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Although primarily known as one half of The Boosh with Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding has also maintained an independent career as a stand-up.

He has appeared at Montreal's Just For Laughs festival in 1998, and made stand-up appearances on Channel 4 and Five before finding success with The Boosh.

The double-act made their debut at the 1998 Edinburgh and Sydney festivals, earning them the Perrier best newcomer award, and returned to Edinburgh in 1999, when they were nominated for the main award, 2000 and 2001. The 2000 show, Autoboosh, won the equivalent Barry award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

The Boosh was picked up by Radio4 in 2001 for a series which won the first and only Douglas Adams Award for Innovative Comedy Writing. The show transferred to BBC Three for two series in 2004 and 2005, giving them a cult success that enabled them to embark on a major nationwide tour in 2006.

For his solo work, he won the Time Out Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy, while his first live solo show Voodoo Hedgehog was nominated for the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival in 2002.

His TV performances as an actor include The IT Crowd, Nathan Barley and Garth Marenghi's Darkplace – all for Channel 4.

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Original Review:

When it comes to comedy, Fielding is in a world of his own. It's a magical fairy world occupied by men with back-to-front ram's legs, and always-looking silver-grey monkeys and ruled by the power of the word 'oblong' - but it's a world nonetheless.

If these ramblings sounds a bit foppish and fey, well they are, but Fielding certainly excels at them; expertly building on the foundations laid by other surreal comics to create a style all of his own.

His attention to detail, and crafted delivery bring out the best of the flighty material, and he radiates a winning air of excited bewilderment. His quirky 'indie rocker' good looks can't do any harm, either.

Sometimes there's not much substance to his imaginings - slipping into the lazy surrealist's shortcut of simply juxtaposing unrelated idea - while those routines with at least one toe in observational reality prove the most effective.

But his is a very, very stylish comic, offering a truly delightful set for those prepared to be bewitched by his charisma, charm, and genuinely warm-hearted humour.

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So people are crticising Noel? Well you co-write a series as good as Boosh! The man's a genius.

Michael Monkhouse, November 2010

Noel you have seriously, seriously let us all down my friend. We do not believe you didn't know the tickets had gone on sale for your solo tour and the Boosh film had better be bloody marvellous if you want to get out of this one with your rep intact. The World awaits..

Mr Unhappy Oblong Pants, November 2009

Oh my giddy antelope socks! Fielding in a one man show taking in the North! How very retro!

Darren, October 2009

Saw Noel at a fundraiser in N7 last nite where he was headlining. Sadly the first few rows were packed full of dead-eyed fan girls who slightly ruined his set for the majority of the audience or anyone who wasn’t a Boosh obsessive. If, as he said himself on stage, Noel has not done stand up for over a year then I can see why! Despite powerhouse charm and an unexpectedly vulnerable stage persona Noel’s various vocal characters were often drowned out by the fan girls' squiffy demands for Boosh references and his attention. If Noel can learn to subdue them without pandering to their catcalls then the rest of us could well be drawn into his strange and often surreal flights of fancy featuring confused moths trapped in greenhouses and maverick New York cops just 1 inch high being usurped by those even smaller. I hope he gains enough confidence to continue his often very amusing tales without just dropping off midflow to engage the fan girls in banal conversations during his set. Highlights for us were bizarre yet emotionally involving tales of odd woodland creatures, such as silver grey monkeys always looking backwards and the Lord of the Marsh’s forlorn search for a non bestial bride to marry on the morrow, despite his handicap of backwards rams legs. A rough diamond let down by his apparent need for affirmation from the devoted, Noel let himself down a little last night, perhaps through nerves? Happily there remained enough great lines to make us keen to see him do stand up again.

Joan, March 2009

Coming across Noel Fielding is like finding a minute child made of golden light, playing many homemade instruments while living in a rainbow coloured half shell! He is a magnificent, sharp and sparkly omnipresence radiating an undying, never ending splendour all on his own, anytime, anywhere, anyplace or what have you. I love Noel, like a brother would love his own brother, or like a child would love his very own collection of ladder-coins perhaps?

Darren Smith, Liverpool, January 2009

Very very funny, some improv which was amazing. However, if you look at past gigs, its very similar. A lot of his stand up has been seen before.

Elena, June 2008

Noel Fielding isn't only one of the UK's greatest comedians but he's also unique. I don't think I've ever been to a gig quite like his, Some comedians will talk about their life and make jokes about it, Noel's gig included him running around pretending to be a moth and telling stories of when he was a quirky detective only 1inch high. Noel is genius, he's so individual and that's the great thing about him.

sarah, April 2008

He could be brilliant, but he's far too bullied by the hoards of Boosh fans that turn up to his gigs, meaning you'll have heard everything he has to say on You Tube, because when he finally throws in some (hilarious and slightly riskier) new material, it gets a lukewarm reception and people shout for old jokes or worse 'crimps' from the Boosh and when he refuses it's met with the terse response of 'Julian would'. It's a shame, because if he was braver and just gave two fingers to them he'd be an amazing comic. And he irritatingly fiddles with his hair non-stop, I'm wasn't sure if it was supposed to be coquettish or just nervous.

Jessica, March 2008

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