Idiots Of Ants at Knock2Bag
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The brilliantly assured Idiots Of Ants, who, as is now well-documented, got their unusual name from a corruption of ‘idiots savants’, comprise four impressive twentysomething lads, all strong, slick performers who also pay as much attention to the script as they do to their acting.

Tonight, we were treated to some of their greatest hits: the new fathers being trained in ‘dad jokes’, the invention of the motorcar being received with amusing childishness, and the lads upset at being usurped by a baby. All take relatively simple ideas, yet tease out joke upon joke from them, without quite bleeding the concept dry. This is never more so that in their scene in which four girls wake up after a hen night to discover that they’ve drunkenly had a sex-change operation: an irony-laden sketch which playfully has the women in the audience alternately booing or nodding in agreement as they niggle away at some gender stereotypes.

All these scenes – with the possible exception of their Where’s Wally? one-joke weak link – have the potential to be future classics, and the hard-working Idiots have them all down to a T.

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Went to see their This Is War in Leeds tonight. Thought their jokes were so intelligently put together. Had us laughing the whole way through. I think Elliot stood out but were all amazing

catherine rennison, May 2010

Just saw this guy at Comedy in the Green – really, really funny set. Well worth going to see

keith, March 2010

Really funny, seen him twice, both very different sets, both superb.

paul kimber, January 2009

He was once on a Lee and Herring programme, as an ordinary member of the public, having sent in camcorder footage of himself bullying some children. It was then revealed that he was a child actor in Children's Ward, as a coma victim. Stewart Lee asked him what research he did for the role, a question he couldn't answer!

WildJohn, November 2008

Unconvincing, unoriginal and dull.

stotty, October 2008

Really great energy, really funny material, really old review which deserves an update. I saw him at Bath Uni, he must have been on stage for thirty mins and we didn't stop laughing all the way through. Best comic on the bill that night.

tony winter, May 2007

Awful comic, saw him at the Electric Mouse Brixton, trying way too hard. Only on stage because he runs the gigs.

Sally, May 2007

Elliott's comedy club in Brixton on a Wednesday night is outstanding. The venue, the acts and the prices are all spot on, and Elliott hold the whole thing together effortlessly. I really believe he's one to watch. If he's this good when he's this young....

Tamir, March 2007

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