Nicola Bolsover at the 2009 Chortle Student Comedy Awards final
06/09/2009 … Newbie Nicola Bolsover takes her time to get going, with an undergagged routine about how someone once said she looked like Matt Lucas and a long-winded discussion…
2009 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Sun 06 September 2009
Sam Gore at the 2009 Chortle Student Comedy Awards final
06/09/2009 … Accomplished, but still relatively new, Sam Gore thrives on deliciously vitriolic attacks on celebrities, exquisite in their brutal imagery.
Laura Lexx at the 2009 Chortle Student Comedy Awards final
06/09/2009 … Somerset girl Laura Lexx is a next-generation Lucy Porter; she’s small, sweet-natured – and even performs in bare feet.
Joe Lycett at the 2009 Chortle Student Comedy Awards final
06/09/2009 … Joe Lycett has a delightfully natural style that builds a real connection with the audience.
Iain Stirling at the 2009 Chortle Student Comedy Awards final
06/09/2009 … Though relatively inexperienced, Iain Stirling has a breezy, natural style with shovelfuls of amiability – but also the gags to match, even producing a nice twist…
Dominic Cross at the 2009 Chortle Student Comedy Awards final
06/09/2009 … New kid on the block Dominic Cross is a relatively mainstream act, wielding his guitar he bashed out a couple of mediocre musical one-liners, before moving into…
Max Dickens at the 2009 Chortle Student Comedy Awards final
06/09/2009 … Impressive newcomer Max Dickens, whose modest, careful delivery perfectly showcases his often sterling material, derived from imaginative thinking and expressed…
Laurie Blake at the 2009 Chortle Student Comedy Awards final
06/09/2009 … Laurie Blake based much of the first part of his set around a book he saw that was blatantly, and disingenuously, trying to cash in on Dan Brown’s success, but…