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Original Review:
If you want a lively, spontaneous act full of easy banter, look elsewhere. Gary Delaney has an unyieldingly deadpan posture that makes Jack Dee look like Ainsley Harriot.
There's little in the way of stagecraft or the niceties of audience empathy, all you get is puns. Lots of them. Some brilliantly inspired. Some not.
Comics who peddle such wordplay normally have a kind of cheeky "I can't believe I'm getting away with this" type delivery that encourages punters to buy into the ridiculousness of the situation.
But Delaney's approach concentrates all the attention on the purity of the joke, making for a harsh environment for material. In this atmosphere, the weakest gags will die, starved of a persona to support them.
However, in true Darwinist manner, the strongest jokes thrive - and Delaney's strike rate is rising fast, meaning there is plenty to enjoy - including a generous handful of real gems that verge on the genius.
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Thu 20 Jun 2013
Book Now- Birmingham Glee Club
- 20:00
- Adult - £11.00, Student - £6.00
- Dan Nightingale, Dan Nightingale, Gary Delaney, Gary Delaney, Matt Reed, Matt Reed
Thu 20 Jun 2013
Book Now- Birmingham Glee Club
- 20:00
- Adult - £11.00, Student - £6.00
- Dan Nightingale, Dan Nightingale, Gary Delaney, Gary Delaney, Matt Reed, Matt Reed
Fri 21 Jun 2013
Book Now- Birmingham Glee Club
- 20:30
- Adult - £15.50, Student - £6.50
- Dan Nightingale, Dan Nightingale, Gary Delaney, Gary Delaney, Matt Reed, Matt Reed
Fri 21 Jun 2013
Book Now- Birmingham Glee Club
- 20:30
- Adult - £15.50, Student - £6.50
- Dan Nightingale, Dan Nightingale, Gary Delaney, Gary Delaney, Matt Reed, Matt Reed
Fri 21 Jun 2013
- Solihull Village Hotel
- 19:30~01:00
- £12.95 incl curry
- Brian Damage & Krysstal, Gary Delaney, Ryan Gough (MC)
Sat 22 Jun 2013
Book Now- Birmingham Glee Club
- 20:15
- Adult - £18.50
- Dan Nightingale, Dan Nightingale, Gary Delaney, Gary Delaney, Matt Reed, Matt Reed
Sat 22 Jun 2013
Book Now- Birmingham Glee Club
- 20:15
- Adult - £18.50
- Dan Nightingale, Dan Nightingale, Gary Delaney, Gary Delaney, Matt Reed, Matt Reed
Fri 28 Jun 2013
- Leicester Just The Tonic
- 20:00
- £9 (£6.50 concs)
- Chris Mayo, Gary Delaney, Nick Doody, Rob Rouse
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Fri 28 Jun 2013
Book Now- Nottingham Glee
- 20:00
- Adult - £11.00, Student - £4.00
- Gary Delaney, Gary Delaney, Jimmy McGhie, Jimmy McGhie, Philberto, Philberto
Fri 28 Jun 2013
Book Now- Nottingham Glee
- 20:00
- Adult - £11.00, Student - £4.00
- Gary Delaney, Gary Delaney, Jimmy McGhie, Jimmy McGhie, Philberto, Philberto
Sat 29 Jun 2013
- Leicester Just The Tonic
- 20:00
- £12.50 (£8 concs)
- Chris Mayo, Gary Delaney, Nick Doody, Rob Rouse
Sat 29 Jun 2013
Book Now- Nottingham Glee
- 20:00
- Adult - £14.00, Student - £4.00
- Gary Delaney, Gary Delaney, Jimmy McGhie, Jimmy McGhie, Philberto, Philberto
Sat 29 Jun 2013
Book Now- Nottingham Glee
- 20:00
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- Gary Delaney, Gary Delaney, Jimmy McGhie, Jimmy McGhie, Philberto, Philberto
Fri 5 Jul 2013
- Peterborough Key Theatre
- 19:45
- £10
- Gary Delaney, Iain Stirling
Sun 14 Jul 2013
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- Bristol Tobacco Factory
- 20:00
- £10
- Andrew Lawrence, Gary Delaney
Fri 26 Jul 2013
Book Now- Cardiff Glee Club
- 20:30
- Adult - £15.00, Student - £6.50
- Gary Delaney, Gary Delaney, Simon Bligh, Simon Bligh, Tom Deacon, Tom Deacon
Fri 26 Jul 2013
Book Now- Cardiff Glee Club
- 20:30
- Adult - £15.00, Student - £6.50
- Gary Delaney, Gary Delaney, Simon Bligh, Simon Bligh, Tom Deacon, Tom Deacon
Sat 27 Jul 2013
Book Now- Cardiff Glee Club
- 20:30
