Chris Addison – Original Review
Note: This review is from 2007
Review by Steve Bennett
Self-confessed ‘la-di-da cleverclogs’ Chris Addison has only fittingly performed stand-up of late, what with being preoccupied filming The Thick Of It and his BBC Two sitcom Lab Rats. It’s a shame, as it means the live comedy world has been deprived of one of the smartest and funniest acts around.His core appeal may be to middle-class people, like himself, who are smugly proud of their education, but he’s first to mock his own self-satisfaction. If you like QI, you’ll love Chris Addison.
Alongside the clever stuff subject matter, the meat of his set his sometimes silly, sometimes surreal, sometimes passionate and insightful; there really is something here for everyone.
Addison’s usual trick is to take an obscure, over-intellectual theme then hang all manor of observational routines on to it, covering anything from dinosaurs to Masai warriors. It’s sharply written and performed with an impressively physical vigour, even if sometimes his exaggerated tomfoolery seems more to his benefit than ours. But he’s never less than entertaining.
Review date: 25 Oct 2007
Reviewed by: Steve Bennett
