Tiffany Stevenson
Contestant in ITV1's 2011 reality/talent series Show Me The Funny.
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Original Review:
Tiffany Stevenson has a detached style, delivering her bone-dry material with authority, but minimal emotional engagement – giving her a bored, unapproachable air.Her persona has a kernel of likeability, so this thick-skinned stance is possibly a defence mechanism to allow her to plough on against crowd hostility or indifference. But it makes her come across as indifferent, too, and that does not make for high spirits.
With brilliant material, this wouldn’t matter, but Stevenson is inconsistent here, with many gags that are confused or just not particularly funny. As the host of her own respected new material night – London’s Red Rope – you would have thought she had the ideal testing ground to secure a higher hit rate.
Occasionally, though, she comes up with a good line. Her unsalubrious hometown of Greenford, an anonymous suburban sprawl on the fringes of West London, offers the richest vein of comedy, with half a dozen good jokes about the chavvy residents and teenage mums who live there. It’s familiar modern territory, but she finds strong gags of her own within it.
For someone who only started comedy in early 2005, Stevenson has come on remarkably quickly, often securing decent bookings and appearing alongside many of the best comics in the country. But there are areas where her relative inexperience is reflected in her work, which needs an injection of more personality – not to mention jokes – if she’s to match the elevated company she keeps. Date of review: Oct 2007
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Tiffany Stevenson Dates
Tue 9 Jul 2013
Book Now- Bloomsbury Theatre
- 19:30~23:00
- £20
- Glenn Wool, James Acaster, Jigsaw, Lee Mack, Lucy Beaumont, Lucy Porter, Rich Hall, Robin Ince, Roisin Conaty, Stewart Francis, Tiffany Stevenson
Sun 28 Jul 2013
- Pineapple Pub
- 20:00
- £5
- Luke Toulson, Tiffany Stevenson
Sat 10 Aug 2013
- Leicester Just The Tonic
- 20:00
- £12.50 (£8 concs)
- Junior Simpson, Ola, Tiernan Douieb, Tiffany Stevenson
Sat 10 Aug 2013
- Nottingham Just the Tonic
- 20:00
- £10 (£6 concs)
- Debra-Jane Appelby, Stephen Grant, Tiffany Stevenson, Tom Deacon
Fri 18 Oct 2013
- Leicester Just The Tonic
- 20:00
- £9 (£6.50 concs)
- Brett Goldstein, Rev Obadiah Steppenwolf III, Romesh Ranganathan, Tiffany Stevenson
Sat 19 Oct 2013
- Leicester Just The Tonic
- 20:00
- £12.50 (£8 concs)
- Brett Goldstein, Rev Obadiah Steppenwolf III, Romesh Ranganathan, Tiffany Stevenson
Sat 19 Oct 2013
- Nottingham Just the Tonic
- 20:00
- £10 (£6 concs)
- Rev Obadiah Steppenwolf III, Tiffany Stevenson
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Rob Ince - 11/01/2012
Seen her several times over the past 5 years or so and each time it reinforces in my mind how shit she is. Same tired jokes, lack of rapport and general unlikeability. She may very well be a lovely person but watching her do stand up is, to me at least, a pain to be endured.
DG - 05/02/2011
Brilliant! Not a crude shock comic like too many female comics are. She went down a storm. Good luck to her, Having watched a few of her TV clips I would say... stick to stand up. Good luck to her
Jon White - 22/11/2010
We had Tiff open at the Musket Club in Colchester where the audience is mainly (98%) military wives. She was brillient. Came over with just the right feel on a club that is still in its infancy. She started strong, gained support and grew her material to match the feel coming back. She is defintely on the way up and has not reached a plateau as yet. Her wit bounces around the room and she would do well in any environment. She is one to watch and book if you can.
Charron - 03/11/2010
Saw this amazing lady storm an impromptu headline slot on Monday (Lenny Henry let everyone down by canceling at the very last minute) at the club she usually MCs with Phil Nichol (Old Rope) Her material was faultless, fresh and had the whole club clutching at their sides. This woman will go far, mark my words.
Chris Nesbitt-Smith - 02/11/2010
Tiffany is one of my favourite comics, having seen 'Dictators' grow from conception at Old Rope (a night deserving recommendation on its own) to the Enormously funny Edinburgh set that it grew to become; I just simply can't recommend her enough. Book to go see her as a matter of urgency.
Lobster - 26/07/2010
I saw Tiffany on Saturday previewing her Edinburgh show and she was very funny. I'd recommend seeing her.
G - 22/07/2010
How the hell does she get the gigs she does? Completely average and dull.
Mauro Saccardo - 28/05/2010
Shit.
Joey Smyth - 21/05/2010
Simply awful. She opened at the Glasgow Stand last night and just wasn't funny. There were one or two lines which got a laugh, but one or two lines in an entire set is not good enough.