- Adult - £17.50
- Gary Delaney, Gary Delaney, Simon Bligh, Simon Bligh, Tom Deacon, Tom Deacon
Sat 27 Jul 2013
Book Now- Cardiff Glee Club
- 20:30
- Adult - £17.50
- Gary Delaney, Gary Delaney, Simon Bligh, Simon Bligh, Tom Deacon, Tom Deacon
Sun 28 Jul 2013
Book Now- Derby Bar One
- 13:30~00:00
- £7
- Alfie Moore, Alistair Barrie, Carey Marx, Gary Delaney, Markus Birdman, Rob Rouse
Wed 31 Jul 2013
- Gary Delaney 2: This Time It’s Not Personal
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 21:45~22:45
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Thu 1 Aug 2013
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Fri 2 Aug 2013
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Sat 3 Aug 2013
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Sun 4 Aug 2013
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Mon 5 Aug 2013
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Tue 6 Aug 2013
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Wed 7 Aug 2013
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Thu 8 Aug 2013
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Fri 9 Aug 2013
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Sat 10 Aug 2013
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Sun 11 Aug 2013
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Tue 13 Aug 2013
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Wed 14 Aug 2013
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Thu 15 Aug 2013
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Fri 16 Aug 2013
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Sat 17 Aug 2013
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Sun 18 Aug 2013
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Mon 19 Aug 2013
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Tue 20 Aug 2013
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Wed 21 Aug 2013
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Thu 22 Aug 2013
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Thu 22 Aug 2013
- Comedy Gala In Aid Of Waverley Care 2013
- Edinburgh Playhouse [Fringe]
- 19:30
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Fri 23 Aug 2013
- Gary Delaney 2: This Time It’s Not Personal
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 21:45~22:45
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Sat 24 Aug 2013
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Sun 25 Aug 2013
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Fri 11 Oct 2013
- Leicester Just The Tonic
- 20:00
- £9 (£6.50 concs)
- Gary Delaney, Joel Dommett, Mark Nelson
Sat 12 Oct 2013
- Leicester Just The Tonic
- 20:00
- £12.50 (£8 concs)
- Gary Delaney, Joel Dommett, Mark Nelson
Sat 12 Oct 2013
- Nottingham Just the Tonic
- 20:00
- £10 (£6 concs)
- Fin Taylor, Gary Delaney, Howard Read, Mark Nelson
Thu 19 Dec 2013
- Nottingham Just the Tonic
- 20:00
- £12.50
- Carl Hutchinson, Gary Delaney, Kai Humphries, Sam Avery
Thu 19 Dec 2013
- Leicester Just The Tonic
- 20:00
- £12..50
- Gary Delaney, Kai Humphries
Fri 20 Dec 2013
Fri 20 Dec 2013
- Leicester Just The Tonic
- 20:00
- £15
- Gary Delaney, Kai Humphries
Sat 21 Dec 2013
Sat 21 Dec 2013
- Leicester Just The Tonic
- 20:00
- £15
- Gary Delaney, Kai Humphries
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Older Comments
KK - 17/06/2012
Saw him for the first time at Cardiff Glee and he was fantastic! Clever gags and cheeky gags all mixed up for a hilarious set. Loved it!
Jonno - 30/05/2011
Absolute genius and a really nice man who spoke to lots of people afterwards. He should have his own TV show. Funnier than all of them on telly. Laughter non stop. A very very clever man.
Sarah - 04/05/2011
Can't wait to see him live. With such brilliant one liners, how come he isn't as big as Jimmy Carr?
