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Canadian Mike Wilmot started life as stand-up comedian in 1995, becoming a regular on the UK circuit in 1998 and winning a Time Out comedy award in 2002.

He has appeared several times at Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, as well as in Ireland, Scandinavia, Paris, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Bangkok, South Africa and Melbourne - where he won the comedy festival's Barry award in 2003.

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Original Review:

Mike Wilmot’s a straightforward, no-nonsense white-bread sort of guy. He’s a man who knows what he wants – and what he wants is beer and sex. Just that.

That is barely enough, you would have thought, to separate him from almost every other bloke on the planet, let alone every other comic.

But what does stand Wilmot in a league of his own is the devastating accuracy of his observations; the no-bullshit way he cuts to the chase; not to mention his triumphant combination of self-deprecation and gruff irritability

His favourite topic is bad sex. And while comic talking about sex is hardly headline news, Wilmot takes it new levels, with his disarming honesty, no matter how crude or how much it exposes his own painful inadequacies.

And there’s also a cheeky twinkle behind his stance, too, which means even his own special vagina monologue manages to be both filthy without being gratuitously offensive at the same time.

Other functions of the human body get an airing, too, with routines about nasal hairs, haemorrhoids and eyeball surgery in his arsenal. Mostly they elicit disgusted cringes to accompany the laughs. But teasing the audience's reaction to his icky topics is all part of the fun.

His use of language is faultless; employing the perfect descriptive word or exaggerated metaphor every time to communicate his from-the-heart opinions about the world’s failings to unremittingly hilarious effect, brilliantly evoking unflattering images that lodge themselves steadfastly in your head.

This grizzly Canadian is, quite simply, one of the best, straight-up stand-ups in the world – Britain is lucky to have him for at least half the year.

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I'm not one for reviewing stuff online, but having read some of the comments on here about Mike Wilmot being sexist and being negative about sex and women in general I feel I have to comment. For god's sake Mike is the target of all of his jokes, he's the failure, he's the one that can't get stuff right. Listen to what he's saying!! I for one think he's a genius.

Matt, June 2012

The worst act ever seen! My husband and I saw this buffoon ‘perform’ at the 02 Indigo Rooms on March 19, as the headline act. Why they made him the headline act, I can only think that it must be PITY. While you’re used to the odd swear word as part of a comedian's gig, this fool based his entire performance on swear words and making derogative remarks about women. The very first 10 minutes of his performance was spent using the C-word and went downhill from there. To say the least he lost half the crowd on his poor, sexist humour. It’s safe to say the comedians who have to use expletives and make sexual remarks for jokes show very poor ability for any skill or wit. If you removed the expletives from his gig all you would be left with are the words ‘hello’ and ‘goodnight’. Time this old-timer hung up his crusty suit and took his potty-mouth to church for his soul to be cleansed with a gallon of soap

Elle, March 2011

Currently watching this tired hack of a comedian rolling out poor uncomfortable disgusting humour that I genuinely feel sorry for him! This man should be put down along with everything else from the 70s!

Riley, September 2010

Saw Mike @ the Comedy Club in Greenwich, great stand up, totally hilarious, has the place in tears. He's one funny guy. His stand up is much better than his TV work. If you get a chance to see him do it. After his act he' s up for a beer with the crowd. A must see.

Brendan, March 2009

Nice to see him back gigging. He's got some new stuff as well which pretty good. The stuff about his wife's giant camel-toe is hilarious even if it is a bit graphic.

Ian Ashton, November 2008

One of the greatest comics around - playful, straightforward, insightful and effortless. He just gets better and better.

Alexis, June 2008

I saw Mike recently at The Comedy Store, he is still one of the funniest guys ever, his new material is an even funnier update of escapades of an older guy suffering the demands of sex.

D., May 2008

I saw Mike Wilmot's comedy live recently (I have previously seen him on TV) and he is not a good comedian at all. He only tries to disgust the audience by making them think negatively about sex. He constantly claims to be speaking for all men, whilst speaking only for himself and his nasty, self-centred and ambivalent feelings about sex and relationships - including the comment "its the only way you can get away with hitting your wife these days". I can imagine that he could put people off their partners if they took any of it on board. There is no warmth or wit in his act - only a desperate last-ditch attempt to draw laughs in the form of a nervous giggle from his audience. He really does nothing to deserve the platform of the stage - the only audience he deserves is the one he sees when he looks in the mirror.

AOD, May 2008

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