James - 01/04/2010
I saw Tiffany at one of the Old Rop nights at the Phoenix. Its a night she runs, I believe, where comedians get to try out new material and have to hold a rope above the stage if they are linking the new stuff with old material. Nice gimmick and obviously works for a lot of comedians to try out stuff. We lucked out the night we went, Marcus Brigstocke, Dave Gorman, Milton Jones, Robin Ince, Lloyd Langford and Jack Whitehall to name a few all played. It was June so a lot were probably just getting some stuff together for Edinburgh. Anyway, I have to say, she really doesn't belong in the company mentioned above. She was dithery, unfunny and had no charisma. The only real laugh she got was when she fell over coming from the bar during the interval. It was a nasty fall and I did help her up, but it was also a real slapstick nosedive too. Good luck to her though, she seems nice enough.
Jimmi Henshite - 29/01/2010
I saw Tiffany at the red raw night at the Stand in Glasgow which she headlined. I knew of her as a comedy actress and wasn't sure how she would be. She was very good, very funny, witty and knew how to work the audience. A refreshing change to some of the others that still think you just need to talk about sex and drugs to be funny.
Steve - 15/12/2009
She's average on a good night and simply not good enough to be on at the gigs she gets, or used to get. She might land a job as a tv actress in a sitcom and good luck to her. But as a comic, no way.
Rosie - 22/11/2009
I saw Tiffany the other evening at Geeks at the Library in Islington and I found her hilarious and professional. I think the review provided on this website should be studiously ignored as I read it before I saw her gig and it is grossly inaccurate. Go see her for yourself!
sinisterpictures - 20/09/2009
I saw Tiffany twice at Bestival and found her very funny with her observations on life and spot on description of Greenford.
Laura - 28/08/2009
What an ignorant review. They completely missed the point!
Marie - 25/08/2009
I think that review is accurate (though a touch generous). My friend and I saw this act by chance, the name dropping and attempt to dismiss previous incarnations is indeed excruciating, presumably from someone who actually did very little modelling/acting which makes it all the more cringeworthy, hopefully she's a nice woman as in all honesty she seemed to be, but comedy performing is not her calling.
Lisa - 03/02/2009
I saw Tiffany Stevenson for the first time at the Frog and Bucket, her performance was faultless, i enjoyed every minute of it and at one point i thought i had actually wet my pants. (I hadnt) The one thing i left sure of, was the fact that Tiffany will go far, she was a pleasure to watch and i hope to see her again soon.
Nicola - 03/02/2009
Anyone who has anything negative to say about Tiffany Stevenson quite simply just doesn't get it... I've seen her several times, most recently at the Frog and Bucket in Manchester, and have not once been disappointed. Her 'detached style' is hilarious, and her air couldn't be further away from unapproachable and bored. Her stage presence is confident and charming, making her as incredibly charismatic as the comedians you see on TV selling out the Apollo and bringing tours out on DVD. I have no doubt that she will be doing the same in a few years and petty inaccurate reviews such as the one on this page will be irrelevant and laughed at as much as Tiffany is by an entire room of people at every gig I have seen her do. Which for the record, is a LOT.
Richard - 11/08/2008
I think the reviewer is spot on. I first saw Tiffany last year at one of her Old Rope gigs in London, where she was a capable if unmemorable hostess. I saw her again last week in Lady & the Tramp in Edinburgh where her laissez faire and overly self-aware delivery made for an awkward 20 minutes, her material came across as ill-prepared despite much of it being recognisable from the previous year's offering. Her Scottish comments fell flat, and all the chav/teenage mother jokes have been heard a hundred times before, albeit with far cleverer observations and better delivery. All in all an unpolished performance that would just about make the grade at a first-timers, open mic type event. Lady Carol, on the other hand, was an absolute breath of fresh air. Understated, hugely talented and captivating from start to finish. This juxtaposition only served to emphasise Stevenson's shortcomings.
Michael Monkhouse - 17/06/2008
Strong set, no messin'. Good rapport, easy delivery, original take on less-than-original topics. Not earth-shattering, but worthwhile.
Gayle - 06/05/2008
I saw Tiffany at Headliners on 3 May. Her performance was superb and very entertaining. She is very talented with high energy. It's very refreshing to have a female comic who can hold an audience incredibly well. Can't wait to watch her again!
Caitlin - 07/02/2008
I agree with most of the above comment, I think the review was harsh to the extreme. I think she's incredibly joyous to watch with real stage presence. I don't think being intelligent and likeable is a rare combination and can think of many performers pull it off. But yes I enjoy her set and I enjoyed how much she seemed to enjoy herself and would be very happy to see her on a bill.
Davey - 15/01/2008
I have seen Tiffany Stevenson on several occasions both at the fantastic Old Rope and also at various gigs on the circuit. I think she is a accomplished MC and stand up who is both likeable and intelligent which is a hard combination to achieve that combined with her good looks make her entirely watchable and someone to keep an eye on as she progresses (which I have no doubt she will) in the comedy world. I don't agree with the review at all.