Postcards On The Edge: Leicester Comedy Festival 2010
07/02/2010 … It would surely be churlish to complain that a show billed as being inspired by saucy seaside postcards is old-fashioned; though Postcards On The Edge contains no…
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Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Sun 07 February 2010
Mon 01 February 2010
Tim Vine: Joke-amotive tour
01/02/2010 … Comedians, by and large, present their art surprisingly seriously.
Alyssia Kyria at the 2010 Hackney Empire new act final
01/02/2010 … As Ariadne The Greek Wag, Alyssa doesn’t seem to have anything to say, but she uses a lot of words to prove it.
Richard Rycroft at the 2010 Hackney Empire new act final
01/02/2010 … Richard Rycroft arrives looking like a geography supply teacher and is quick to point out he is an act and not someone’s dad.
Sun 31 January 2010
Alan Hudson at the 2010 Hackney Empire new act final
31/01/2010 … A personable performer, but with little to excite or inspire, young magician Alan Hudson doesn't have enough of an angle to stand out from the other magic acts on…
Andrew Ryan at the 2010 Hackney Empire new act final
31/01/2010 … Andrew Ryan not only resembles Ardal O’Hanlon physically, but his mannerisms and delivery are uncannily O’Hanlonesque.
Nathaniel Metcalfe at the 2010 Hackney Empire new act final
31/01/2010 … There was a fair amount of noise and movement for the first few minutes of Nathaniel Metcalfe’s set, caused by the previous act.
Giacinto Palmieri at the 2010 Hackney Empire new act final
31/01/2010 … The audience took a while to warm to Giacinto Palmieri, perhaps trying to work out if his very thick Italian accent meant he was a character act.