James Christopher – Original Review
31/10/2008 … James Christopher is a likeably jolly chap, with a nice line in self-deprecation at his own geekish demeanour, even if he mines it to exhaustion.
2008 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Fri 31 October 2008
Ben Harland – Original Review
31/10/2008 … Newcomer Ben Harland's persona is of an awkward, nervously fey comedian ill at ease on stage.
Alfie Moore – Original Review
31/10/2008 … Full-time policeman and part-time comic, Alfie Moore is more of an anecdotalist than a comedian, but his profession has provided him with more than enough raw material.
Thu 30 October 2008
Hull Comedy Festival Comedian Of The Year 2008
30/10/2008 … Is comedy slipping back to its bad old ways? Another new act final, another all white-male line-up.
Mon 27 October 2008
Rod Shepherd – Original Review
27/10/2008 … Rod Shepherd, Conspiracy Theorist, is a nice idea in the vein of Simon Munnery’s Alan Parker Urban Warrior – but not yet as sharp or bitingly concise.
Gareth Urwin – Original Review
27/10/2008 … Most of geeky newbie Gareth Urwin’s set involved a tortured extended metaphor comparing himself – and specifically his ill-fated schoolboy attempts at football…
Mick McGrath – Original Review
27/10/2008 … Man-in-black Mick McGrath has a set that rambles all over the shop.
Joe Lycett – Original Review
27/10/2008 … Aged just 20, newcomer Joe Lycett has a very relaxed confidence on stage, alternately lolloping around like it was his natural environment, or leaning nonchalantly…