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Nik Coppin, whose mother is English and father is from Barbados, started performing comedy in around 2000, and has since gigged in France, Germany, Spain, Austria, New Zealand and Australia.It was there he performed his debut solo show Spiders! at the Melbourne International Comedy festival in 2006 before taking it to Edinburgh later that year.

Award Winning Comedian, Nik Coppin
Live Review

If you want to do a show about awards you have won, you'd better have a stunning set or you are destined to fail. Nik Coppin does the latter.

Coppin has brought a self-indulgent show to the Free Festival and sadly he doesn't manage to pull this off in a cheeky or ironic way. It's simply a run-through of various awards he's received, ranging from football to performing in front of three people in the Adelaide Fringe.

Coppin has a bubbly and friendly persona, frequently giggling at his own lines. But he never really bonded with the audience and his interaction was merely fact-finding, he had nothing entertaining to jump off to when presented with good feedback.

Overall his set was strangely structured and his stories are over-filled with superfluous information, facts and place names; plus there's a lot of name-dropping for no discernible benefit. He's like an old friend from school who you bump into and they insist on telling you what they’ve been up to for the last decade, without caring if anyone is interested or not.

By the end the stories were just relentless run-throughs of information, missing potentially more interesting if obvious gags (such as a stripper asking if he likes Brazilian women). There was only one half-heckle which is possibly surprising, given the open goals Coppin laid out, if anyone could be bothered ("anyone done anything they regret?").

‘Just go out there and have fun’ is a message Coppin tries to get over. He clearly practises what he preaches, enjoying what his is doing. Sadly he is in the minority.

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Had the whole of Hastings in hysterics at Laugh it Up. Hope he comes back soon

Eunice, March 2008

One very funny and likeable man. Go and see his free show in Edinburgh. Hilarious.

Emma and Ben, August 2007

Fun in human form.

Gráinne Maguire, August 2007

We really enjoyed Nik's show. It was great to experience some intelligent comedy. The guy is talented.

Andrew Flint, Auckland, June 2007

Nik is great, barely doing any of his planned material, just bouncing off the crowd the whole time. Energy and enthusiasm just oozes from him.

Darren Chadwick, April 2007

I watched Nik MC a gig in Auckland, New Zealand, earlier this week and absolutely loved his work - he knew just how to hit the humour-nerve of the largely Kiwi audience by taking the mickey out of our Australian neighbours - but had fresh and genuinely funny material, not just the standard Aussie bashing gags. Bring on the Auckland Comedy Festival - especially Nik's show!

Erin, March 2007

Nik's a crowd pleaser. An absolute sensation. Hugely successful in his recent tour Down Under. I would say he is the international act waiting to happen out here - and he is well on the way to making it. He puts a smile on everyone's face. Basically, Nik Coppin is what comedy is all about. :)

Bella, February 2007

Saw Nik last night at The Stand in Edinburgh. It was a real pleasure to see him perform again. Great material, with loads of energy and he worked the audience brilliantly. Can't wait 'til he's back in Scotland.

Paula, January 2007

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