Abandonman at the 2010 Hackney Empire new act final
31/01/2010 … The shock of the night was that Abandoman, a three-man hip-hop group using a tagline (‘the seventh most popular hip-hop group in Ireland’) that’s very similar…
2010 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Sun 31 January 2010
Nathaniel Metcalfe at the 2010 Hackney Empire new act final
31/01/2010 … There was a fair amount of noise and movement for the first few minutes of Nathaniel Metcalfe’s set, caused by the previous act.
Andrew Ryan at the 2010 Hackney Empire new act final
31/01/2010 … Andrew Ryan not only resembles Ardal O’Hanlon physically, but his mannerisms and delivery are uncannily O’Hanlonesque.
Alan Hudson at the 2010 Hackney Empire new act final
31/01/2010 … A personable performer, but with little to excite or inspire, young magician Alan Hudson doesn't have enough of an angle to stand out from the other magic acts on…
Inel Tomlinson at the 2010 Hackney Empire new act final
31/01/2010 … Inel Tomlinson strutted onto stage with the confidence of a pro and gave the most assured, polished and natural performance of the night.
Dave Gibson at the 2010 Hackney Empire new act final
31/01/2010 … It is almost predictably standard for a comic to open their set by pointing out which celebrities they look like.
Tue 26 January 2010
The Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek
26/01/2010 … I’m sure that at the time Monty Python’s Flying Circus must have sounded like a terrible moniker for a comedy group, but it’s hard to get excited by the name…
Mon 25 January 2010
Rachel Anderson at the Comedy Stop
25/01/2010 … Still relatively new on the circuit, Rachel Anderson combines an innate Geordie charm with increasingly assured writing.