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Nina Conti at the Leicester Comedy Festival preview show
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Leicester De Montfort Hall

In Nina Conti’s well-crafted ventriloquism act, her simian sidekick placed her under hypnosis so he can do his song… how many speciality acts do you want in one performer?

Conti continues to bring her artform up to date, with a deconstruction that goes beyond the usual gags about where the performer’s hand has been placed. She mocks the ridiculous artifice of ventriloquism, then turns it back on its head by making Monk such a credible character, you might just believe he has his own personality. And all this done with the incredible technical skill needed to pull off a baritone Nessun Dorma through unmoving lips.

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Her on QI? Maybe the most unfunny, annoying thing ever. Utter sh!t

Marcus, January 2012

Saw Nina recently at the Union Chapel with Stewart Lee headlining. She's vaguely amusing, but no more than that-got some gentle laughs but that was it I'm afraid, easily the weakest act of the night.

Ted, June 2011

I love Nina far too much. She has taken ventriloqism and revamped it for a new generation. The way she deconstructs her act is brilliant and in each new show I have seen her in she challenges herself to go further. The funniest woman in Britain today? She's up there.

Rich, August 2010

We just finished watching Nina's act on Just for Laughs and I think this absolutely brilliant! This is the most original and creative act I have ever seen and I don't think it would matter if she were a terrible ventriloquist (which I don't think she is) but the act would still be amazing because it actually makes you think. Thank you Nina for thinking outside the box... or puppet...

april, August 2007

I'm a comic from America. I just worked with Nina at Glastonbury and she blew me away. More important she blew the audience away. She spends ten minutes degrading the monkey (anyone who is silly enough to comment on the monkey not being a real Vent doll cares a little too much about ventriloquism and not enough about comedy, showmanship, or great writing) then switched status in an obvious but brilliant way. By the end of her set the monkey was defiling her on stage and the audience was screaming. I don't mean that metaphorically. I mean five thousand people screaming. No one else got a response like that. Don't get me wrong... there were some fantastic comics on that stage but no one had the visceral effect on the crowd that Nina did. There is just something intrinsicly funny about a sweet princess of a girl getting plushy-hypno-raped by a foul mouthed demon monkey doll. But I'm American... what do I know about comedy.

Unkle Paul, August 2007

How did she get such acclaim? She's a terrible vent act. Paul Zerdin rocks, miles better and original. The monkey isn't even a true vent doll, it looks like something you buy a kid at Butlins.

Lee Hathaway, March 2007

I just saw her on Just for Laughs and she is hands down one of the funniest people I've seen on the show let alone one of the funniest vents I've ever seen

Kyle Voltti, July 2006

Bottom line: Nina is witty, amusing, talented, attractive and very creative.

Frank Gerber, June 2006

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