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Gordon Southern
Edinburgh Fringe 2003
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Gordon Southern: The Unofficial Annual 2009
Gordon Southern
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| Radio: 1997-99: Part of The Cheese Shop Presents... team responsible for three series of sketch shows on Radio 4. |
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| Stand Up: 2003: Edinburgh show: My Drums Hell My Drums Hell |
| Stand Up: 1997: Part of the Comedy Zone showcase at Edinburgh. |
| Stand Up: 1995: Time Out comedy award for most surprising discovery. |
| Stand Up: 1993: Started stand-up |
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Gordon Southern: The Unofficial Annual 2009 – Fringe 2009 |
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‘This show's quite silly,’ Gordon Southern says with sheepish grin, after bombarding the audience with a series of daft puns, prerecorded jingles and strange spoken word. Well, yes. When you trade in wordplay that would make even Tim Vine cringe and can, with a straight face, suggest 'Nonconsensual Sex And The City' as one of a rapid-fire list of TV Shows That Should Never Have Been Made, ‘silly’ will be a conclusion most people will come to. But this show is more than that: It's also poetic, clever and joyfully freewheeling, performed by a man with more ridiculous ideas than an entire year's worth of Dragon's Den.
Southern was a great fan of comic annuals as a child – though the 'wussy, middle class' Dandy gets short shrift – and in tribute, he presents the Gordon Southern version, with jokes, puzzles and comic strips to delight even the most jaded old curmudgeon. It's a kaleidoscopic, topsy-turvy tome, read mainly at breakneck speed (has he a bus to catch?). Idiotic riffs on the problem he has in reading books until the end - he's only managed to get through, ha ha, 80 Dalmatians, 98 Years of Solitude, etc - collide with an edu-tainment sketch on the dangers of taking drugs. Then he stops the whole circus in its tracks by presenting a surreal and rather beautiful passage likening the act of sleeping to the behaviour of the sea. It's completely unexpected and, while a comedy gig is not really the time or the place (as he readily acknowledges), it sort of works. Southern is a comic who delights in leading audiences along a certain, familiar path and then taking a sharp U-turn to reveal an even more satisfying vista. In his hands, even a moan about jet lag, or a seemingly mediocre rant about novelty T-shirts gets skewed into something pleasantly, or (even better) unpleasantly, surprising. This makes it rather a disappointment when he includes the rare gag that doesn't pull the rabbit out of the hat and just turns out to be mediocre. He recently performed for troops in Afghanistan and uses some rather puerile material in his description of the experience. Perhaps it went down well with the squaddies but in the inspired lunacy of this show it sticks out rather. There's no time to dwell on the thought, though - there's barely time to register the punch lines with Southern's relentless, more-is-more approach. The wily devil. Southern is not an act to experience without your wits close by, it would be rather like trying to play Bop It while stoned, but if you've got the stamina, he's certainly got the goods. |
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| Date of live review: Monday 17th Aug, '09 | |
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I saw thisn guy in Australia. Absolute crap. If you want to spend 1 hour listening to boring stories about nothing, no gags, no jokes, no nothing, dry boring boring rubbish. Its sad when the best part of a show is knowing there is only one minute to go. Don't waste your money. Bill Whittington, July 2009 |
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He's brilliant. Definiely go and see him, awesome comic and lovely lovely gu. Laura, March 2008 |
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Saw him at Twisters in Bournemouth. Heads above the other comedians. Had the audience pissing themselves. Felt sorry for the act after him. Great comedian. Matt Hamm, March 2006 |
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Gordon is excellent, he is very funny, participated well with a small crowd and doubt with unfunny hecklers in spectacular fashion. to be recomended Pete, September 2005 |
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Gordon is a truly superb stand up. Excellent material delivered with style. A lot of his topics are indeed tried and tested, but his comic insights way outstrip those of his peers. Nelson, March 2005 |
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The perfect compere,warm, likeable, chatty and very funny. Saw him in Newcastle last week and he was excellent, he really moved the gig along beautifully.Highly recommended Rich, March 2005 |
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If you see Gordon's name on the bill as you walk past a comedy club, make sure you go in and see him. You won't be disappointed. Terrific in every respect. Alaric Dynevor, February 2005 |
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He was at the Backyard Comedy Club last night and died on his arse. And he really was knocked out of his stride by the way his gags were getting nothing but polite giggles. Dean Saliba, August 2004 |
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Where can I see Gordon Southern next?
| 20:30 - Thursday 1st Apr, '10 | |
| Venue: | Comedy Tree Wimbledon |
| Prices: | £14 (£12 in advamce, £7 concs) |
| Comics: | Alistair Barrie, Benny Boot, Gordon Southern, Tom Price (MC) |
| 20:00 - Friday 23rd Apr, '10 | |
| Venue: | Tenbury Wells The Regal |
| Prices: | £12.50 |
| Comics: | Gordon Southern, Tony Law, Tiernan Douieb (MC) |
| 20:00 - Saturday 24th Apr, '10 | |
| Venue: | Bath Komedia |
| Prices: | £10 to £17.50 |
| Comics: | Andrew Bird, Caimh McDonnell, Gordon Southern, John Robins (MC) |
| 20:30 - Friday 30th Apr, '10 | |
| Venue: | Crack Comedy Club |
| Prices: | Adult - £10.00, Student - £5.00 |
| Comics: | Erich McElroy, Gordon Southern, Robert White |
| 20:30 - Friday 30th Apr, '10 | |
| Venue: | Comedy Tree Putney |
| Prices: | £12 (£10 in advance, £6 concs) |
| Comics: | Christian Reilly, Gordon Southern, Prince Abdi, Andi Osho (MC) |
| 20:30 - Saturday 1st May, '10 | |
| Venue: | Crack Comedy Club |
| Prices: | Adult - £11.00, Student - £6.00 |
| Comics: | Barry Castagnola, Erich McElroy, Gordon Southern |
| 21:30 - Friday 23rd Jul, '10 | |
| Venue: | Leicester Square Theatre |
| Prices: | Adult - £14.00 |
| Comics: | Carey Marx, Gordon Southern, Josh Howie |
| 21:30 - Saturday 24th Jul, '10 | |
| Venue: | Leicester Square Theatre |
| Prices: | Adult - £15.00 |
| Comics: | Gordon Southern, Josh Howie |