Sean Kelly - 10/10/2010
Wot, no comments on Gary's Edinburgh show??? Unfortunately I missed the festival, but was delighted to see Gary in Sunderland on Friday - the first time in about 5 years. To say he has improved might belittle his natural genius, but that he can produce so much consistent A1 quality material leaves me in awe (after I've stopped crying and my sides have stopped aching). If you like your comedy fast, dark and clever, and you're happy to spend 20, 40 or 60 minutes without a clue what's coming next (except laughs), then see Gary!
Nik Hill - 10/09/2009
Saw Gary at the Reading festival a few weeks ago, a difficult gig and others after him failed miserably; he was superb however, really got the crowd on his side and could have done another hour and people wouldn't have been bored; sheer class.
Dave Townshend - 02/09/2009
This guy is brilliant. He says he's the 7th Best Joke-Writer in the World. In my eyes, he's the third. I would only rate Milton Jones and Zach Galifianakis before him. Otherwise, his one-liners are the best. He has a great mixture and consistency of gags. Most of his one-liners fall between neat and exceptionally inspired. He is industrious and ruthlessly efficient with language. There's just too many to even try to remember. The work of a genius.
Bill Ryan - 12/07/2009
Had the pleasure to see Gary live a few days ago. He was fantastic - some of the lines were just unbelievably funny. Granted, some of them questioned my moral compass, but always left me with a smile on my face. The work of a true genius. Why isn't he on MM's Comedy Roadshow when other breezy comedians with hack material are. It's comedy injustice!
john foulger - 05/06/2009
Gary Delaney is now bigger and improved. OK, he's just bigger, and I don’t mean in a taller way. But he still follows the way of the one-liner. And sometimes it’s good, and sometimes it’s not, but sometimes it’s bloody funny. Worth seeing just because he’s different to your average raconteur who relies on saying fuck to get a laugh.
connor - 27/02/2009
At school, teachers routinely lectured pupils about the importance of all good stories having a ‘beginning’, a ‘middle’ and an ‘end’. Never before have I seen a comedian compartmentalise his act with such stunning efficiency. Remarkably, as he warns his audience that the level of ‘taste & decency’ is about to escalate, in a heartbeat, it does exactly that. None of his material is what you and I would characterise as PC, but somehow, he manages to take you from one ‘dark place’ to another… each time dimming the lights further and further until you are overcome by total blackout from extreme laughter. In spite of his uncompromisingly dark tone - his undeniable likeability, charm and childlike cringing at his own material make him an absolute joy to watch. Superb!
Don Biswas - 25/10/2008
One of the best gag writers in the country today. Excellent comic.
Adam Montgomery - 04/09/2007
Wonderfully crafted lines. Always raises the roof - more so now he's dropped the deadpan thing. As sharp as they come
Jim Smallman - 08/08/2006
Quality. I watched Gary last night in Kidderminster just rip the roof off the room with half an hour of non-stop gags, every one utter quality. Best bit was that he looked like he was enjoying himself and his material, even with the deadpan approach. Excellent.
Olly Mc - 31/05/2006
At a two-thirds full Comedy Cafe on Friday night with a p'ed-up hen party on the table at the back having given the compere and Act 1 a hard time. Delaney comes on and slaughters them and us with a couple of pull-no-punches comebacks and a string of wicked one-liners. Admittedly, a handful fell flat but its a good chance to have a beer and wait for the next one and the majority are blinding. Stole the show and made our night.
Big Rich - 08/04/2006
Superb. His Hamza gag had me laughing like a fool. Brilliant. ads of charm and - most importantly - very funny. Fantastic!
Gavin Campbell - 21/03/2006
Fantastic. Razor-sharp one-liners
Sam - 03/02/2006
Great at what he does, will always impress the majority of the audience. Personally I prefer a more versatile headline act, and Gary seems to alienate part of his audience that tire of the one liners. The additional comments following the one-liners are prety slick though.
Dave Longley - 11/11/2005
I\'ve seen Gary plenty of times now, and it is always beautiful to watch. Makes no secrets, from the off he tells the audience what he will be doing, and it is unfortunate if it\'s not your thing, because the more you see these jokes, the more you can appreciate them. Not only appreciate though, they are damn funny too. I can\'t imagine too many people matching his laugh rate, and if he believes the audience are with him, he\'ll pull out some truly genuine, darkly genius lines. Works hard at what he does, and it show\'s in the quality of what he is doing. Dave Longley 11.11.05