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
I think Nina is brilliant, one of the most intelligent comics working today, its nice to have to switch your brain on occasionally. I accept that not everyone finds her funny (hey that's comedy) but I do.
Paul, March 2006
Has the Monkey got its hand up Nina's arse? That's the only excuse I can think of for such a twee and feeble act. Ventriloquism should have died out with Nookie Bear and Orville the Duck. Maybe she'd be better off following in her old man Tom's footsteps as an actor, and leave the comedy to those who can write and perform it Lisa 29.03.05
Lisa, March 2005
I think Nina is one of the funniest acts on the circuit. Laughing at her own material? maybe its part of the act... What would she be without the monkey? We have all realised that she provides the monkey's voice.. haven't we? Sheesh! Its nice to see someone trying a different act - and succeeding Richard 08.03.05
