'They looked at me as if I'd taken a dump on stage'
Ian Stone's Unforgettable Five gigs
31/03/2017 … First gigThe Comedy Cafe: August 14, 1991.
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Comedians recollect some of their most memorable gigs.
Fri 31 March 2017
Mon 27 March 2017
I played at Prince Harry's birthday
Musical comic Adam Kay's Unforgettable Five gigs
27/03/2017 … First gigMy first gig was as a member of an unspeakably terrible university sketch group called Handjobs For Crack – five medical students doing lowest common…
Mon 06 March 2017
He yelled: 'Show us your tits!' It didn't end well
Pippa Evans's most memorable gigs
06/03/2017 … You are only as good as your last gig, they say.
Tue 14 February 2017
'I am a 20-year-old comedy god, but I am also a thief and a hack'
Dylan Brody's Unforgettable Five
14/02/2017 … American humorist Dylan Brody’s latest storytelling show, Driving Hollywood, described as a ‘poignant and hilarious look at life at the intersection of art and…
Fri 27 January 2017
'Slagging a skanky gaff'
Suzi Ruffell's Unforgettable Five gigs
27/01/2017 … First gigMy first gig was in a room above a pub, there were about eight people there, if you count the dog and the bored-looking girl behind the bar.
Fri 02 December 2016
© Matthew Highton 'It's good to learn just how bad you can be'
Head Weirdo Adam Larter on his most memorable gigs
02/12/2016 … As the Weirdos comedy collective prepares for its annual alternative pantomime next week, its lynchpin Adam Larter shares his Unforgettable Five gigs.
Tue 15 November 2016
'Audiences don't like having guns pointed at them'
Alexei Sayle's most memorable gigs
15/11/2016 … Best gig It's not one single gig but when I went back to doing standup in 2013, after a layoff of 17 years, the two weeks I did at Edinburgh were the most enjoyable…
Mon 31 October 2016
'I was stopped by police en route to a show'
Nathan Caton's most memorable gigs
31/10/2016 … First gigMy first gig was all glamour… Not! It was in a tiny dive of a bar in Old Street.