American: The Bill Hicks Story
26/10/2009 … Bill Hicks was a patriot, claims American, someone whose tragically foreshortened life encapsulated the ideal of freedom of speech and the need to hold authority…
2009 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Mon 26 October 2009
Tim Minchin: Ready For This? on tour
26/10/2009 … Until his appearance on Jonathan Ross’s show on Friday, Tim Minchin didn’t have much in the way of mainstream exposure.
Sun 25 October 2009
Not The Messiah...
25/10/2009 … Unless you’ve been living under a rock – or a giant renaissance-art foot – you will probably be aware that this is Monty Python’s 40th anniversary.
Fri 23 October 2009
Pablo Francisco
23/10/2009 … Early in his set, hyperactive Chilean-American comic Pablo Francisco does a typically spirited routine faithfully recreating the riffs of bands such as Metallica…
Thu 22 October 2009
Slap and Tickle Rehearsed at the Manchester Comedy Festival
22/10/2009 … Slap and Giggle – aka Sid Wick and James Bennison – run an regular student night in Manchester, which is unusual in that they perform a new set of sketch comedy…
Duncan Oakley's Favourite Things at the Manchester Comedy Festival
22/10/2009 … He’s a rock musician, who talks a lot about sex and uses the most offensive four-letter words with abandon.
Wed 21 October 2009
Seymour Mace headlining Beat The Frog 2009 World Series final
21/10/2009 … Awkward outsider Seymour Mace is a strangely appealing mix of the deranged and the daft, one minute presenting himself – quite convincingly – as a creepy stalker…
XS Malarkey, October 20, 2009
21/10/2009 … The one thing lacking from the regular XS Malarkey night held during the Manchester Comedy Festival was a lack of festival spirit.