellent comic creation, backed up with some genuinely unexpected punchlines With a brilliantly patronising…