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.
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Fri 31 October 2008
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
Phil Buckley – Original Review
27/10/2008 … An air of slick expertise pervades Phil Buckley’s whole act, with a cool, unhurried delivery and a likeable demeanour.
Rachel Fairburn – Original Review
27/10/2008 … Newcomer Rachel Fairburn has oodles of charm, if not yet the rock-solid jokes to back it up.
Eddie Hoo – Original Review
27/10/2008 … Eddie Hoo conclusively proves that the original tenets of alternative comedy have gone the same way as that which preceded it, and that hideously offensive material…
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…
Mick McGrath – Original Review
27/10/2008 … Man-in-black Mick McGrath has a set that rambles all over the shop.
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…